Ready for Facebook and Twitter updates from millions of Xbox 360s? The beta leads off "middle-towards-end of October," according to Microsoft speaking to MTV.
Microsoft's Larry Hryb recently wrote that the late September Xbox 360 system update was "[in] preparation for additional system enhancements (Facebook/Twitter/Last.FM) that will arrive later this year."
I'm seeing a few places (okay, actually just The Guardian) angling this as a "do you really want it?" story. Facebook's not full-featured, for one. You'll be able to rifle through friends lists, for instance, and see which ones have Xbox LIVE gamertag's cross-linked. If you want to invite them over, you can do that, too. But you won't be able to mess with videos or Facebook games and applications, and unless you have a USB keyboard plugged in, you'll have to text with a gamepad, something I've always personally hated.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/173262/
Microsoft's Larry Hryb recently wrote that the late September Xbox 360 system update was "[in] preparation for additional system enhancements (Facebook/Twitter/Last.FM) that will arrive later this year."
I'm seeing a few places (okay, actually just The Guardian) angling this as a "do you really want it?" story. Facebook's not full-featured, for one. You'll be able to rifle through friends lists, for instance, and see which ones have Xbox LIVE gamertag's cross-linked. If you want to invite them over, you can do that, too. But you won't be able to mess with videos or Facebook games and applications, and unless you have a USB keyboard plugged in, you'll have to text with a gamepad, something I've always personally hated.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/173262/