I purchased a Nabaztag 2+ years ago. For those who don't know, it is an Internet connected device that is a stylized little rabbit. The current bunny is named, "BunnyPrime."
Since I purchased him, it has been getting the weather for me in the morning, retrieving some basic RSS feeds and stuff like that. Some would consider this boring content. But, it was a great conversation piece and it was worth the $100 I invested into it.
Fast forward to a few days ago... I received a letter from Violet, the French company that makes these bunnies asking me why my other bunny, a replacement rabbit, is not connected. It then went and announced a new website and a few other things. I decided to go to the website and see what else the bunny can do.
While not new, I decided to hook up the Gmail interface. This widget allows the rabbit to read me the subjects of all my new mail. Today, it paid off.
I was sitting in my livingroom playing Oregon Trails. Yes, the old game that I played in elementary school on the venerable Apple II. It was awesome! All of the suddent, my Nabaztag called out that a new message arrived and gave me the subject of the message. Because I was on my PC laptop at the time, I opened a new Firefox window and went to Gmail.
Brilliant. 2+ years and Internet connected devices did something that I found utterly cool and helpful. Congrats Violet! I will now be purchasing more bunnies from you.
