Myspace on Your TV
Comments(0) Just announced from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the technology to provide Myspace on your TV. You’ll be able to exchange messages with your friends whilst watching your favourite TV show thanks to a new widget that has been developed by Myspace,Intel and Yahoo.
Networkworld has reported the development of the the widget although no date has yet been given for it’s release, with the widget, users won’t have to rely on a browser to access MySpace.com. They can receive instant updates of friends’ activities directly on their TV screen, without having to refresh a browser. The widget will also let them view their friends’ profiles. Users can access the widget using a remote and type messages for friends with an on-screen keyboard, a MySpace spokeswoman said.
The widgets are designed to work with Intel’s Intel Media Processor CE3100 system-on-a-chip platform for consumer electronics devices. Here’s the full story if you would like to read more about this: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/010809-myspace-comes-to-tv-with.html
My personal opinion on this is that it will go nowhere, with traditional mediums such as TV you are really stuck in one place and given the development of mobile platforms and the direction that the internet is moving in, in the future. I can’t help but think this is just a gimmick.
My guess is that most users of social media sites will more than likely continue to use their Iphones and other mobile tools to access these sites. Anyway, I can never get the remote off my wife, so that’s me done!!!
It seems though from reading the responses on the Networkworld blog that I may be in the minority on this. Only time will tell!!
