OK, so I know that I have gone on and on about how cool the Droid is. But the discovery I made last week blows all the past cool things away. A commercial came up in which the nerdy FIOS guy had made the installation and the father of the household used the FaceBook feature in FIOS to post a status message. 3 "Booms" later, the entire family is there and everyone is looking at their TV for Facebook content. I'll admit the FB app is pretty good. The graphics are not the best but you can watch TV and see notifications at the same time. It's kind of a divided screen.
No, that isn't the cool part. That is what I would expect from a service that provides both Internet and TV. The cool part is the integration between the wireless business unit and the TV-Internet business unit. Integration between the Droid and the TV is the point at which they can develop a significant competitive advantage. Their first step in this direction is the FIOS remote control app: http://phandroid.com/2010/02/18/android-app-controls-your-verizon-fios-tv/
If Verizon can further integrate the wireless business in with their home Internet and TV business then there is a real opportunity for them. They need to focus on pushing their Video OnDemand to the wireless business. This will allow for a ton of content to be accessible on their mobile platform. Anyway, I found it to be really cool that there is an app that would control my set-top box.
Play Station, I am amazed that there isn't a Play Station 3 application that does the same thing.
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