Lets be honest. You wouldn’t normally associate bunny rabbits with cutting-edge technology and superior intelligence.
Of course there was that time Bugs Bunny outwitted Marvin the Martian using an Aludium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator but we’re talking real-life here! Maybe that’s why thousands of fans worldwide have been utterly gobsmacked by Nabaztag/tag. Derived from the Armenian word for rabbit, this ingenious Wi-Fi-enabled bunny has revolutionned the way Wi-Fi fans receive information about… well, about anything!

A faithfull companion

Basically Nabaztag/tag is a desktop companion that utilises Wi-Fi technology to fetch information from the Internet and convey it in various charming ways. Indeed Nabaztag doesn’t have any of the boring devices a normal computer has, such as a keyboard, mouse, or monitor. No, instead your new rabbit friend lights up and speaks information from the Web directly to you. He can read you the weather, your e-mail, the news, or even your favorite blog posts as RSS feeds. He also plays music, keeps you up to date on your stocks, and acts as a musical alarm clock. Nabaztag/tag can also signal specific information via coloured lights in his belly; so you can set him to glow yellow if the weather’s going to be sunny or red if an email from a loved one arrives. A wiggling ear could signify a falling stock price and a pattern of lights accompanied by a Westlife track could indicate that it’s time to get up… and get a life.

“Upgrade me I’m famous!”
But Nabaztag is also an application programming interface (API) which gives you coding resources and samples to have fun with with your rabbit! You can custom the Smart wifi Rabbit of Violet on http://nabzone.com and use apps like Nabaztag Rock Paper Scissors, The translator Rabbit, Magic 8 Ball, Telepathy Game, Fortune Cookies, Nabgo : The Rabbit Bingo, Memory Game ‘Simon’, News, Messenger…

Last but not least, Nabaztag fully supports services in German, Italian and Spanish, and reads text messages in 16 different languages: English (USA), English (GB), Spanish, German, French, Italian, Flemish, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, Turkish and Polish.

Save Nabaztag
For the past four years, Nabaztag has been living his quiet life, while continually monitoring the Internet to provided the services your have requested, accomplishing the tasks you have assigned, giving you real-time info and transmiting messages from your friends. A devoted companion in your everyday’s life.

But Nabaztag’s existence is today at stake: Violet, its company, filed for bankruptcy. That would mean that those little “e-rabbits” will soon fall silent and gather dust instead of enriching our lives. But three Nabaztag lovers couldn’t accept this fate and decided to do something crazy: Allow Nabaztag users to buy the company and somehow become Violet’s new shareholders! Their focus is to raise enough funds before the 4th of september. The estimated 2 Millions Euros they aim to raise is not the price of the acquisition (it could be fairly less of course) but it is the amount believed necessary to revive the rabbits and make them happy again! So far they’ve managed to gather approximatively 129,500€. But we can do better than that!

So if you have yourself adopted a Nabaztag, or if you find the concept attractive, innovative, creative and futuristic, take a moment to connect on savenabaztag.com and help make things change with a couple of euros.

To be continued!

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Facebook “Save Nabaztag” group: here and here

Features

• Blinks, moves his ears, talks, plays music

• Reads out loud written texts in 32 languages

• Obeys spoken commands (voice recognition)

• Detects and reacts to the presence of a Nano:ztag or any other object featuring a RFID Ztamp

• Feeds off the Internet. Transmits, reacts, obeys what’s on the Web

• Gives short news with speech & colour-coded lights (Weather, Markets…)

• Reads out loud real time news from any Website (RSS)

• Reads, sings and dances messages and songs sent by your friends over the Net

• Sings and dances MP3 tunes sent by your friends over the Net

• Chat with other Rabbit owners through voice, music and ear movements

• Ability to create your own content channels and applications (API)

• Ever-expanding set of free services and content

• Easy to program through a Web interface

• Connects to your Wi-Fi network and works even when your computer is powered off

• And much, much more…

Technical specs

Technical details

• Size and weight: Height excl. ears: 16 cm / incl. ears: 23 cm – Diameter of base: 13.5 cm – Weight: 1 kg

• Interchangeable magnetic ears

• Power supply: 110-220 Volts

• Wi-Fi card: 802.11 b or g

• Encryption supported: WEP and WPA

• Built-in 2 W speaker

• Audio-out jack for outside speakers

• Volume adjustment control

• Microphone

• Ears with output/input motors

• RFID reader, ISO14443 Type-B. Includes one Nano:ztag Micro-Rabbit containing a RFID Ztamp (additional RFID Ztamp stickers available separately)

System requirements

• Broadband Internet connection and Wi-Fi Access Point

• Wi-Fi card (built-in or USB key) needed for the inital setup

• Mac, PC/Windows, PC/Linux compatible

• Compatible Mac, PC/Windows, PC/Linux

Warranty and Support

• 1 year warranty, repair & replacement

• Technical support Hotline

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