Sony has confirmed that its upcoming PlayStation Vita will have native Facebook, Foursquare, Skype, and Twitter apps. Each app adds a layer of social networking, communications, and location-based entertainment. Of course what I really want to know is are you going to go my way, do you care?!?
I think it’s fantastic that the Vita will have these apps. As many of you know, I’m a frequent user of all four. I love that Sony is making the Vita social. More importantly, the Vita will be social in a way that fits in with most of the online world, as opposed to an insular method like Street Pass on the Nintendo 3DS. Similar to how how consoles are no longer just about games, these apps will ensure that the Vita is far more than a portable gaming device.
Having said that, I don’t see myself using them (much) on the Vita. I use all four services on my mobile phones (yes, plural). For the most part, I don’t see how using one of these services on the Vita will be better than using them on my phone. Perhaps viewing Facebook pictures or making Skype video calls will be better because of the larger screen, but I can’t think of any other reasons.
How do you feel about Facebook, Foursquare, Skype, and Twitter on the PlayStation Vita? Does it make the device more interesting for you? Can you think of a case where it would be better to use one of these services on a Vita than on a phone?
I don't understand Twitter integration on a gaming machine. Then again I use twitter to follow sports and a few tech interests. I don't view it as a social platform as much as a tailored news feed.
I still have never been able to figure out twitter in the 30 seconds I put into trying.
It takes a bit more than 30 seconds to figure it out. It only benefits you based on how or why you use it though. My mom would never use twitter, therefore she thinks it is stupid. I love twitter for a great number of reasons and see it as a wonderful tool (with Google+ being a tool to compliment Twitter) with a vast array of possible uses, therefore I don't think it is stupid.
Like I said though, you need to put more time into Twitter than 30 seconds. That would be akin to signing up for facebook and seeing no use for it because you never took the time to look up any friends or use any of its features. I'm always willing to talk about the benefits of Twitter and why I think it is a great tool if you ever want to have that conversation, lol.
Skype video chat would be nice if it is supported. For some reason Skype doesn't allow me to use my Front facing camera on my new phone.
I might use Facebook if I was already on the PSV.
Not enough people around here use Foursquare so I have kinda quit using it.
Other than that my phone screen is nearly the same size as this, so I don't see myself using those apps very much at all.
I'll stick too using my phone for those apps. It would be nice if they added a netflix app to it.
yes, im sold…the skype integration was something that i considered a big deal
If I wanted all of these features and a portable gaming device, then I would get a smartphone and a Nintendo DS. The game selection still isn't enough to sway me, and these are all services that I can get on my iPod touch or blackberry (devices I already have too, meaning this would be wasted money on my part).
I hated FB at first. My friend signed me up for both FB and My_. I would tried using twitter, but "following" people seemed dumb and I never had anything I ever wanted to put out there because no one I know uses it. Similar to Google + for me right now. It takes considerably more effort for me to just remember to use G+ than it does FB. Its all about routine I guess
That's the beauty of Twitter. You don't necessarily need to "know" anyone using Twitter in order to use it. I follow sports writers, gaming writers, fake accounts, friends, professors, roger ebert (he deserved his own category I suppose), academics, athletes, teams, radio shows, writers, actors, musicians, businesses, job hunting sites, etc. There are so many different possibilities that I am positive you could find some pretty interesting accounts to follow.
I love reading academic journals and articles and I follow enough accounts that usually write or provide links to other people's work on subjects I am interested in. You can keep an account simple and use it is an open conversation with other people on different topics (sort of similar to the Huddle option for G+), or you can provide links to people, talk to people you never would have before about topics that interest you, or just use a tweet to tell someone something (maybe a celebrity or author you would otherwise have no chance of getting in contact with).
My real issue is I don't understand it and I do NEED that. I don't know what all of the @'s are and # and a 'hashtag" (heard that before) Because what I see with the people that are posting things is a bunch inane crap from people I don't actually know. At least with FB I know the people that are always bitching or posting things (I don't have many if any people I don't know fairly well).
@'s are a way of designating which account you are communicating with (think tagging someone in a facebook or G+ post). If I wanted to send a tweet to Ray, then I would need to designate @r_pad within my 140 character limit so that it would appear in his account (Ray would be able to see the tweet anyways if he just went to your profile, but when a tweet is designated @ him Twitter alerts him to this so he can see the message, similar to a FB notification letting you know someone replied to your status).
#'s or hashtags are simply tags, just like tagging a picture with SlickyFats on facebook. One of your friends may have 30 pictures in an album, but only 5 of them have you tagged. If you go to your profile then look through pictures of you, then those 5 pictures from your friends album will appear. The other 25 will not. When a # is used it links all the tweets that have that hashtag so that they can appear in their own Twitter stream. It's a way of sorting similar information with each other.
Using @ makes a post appear to another user. It's the same as using @ on Facebook or + in Google+. Hashtags help group posts together for search purposes. If I want to see what the latest tweets on the Yankees are, there's a higher chance they'll show up if the tweets have #Yankees on them. If you click in a hashtag you can see all the recent posts with them. It's useful for current events, movies, shows, sports, etc. — really anything that can be labelled.
Think they should add ooVoo as well as Skype there both used often