We’re about a day or so behind, but know this:
Major Nelson says the first wave of Xbox LIVE Update Preview Program invites were blasted to e-mail inboxes in the recent past. Those of you who bothered with registering on the
Microsoft Connect Web site may or may not have an invitation waiting, but if you do, you’ll be able to join in on the Twitter and Facebook fun with the rest of the privileged world.
Just don’t expect to get a taste of Halo Waypoint until next week.
Unlike the last update, Nelson didn’t specify if Microsoft was still taking applications for the Preview Program process, but it wouldn’t hurt to fiddle with Connect to see if registration is still open if you’re really hot to tweet as hard
as Brad Nicholson does from the NXE dashboard.
Confused? Live under a rock? Hit up our video tour of
this upcoming update.
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8:40 AM on 10.23.2009
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I thought Twitter would be possible ingame but it only works as long as the Twitter-App(?) is open .. would have loved to see little pop ups whenever a new tweet comes in.
Since I don't use Facebook and I don't like movie streaming/renting (dvds > download) I can't say anything about that.
Twitter wouldn't open, because I had used up my free time on it. You have to be gold (around £35 a year) to use these apps, which are free on any computer, phone, or even Playstation 3. Very disappointing.
Does everyone who applies get in early? I got this one and the last. Am I lucky? Do I have a weird setup they want tested? Or is all this mostly a publicity stunt to build hype?
Pretty much what everyone says about it lol
The biggest flaw is that the Twitter app has to be run as a stand alone program. It cannot run in the background on the 360. You cannot send or receive tweets if you are not running the Twitter program. This thing should be constantly running in the background and updating you (user preference of course) on the fly no matter if you are playing a game, using ANY of the dashboard functions or watching a Blu-Ra.....never mind i meant DVD or HD-DVD(epic fail) movie.
The fact that it does not run in the background is IMO a deal breaking flaw. Not to mention the fact that my options are limited to "reply" "retweet" "<user> profile" and "favorite this tweet" I haven't been able to figure out how to direct message someone and clicking on links is of course impossible. Hell at least my 5 year old cell phone can save macros so i can at least send direct tweets to people. You can of course update your status and search the tweets and also browse trending topics but the major limitations far outweigh the positives. This update just makes the "NXE" even more cluttered than it already is. I encourage all present and future interface design artists to study the NXE as a prime example of what NOT to do.
Sorry everyone but this really is a half-assed update. sure it adds facebook, twitter and zune but it does everything so poorly that you can get more functionality from a cell phone.