Facebook, how do I access thee? Let me count the ways:
- On the desktop computer in my home office.
- Who am I kidding? I rarely sit in my office. I am writing this from the comfort of my couch, with my laptop. I have not actually looked at Facebook yet today, but I see that Twitter access is already open in another browser tab.
- My phone.
- Our iPad, usually found on a nightstand or sometimes in the kitchen.
- And now, the Sony Dash. The Dash is basically an app machine that cycles through content you have preselected, such as NY Times photos of the day, E! headlines, Martha Stewart recipes, and of course your Facebook account. Unlike the other Internet devices I mentioned above, you don’t have to click or do anything for the content to come to you.
If you are one of those people who “forgets” to check in on your social network-y friends (I’ll just pretend I can relate to this), or forgets to read the New York Times, or forgets to keep abreast of pop music, tune in. You’re going to like this.
Our Sony Dash is currently in the living room, telling me that it’s 65 degrees in Berkeley, CA. Since it has an alarm clock function, I could also see using it as a bedroom accessory.
You can run a bunch of apps on this handy little guy, or just keep it simple and use it as a picture viewer when you link it up with your Flickr account. It connects wirelessly with your household network, so it just plugs into the wall for power.
Other cool tricks? Touch any of the stories to see more – so if you’ve got the YouTube widget running, simply touch the video to see it play. Like the recipe Martha is promoting today? Touch the screen to see the whole thing. Got Netflix? Watch your Mad Men while you do the dishes. Betty Draper’s housekeeper only wishes she had it so good.
Want one? Sony gave us one to send to a reader. Here’s the deal:
Click over to the Dash info page and identify one application you’d like to access in a dash. Are you a Twitter girl or a Pandora junkie? Need your sports news ASAP or your E-bay auction status? Tell us in the comments below. Comments will close at midnight on Thursday, September 23 (US-residents only. Sorry!). We’ll pick one winner at random on Friday, September 24, 2010.
I would love the CBSSports NFL headlines app. I work in a sports memorabilia auction business with a bunch of guys who are always talking football. I could set this at my desk and actually have a conversation with my co-workers. LOL
Pandora or Radio Paradise – I love hearing new music! But I’ll admit, the Netflix and Facebook apps would likely get used a whole bunch, too.
Pandora for sure! I’m getting tired of lugging my laptop into the kitchen with me to listen to music.
Wow! I am a Mom and unlikely triathlete aspiring to do an Ironman one day coordinating training, family and PTA schedules would be so awesome on the flash! Our PTA now uses a public Google Calendar and I can download all important date! My Blackberry just isn’t resilient enough and is clumsy to navigate quickly! Okay, I might FB and tweet a little too
Flickr, Facebook, Pandora – its hard to pick just one!
it would most likely be facebook for sure since i can’t live without it!
Oh my, I definitely would love the Netflix app. I could catch up on my old tv series and movies in the kitchen while getting food ready. And it would be so handy to just get a quick peek at my Facebook account without firing up the computer.
I would use it for Pandora, Facebook and for showing off pictures of my new baby girl!
Facebook and my favorite blogs all day every single day! Thank You for the chance to win. Crossing my fingers. I really want to win!
Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr, of course!
Pandora Radio for sure!
I would definitely use the Facebook app the most, next would be the blog updates
Facebook would be #1 used app if I owned one. I’m always checking updates!
I’d love to have one of these! I’d use it to keep up with my Gmail and facebook.
I’m a facebook gal, but it would be awesome to be able to watch netflix or listen to pandora while I’m running around doing housework.
I would LOVE to be use the Dash to access recipes in my kitchen! Most of the recipes I find these days are online. I waste a lot of paper printing them and reading them in the kitchen. A Dash would really help me save on that.
I am obsessed with the weather and Netflix.
This would be perfect for me.
I would LOVE this for recipes. Like Alison said, i find a lot of recipes online that i hand write out on a piece of paper. Also my daughter sometimes watches dora off of browse instant on netflix. I have to sit with her since she likes to pound on my keyboard. this would be perfect!
I would use the Dash for email, facebook and in the kitchen for recipes!
I would use the dash for getting on gmail and google reader. I check my reader probably 10000 times a day!!
oooh, what a cool looking gadget
other than checking email & news, could be fun to play some word games with friends on there.
I would definitely use a recipe app! There’s one at http://dash.chumby.com/guide/widget/Recipe%20Fetch
I’d probably also hit up twitter a lot!
I would probably use FB or email mostly. But maybe to watch netflix. Ohhhh, I would use it for so many things!!!
The first thing that comes to mind other than Facebook and what not would be TV Episodes since we don’t have cable/satellite.
Cozi looks really good. I’m always looking for somthing to better organize my life or rather get it organized to start with.
http://www.cozi.com/
I’d enjoy one of the calendar apps- like maybe the christmas countdown!
totally for gmail without leaving the two-under-two alone together to go check the desktop! that and i have an ancient phone that doesn’t do anything schmancy other than accept/make calls…and reject messages. sigh. think of the pictures i could share! and the maps! i could know where we were going! more importantly, the navteq app–i could see it being very useful in the metro DC area. very. useful. with two carseats in the back and wondering to take this exit or next to get keep the car moving so the smaller kiddo stays asleep….
would LOVE to add this to our family! i might even make my facebook account DO something again! yes, i’m one of those.
I’d like to see a Grooveshark app on it. I can’t live without Grooveshark!!!!
Oh pandora all the way! I love having music on in my home but I”m looking to ditch the old stereo!!
I would be using facebook and Twitter….all the time. This thing looks really neat….
I would probably use it most for twitter and for viewing recipes in the kitchen without getting food all over my keyboard laptop.
I would definitely be using the BRAVIA® Internet Video to watch Netflix!
I love pandora but it would be facebook for sure!
Wow, it’s so hard to narrow it down! I would want podcasts, Pandora, weather, and Twitter. If I had to narrow it down, probably Twitter.
Facebook!
I think probably the Netflix app would be used a lot in our house (thinking of letting the little one watch Mickey Mouse on it while Daddy ties up the TV and computer with football stuff).
Netflix! I’d love to lie in bed nursing my (soon to be) newborn baby streaming movies or episodes! Also- Pandora because I love it and use it all the time on the desktop computer we have.
We would wear out Pandora and Netflix on it!
Pandora… I love music!
I have to admit that I am a Facebook addict so that would be top priority and then games.
I would pandora all the time!
I would use the AccuWeather.com app. I travel alot during the day so this would help me alot! If course I would also love the youtube app. I love watching youtube videos! How great!
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I actually am a Pandora junkie so I would love it for that! Also, facebook and flickr.
Ooooh, Netflix. I have this (really lazy) naptime rule that after allof the running around/playground time/healthy-meal making, at naptime I do ONE thing around the house and then I get to sit and watch tv. Yup. Sit. During the day. It is marvelous.
If I had to pick only one, I would choose Twitter, because then I at least get a little bit of social & news combined.
Wow – I had never heard of these. Thanks for bringing it to our attention & having a giveaway. I would say the Social Networking thing, but it all looks great!
I’d love to have this to access Pandora in my kitchen.
Definetly Flikr and Pandora. Pandora is awesome.
Pandora hands down.
I’d love the Picasa app – it’ll be great to have an easy way to show off pictures