ICy

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The correct title of this article is ICy. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

The iCy is a robot penguin designed and manufactured by Sega Toys. It is also manufactured by Hasbro, which sells the iCy in North America.

iCy, like iDog, iCat and iFish, responds like a speaker to any music device with a 3.5mm audio jack input, but in addition to playing it, dances and the LED lights on its stomach flash in beat to the music. Unlike its predecessors, it has only one touch sensor for user interaction, its tail, which is designed to annoy it rather than reward it (while petting the iCat's nose or chin causes it to purr). It has various emotions which change based on user interaction and music played with it that provide different color patterns on its LED lights.

The iCy was probably designed to interact with the iPod (hence the name, even though the iPod is designed by the Apple Computer company), though it has an integrated speaker and reacts if placed near an audio source (such as speakers).

The iCy is designed to personify different traits and acts irritated when it has been without music for a while, waving its arms and squawking; "feeding" the iCy music makes it feel better.