Like Sphero's other toys, the BB-8 connects to iOS or Android devices (Sphero tweeted that it's working on Windows Phone support), though there's no need if all you want to do is keep it safe in the ...

Sphero’s Star Wars BB8 droid is one of the coolest smartphone accessories out there and it’s about to get a whole lot cooler thanks to a new wearable that mimics the force and allows you to control ...

Sphero, the company responsible for creating robotic balls that can be controlled by iPhones, today announced a remote-controlled BB-8, a droid from the upcoming film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." ...

Usually, when you fall in love with a cool gadget depicted in the latest science fiction blockbuster, the best you can hope for is that maybe, maybe, some gifted entrepreneur will be inspired to bring ...

Sphero's smartphone-controlled BB-8 droid (from the new Star Wars film, of course) is one of the cooler toys we've seen. The company's looking to add an extra level of interactivity to the droid by ...

Sphero's new battle-weathered BB-8 and a new wearable remote to control it are here at last and pretty darn fun. Scott Stein Editor at Large I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I ...

The Force is strong with the small Boulder robot toymaker picked by Disney to build a toy based on a character sure to be next R2-D2. Call the force Bob — as in Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger, who ...