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Joystiq and Engadget both had a chance to get a first-hand look at exactly how these new integrations will work when they launch in beta later this month (and to the general public shortly thereafter), and were generally impressed with some of the user interface results. – Mashable

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Facebook
The most surprisingly well-executed addition to the Xbox experience comes through Facebook. Critics are quick to point out that Facebook can be accessed readily from almost any other device, whether it be a mobile phone or a PC. While much of Facebook’s core functionality is replicated on the Xbox, Microsoft’s app significantly streamlines and improves the experience, especially when browsing photo albums. Whereas the dot com site is plagued by a sluggish AJAX design, the Xbox app loads photos and galleries instantly, making it much faster and easier to browse through your friend’s pics. On the Facebook website, you’ll see ads clutter the screen as you browse individual photos. On the Xbox, however, each photo gets the full-screen treatment, with captions minimally presented at the top of the screen. For those that use Facebook as their primary way of sharing photos, using an Xbox will be hands-down the best way of presenting them.

As more and more Xbox users link their Facebook profiles to their Xbox gamertags, the app will help to solve one of the platform’s major limitations: finding new friends to play with on Xbox Live. In addition to just browsing through the Facebook friends list, you can filter out pals that have Xbox Live accounts. If they’re not already your Xbox Live friend, you can simply send them a request from this menu. 

Your average Facebook user has 130 friends, notably trumping the Xbox’s 100 friend limit. Our worry is that if most Xbox-owning Facebook users are above that average the functionality will further exacerbate the Xbox’s long-standing limitation. For example: your old high school buddy has an Xbox gamertag and plays the same games you do! That’s great the first time it happens … but frustrating if it’s the 101st.

Twitter
Twitter, on the other hand, adds nothing (but also takes nothing) from the overall Xbox experience. All the functionality you’ve come to expect from a Twitter mobile app is here: you can update your own status, see your friend’s timelines, and even see trending topics. Surprisingly, the innovative connectivity options being explored with Facebook aren’t present here. Don’t expect to auto-tweet your next Achievement! Without being able to find Xbox Live friends via Twitter, the Twitter application feels rather incomplete compared to Facebook.

And far more than Facebook and its suite of apps and services, Twitter is “just” a personalized window into the web, written and curated by your friends; however, without the ability to click on links, or see pictures uploaded to Twitpic (and other similar services), the experience feels immediately crippled and serves as a constant reminder that the Xbox 360 remains the only current gaming console on the market without a web browser. That its creator, Microsoft, makes the most popular browser in the world is all the more notable.