In this concept we look at how widgets could make their way to the iphone. Today, you bounce in and out of applications. We wanted to explore if a widget layer in the form of Dashboard perhaps could speed up the workflow, at least for simple tasks. For you to easier follow the demonstration we added a voiceover this time around. Thoughts not covered in the movie: The triple pinch gesture can be invoked from anywhere on the iphone. We feel this gesture is unique enough to be used as a systemwide shortcut. Although, since the gesture requires a two-handed action, we thought it would be convenient to be able to set it as a home button shortcut as well. This would be changed in the Setting - General - Home. Dashboard could even be activated on the lock screen using the same gesture. However, if you have a password protected phone, this feature would be disabled to prevent unauthorized access. Widgets should be connected to their app counter part. So a widget such as stickies should be connected to the Notes app. If you make sticky note, it would be visible in the Notes app as well. In the case of the a widget where you need to enter text, the keyboard would slide up and the widget would be positioned above it. The default setup of widgets could be the following: Calculator, Calendar, Clock, Converter, itunes, Stickies, Stocks, Timer, Weather and Web Clip. In addition to that you would be able to download third party widgets from the App Store. The Quick Settings widget in the ...
At the Consumer Electronics Show 2009, Jeffrey Litvack of the Associate Press stopped by the Intel booth to show how your favorite news, sports, business or other topics can be displayed in a live ticker feed on your TV using the Internet connected Widget Channel created by Intel and Yahoo! More info here tinyurl.com
Yahoo! and Intel announce TV widgets and the Intel Media Processor CE 3100 system on a chip. Live at IDF Fall '08, Intel's Eric Kim demos interactive TV with Yahoo! widgets. Web, weather, stocks, flickr, blockbuster movie rentals and more on your TV. Want More? Get it @ kravvykrav.com
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Internet content and social networks are arriving to the TV through small applications called TV Widgets that co-exist with regular TV programming. Together with the Intel® Media Processor CE3100, new connected tvs and Set-Top-Boxes that combine the Web with TV will transform how consumers enjoy personal entertainment.
This video walks through the default Yahoo! widgets available at launch for the KDL-XBR9 and KDL-Z5100 series LCD televisions. Customizing weather and stock widgets is also shown.
