Verge Review

Your smartphone’s not just a phone anymore — it’s a remote control for your TV, your stereo, an AR.Drone helicopter, and much more. So why not a plastic ball? I can only assume that’s what Orbotix thought when it developed Sphero, a baseball-sized ball that you drive around using your iOS or Android device. It sounds incredibly odd and more like a dream toy for pets, but thanks to some high-tech hardware inside – Bluetooth, an LED light, compass, gyroscope, and accelerometer – it...

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