Ah yes.. let’s file this one under “I feel like cluttering up my desk even more!”. It’s the USB based i-Buddy – a small translucent three inch figurine that reacts according to MSN instant messages. You can even program the figure to react to a specific MSN account – let’s say your significant other or someone you’re avoiding. Finally, the i-Buddy detects emoticons and yes.. reacts accordingly. The folks at Gear Live have posted a quick video review of the product here and finds the following:

We had a lot of fun playing with the gadget and our cat seemed to think he was there just for her. Note that the most response we got was when we were sent an angry emoticon.

If you’re a frequent user of Microsoft’s MSN/Windows Live Messenger, then you actually  might find this toy fun to have around the desktop. How about creating one that reacts to all IM clients out there? Now THAT would be cool…

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