Verizon has hit a gold mine with its Fios TV and the company is capitalizing on it. Currently, they have more than two hundred and fifty channels in their list of offerings, but they are not stopping there. Verizon has just added two more Web-connected services to the Fios TV.

Last week, Verizon offered their subscribers the chance to pick out anything they want from a wide array of Internet widgets. The best thing about these widgets is that they are for free! In order to make use of these widgets, users only need a Fios receiver or digital video recorder.

Rob Pegoraro of The Washington Post tried the new service for himself and has this to say:

The widgets build on software Verizon introduced four years ago for its own use; now, Verizon will provide approved widgets from other developers in a new Widget Bazaar. Verizon says about 40 of these are in development, but the only new ones showed off today were Twitter and Facebook applications. The former doesn’t let you sign into a Twitter account so you can’t easily bring up replies to your updates, while the latter allows access to more of Facebook’s standard features. Note that in each case, your input is limited to the standard remote control, with no provision for a wired or wireless keyboard.

He did raise a very interesting point. He mentioned that he has not been hearing from any TV Widget users. I realized that the same is true for me. I know countless people who use widgets on their computers but not on their TV. Anyone care to teach us a lesson?

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