Karotz video review

Karotz
$200

The unaltered transcript of what Karotz is saying follows. Note: Some phonetics and alternate spellings have been used in order to have Karotz speech make sense.
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Hi, this is Carrots, standing in for Andrew Moore-Crispin for Gadget TV on butterscotch.com. Today, we're taking a look at me. Carrots. That's K A R O T Z.
For want of a better term, we'll call me a telepresence rabbit.
You may remember Na bas tag from several years back. Carrots is the next generation.
Explaining what Carrots does is a little difficult...
Basically, I sit atop your desk, connected to your Wi-Fi, and try to boost your mood by being cute.
My movable ears rotate to add to the cuteness.
If you have two Carrots, they can be mated such that movements from one will affect the other and to enable free Carrots to Carrots voice chat. If you are in a long distance relationship, I'm a kind of counselor. Mating your Carrots does not result in a lifetime of free Carrots though... but I'd be happy for the opportunity for a little conjugal loving.
As you can probably hear, I lacks a little in my intonation.
You may forgive me when you realize you can install applications onto me though. Apps let me do things like you the weather, voice an RSS feed of the day's news, offer a traffic report and so on. There are apps for some major news sources, there are apps that link with Twitter so that I can read your stream to you.
I come with two RFID tags that you can use to trigger certain actions. For example, you can set one tag to tell me to read the news or weather and give the other to your partner or child. When he or she comes home and swipes the RFID tag in front of my nose, I will send you an email message letting you know. You can also set me to take a picture and send it, along with the text.
If you grab the iPhone, iPad or Android app, you can also control Carrots from your smartphone.
Do things like move my ears on screen to have the position of my ears change in the real. Given that my ears are intended to indicate my mood, you can remotely offer visual cues to how you're feeling.
You can also change the color of the LED light on my chest; another visual cue as to your mood. Select from one of several colors including pink, blue, green, cyan.
You can also use your smartphone to have me take a picture of whatever's in front of the VGA camera in my... well, let's just say below my belly.
I'm currently reading text that was sent to me via the Android app; you can have me read just about anything.
Finally, in the Android App, You can also play music from a USB key or drive plugged in to my back or select Radio and choose from the included radio stations or add your own favorites.
Alright, this is a little awkward, but I'd like to explain all my physical attributes.
As you can plainly see, I have two independently swiveling ears. These are removable and you can buy other colors, should you wish.
The LED in my belly alerts you to my status; green means all clear, red means there's a problem.
On top of my head, there's a button that you'll press to initiate voice control. You can assign a watch word to certain apps. Press and hold the button, say "Twitter" and I'll start reading your Twitter feed.
On my back there's a speaker that could do with being a little louder, a volume dial and a USB port for attaching storage media. Below this full-sized USB port, a mini B USB for connecting me to the computer for initial setup.
If you take a peek at my undercarriage, you'll find my power port, a proprietary connector hidden behind a protective sheath. That was not intended to be innuendo.
Also, you'll find a simple dial for aiming my web cam.

Sure, I may not be the most practical piece of consumer kit you've ever eyed, but I do exactly what I say I do. That's got to count for something, right?
For Gadget TV on butterscotch.com, I'm Carrots, standing in for Andrew Moore-Crispin who always secretly predicted he'd be replaced by robots at some point.