Community tackles Xbox Live Anywhere
by Xav de Matos 
{ Mar 20th 2008 at 11:15AM }
When it was announced in 2006, Xbox Live Anywhere was the vision of the Live platform we'd all expect to be immersed in by the time Sony and Nintendo had entered the next-gen market. Two years later a community, who grew tired of waiting for mobile Live awareness, has taken the platform under their wing.The team at 1337pwn have recently released a set of widgets for the iPhone and iPod Touch family along with widgets for Palm and Blackberry devices that meet almost every expectation of Microsoft's original Live Anywhere platform (save for playing games). More than just a static gamercard, the Xbox Live Friends List Widget allows users to view the online status and gamerscore of any users inputted into the system while allowing users to send messages via Xbox.com by clicking into any listed gamercard. While the widget has been available for MacOS and select internet browsers for sometime, the inclusion of mobile widgets for this high-quality community creation is already a step ahead of Microsoft. Now, if they could only tackle a Smart Phone (Windows Mobile) version we'd be happy!
[Thanks, borocouncilman]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Deck @ Mar 20th 2008 11:29AM
Wow..that's pretty good!
Though like you said... they need to tackle a Windows Mobile version! Yes, that would make it perfect! (I then could use it :-p)
john paul @ Mar 20th 2008 12:56PM
yea i use that. Also ihalostats is really cool.
but the problem with1337 is that it just bring you to the live profile page on xbox.com. So its not a mobile version exactly
but its still mad cool
Misinformed DNA @ Mar 20th 2008 11:37AM
It's kind of cool, but they didn't really do anything special.
"that meet almost every expectation of Microsoft's original Live Anywhere platform (save for playing games)"
um... without playing games you pretty much have a IM client? Or a Facebook status update widget? Eh.
OBM @ Mar 20th 2008 12:02PM
awesome, I actually requested something like this last week on an iphone dev forum, glad it was already in the pipeline. w00t for the community effort.
MrMuggs @ Mar 20th 2008 12:06PM
I don't care so much about a mobile Xbox Live Friends List Widget. If I'm not at home I don't care who is online and who isn't online. I'd like a really good Xbox Live Friends List Widget for my desktop. I've been using one for Mac but it's sometimes flaky plus most of my machines are Windows.
Right now, I sometimes load up my friends list on xbox.com but I'd rather have a nice widget. For Windows, I was using an awesome Xbox Live Friends List Widget but the last update broke it.
I think that MS decided if they have MSN Messenger integration then you don't need a widget. I don't like Messenger and I don't like integrating XBL with it.
Maverick Saturn @ Mar 20th 2008 1:03PM
Cool, but it isn't exactly anywhere if you don't have a iPhone, put it on PSP and that will be a laugh :)
Josh @ Mar 20th 2008 1:47PM
windows mobile version ftw! msoft needs to get on the ball..
wickedpheonix @ Mar 20th 2008 4:53PM
This is pretty damn awesome actually, I see myself using this on my iPhone even if I'm already on my Xbox online just because I can message people MUCH easier with the iPhone's keyboard (messenger kit is a waste of money IMHO).
URPREY @ Mar 20th 2008 4:56PM
Working great on my WM6.1 Tilt with Skyfire browser.
borocouncilman @ Mar 20th 2008 11:59PM
Thanks for the great feedback!
In the iPhone application, be sure to give the gamerpics a tap. You'll find detailed information including bio, location, and recent games. If the gamer played Halo 3, there's even a direct hyperlink to the iHaloStats page for that player.
From the gamer detail, if you tap on a game icon, the game detail is displayed. It includes information about the title's popularity and friends that have played the game recently.
If you've got any other questions or comments, don't hesitate to send a message to "borocouncilman" via XBOX Live.
BeaverCreek618 @ Mar 21st 2008 5:19PM
Actually, you can use the version for Palm on a Windows Mobile device. You just have to install the STYLETAP application first, which allows Windows Mobile devices to run Palm apps.
tcolberg @ Apr 1st 2008 3:12AM
Actually, the version for Palm and Blackberry is just a basic webpage. So you could use it on any device, including WinMbl, that has a basic web browser. I have it on my Palm T|3 tethered to my cell phone.