More and more I think we’re going to all be using the web without actually using a browser.  Joe Born from Neuros has let us know that a new feature of the Neuros OSD will be the ability to use wiki’s and other internet sources to look up data about TV recordings on the OSD and more.

The Dash Express also uses a similar model.  On the Dash, you’re using data from the web and you don’t even need a web browser to get it.  It just shows up in the searches and via send2car alerts from the web.  Now the send2car alerts can be sent from your browser.  There are several Dash apps that automatically send you alerts in the form of addresses sent from the web without needing a browser.  The Weather Alert Dash App will take your position and store it on the web and for a 24 hour period it will send you addresses with information concerning any severe weather that may be affecting the county or counties along your route.  All of this information is freely available from the National Weather Service or other sources.

Now the Neuros OSD is using the web in almost the exact same way.  While your using the Neuros OSD to record your show or listen to music you can press a button on your remote and bring up info from Wikipedia about the show or the artist.  This is a very good way to use the web and to get people to use the internet without actually knowing what a web browser is!

• I am very excited with what else might be possible.  Imagine:
• Pressing a button while watching a movie and overlaying data from Wikipedia or IMDB about the movie.
• When using your GPS, you get an alert as you near a suspected speed trap.
• As your listening to your internet enabled radio, you press a button and not only is the station call letters presented to you, but the city they are located in, the song title and the album it’s off of plus what other tracks you might be interested in.
• A device that’s sole purpose is to listen to Pandora or Last.fm (if they survive).

I am sure that’s just scratching the surface of what may be possible when you embed the web into a device that may not have it’s own web browser.  I can see the web being integrated in to cable boxes in the near future providing imdb info, or wiki info or maybe even the possibility of paying your bill via the cable box or maybe even ordering a pizza up.  The sky is the limit with this kind of stuff.  The only thing that remains is whether the people who provide the services are willing to provide api’s so these devices can use these services.