Over the past few years Verizon Fios has broadened its horizons by adding new widgets that allow customers to go on Facebook and Twitter right on their TV. Are TV and computers moving on the track to becoming one? That’s what Matt Hamblen thinks, a writer for computerworld.com. He states that there have been“15 million Facebook sessions on Fios TV in less than a year, and as many as 5 million tweets and states. "People like the dialog on a subject or program they have in common with others”.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176444/Verizon_FiOS_TV_feeds_Twitter_Facebook_generation
Its true though isn’t that what a lot of people do? You see something good on TV and you immediately post a status on Facebook, Tweet it or write on a friend’s wall that is watching the same thing. The concept is kind of brilliant in my opinion because it cuts the middleman out, you don’t even have to open your laptop. You simply press the widget button on your TV remote and BAM! There’s Facebook waiting for your comment.
This commercial shows how easy and accessible it would be to communicate and ultimately social network on the TV. Some of the benefits include saving energy by not having your lap top plugged in while watching TV and having the option to simply switch to Facebook or twitter on a commercial. It’s also awesome to see your pictures on a flat screen TV. But in the scheme of things a laptop will always be in a different category than TV because they are more portable and are used for a lot more than Facebook and Twitter. But who knows months or years from now Verizon could actually combine there other features with the ability to stream the Internet with their Fios plan. I don’t know how well that will take to the older population due to the fact that it is not necessarily practical and would probably hike up the price of Verizon Fios a little bit. Yet…with the young social networkers of the world this would be an easy way to pass on information about our TV show addictions with our friends.
Your blog was very intresting and I really enjoyed reading it. Personally I have mixed feelings about this whole Facebook/Twitter on Fios TV. I think it's neat because whenever I watch a show, I always have to tell the world about what I thought about it, especially if it was an amazing episode or even if it was completely horrible. Instantly I update my status, like "OMG Greys is intense!", on any commercial. I think it would be really cool, but completley lazy.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand. I have Optimum Online for both TV and Internet and honestly wouldn't switch to Fios for this neat feature. Yeah, it's really cool to have the opportunity to see my picture albums on my 100inch flat screen, but is it really that much of a necessity ? Is it really necessary to be able to use the internet on another device? We have iPhones, iTouch, PC, Laptop, Cell Phones, you name it..all equipped with internet. Do we really need a TV equipped with the same? This will just make America even more lazy than what we already are.