Comments on: Bring on the Widgets!

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:06:34 +0000

cypherstream, Ive thought the same thing for the last 2+ years, but I havent heard of *1* company letting it happen.

By: cypherstream

cypherstream — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:56:37 +0000

I’d love to see some widgets in the ITV platforms for Motorola set top boxes. I know Verizon has been on the forefront of innovation on set top software, but maybe if more people could develop set top applications in OCAP, more MSO’s would be inspired to add features and functionality to their on screen interfaces.

With OCAP and Java TV API’s, the development platform should be more open. The middleware can be closed source so fear of ‘hackers’ breaking down to lower levels to corrupt boxes to do bad things should be minimized. With just a java sandbox UI layer, I think development should be opened up, much like it is for mobile devices.

By: Mari Silbey

Mari Silbey — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:25:28 +0000

@Todd All completely valid points. But worst case, you get a chance to win $25k.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:14:37 +0000

“…Want to do a little app dev for a future Android phone?”

If Moto would OFFICIALLY state they are going to release an Android phone to the Consumer, available through the Moto store, unlocked, and not carrier neutral – Then “yes” I would.

I cheer that Moto is having a widget contest, by a suggestion would be:

If you want the same developer usage and adoption you see Apple’s iPhone and T-Mobile’s G1, you need to not operate in secret, keep us all guessing about mythical handsets that don’t actually exist. Or worse, I develop a cool widget, only to see it high jacked or banned ( ala what Apple did to Podcaster ).