Android Honeycomb music app gets UI overhaul

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/Mobile%20Phones/Google/Honeycomb_media-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>The next level of Android's music player has been leaked onto the internet for all to see, complete with a big UI overhaul.</P><br /><P>Like the new(ish) gallery app from Google's mobile OS, Honeycomb's new music player is a big improvement on the original.</P><br /><P>Instead of large and blocky graphics that have been present pretty much since the first release, Android 3.0 will come with sliding tabs, the much-vaunted wireless streaming from your PC/Google account and improved landscape viewing.</P><br /><P><STRONG>Early days</STRONG></P><br /><P><a href="http://www.talkandroid.com/24828-download-leaked-android-honeycomb-default-music-player-app-with-complete-ui-overhaul/">TalkAndroid</A> and <a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/12/27/honeycomb-music-player-leaked-now-available-to-download/">AndroidPolice</A> are hosting the leaked file from XDA Developers Forum member johnnie93, and after TechRadar had a little play around, the next level of Android's music player does seem a cut above the previous iteration (and man, did it need it).</P><br /><P>It does lack a few things the stock Gingerbread offering gives us (namely things like being able to drag your 'Now Playing' playlist around) and the wireless syncing isn't working yet, but it's enough to get that little bit closer to the iPhone's iPod interface.</P><br /><P>Of course, most power Android users have picked their favourite independent third party application already (we're big fans of MixZing over here) but for a stock option on both smartphones and tablets, this is a nice move in the right direction for Google.</P>

Android Honeycomb music app gets UI overhaul

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Android Market gets radical UI overhaul

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/Mobile%20Phones/Google/android-market-new-200-200.jpg"> </div><br> <br> <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latesttecompu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0047Q9GT4&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>The new and improved Android Market has arrived, in the form of a ripped APK (Android package) released onto the web.<br> Website Android Police has managed to load the new Market on to a number of its handsets and has uploaded some images of the UI.<br> The biggest change is in the look of the interface. Google definitely likes the colour green at the moment, with a green curve taking up most of the screen.<br> This curve now houses a carousel, which means the tabs of old have completely disappeared.<br> <br>

Android Market gets radical UI overhaul

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BlackBerry maker RIM looking to overhaul UI

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/computing/mobile-computing/Tablets%20and%20touchscreens/BlackBerry_PlayBook/official%20tablet%20angle-crop-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>BlackBerry maker RIM has bought Swedish design company The Astonishing Tribe as it looks to enhance the look and feel of its devices.</P><br /><P>With the PlayBook tablet close to launch, RIM is aware that it may need to revisit its designs for the BlackBerry OS. </P><br /><P>TAT is a mobile user interface specialist, and will be aiming to give the BlackBerry devices an overhaul. </P><br /><P><STRONG>Innovative</STRONG></P><br /><P>"TAT is renowned for their innovative mobile user interface (UI) designs and has a long history of working with mobile and embedded technology," RIM's chief technology officer, David Yach, wrote on a company blog announcing the acquisition.</P><br /><P>"We're excited that the TAT team will be joining RIM and bringing their talent to the BlackBerry PlayBook and smartphone platforms."</P><br /><P>The amount that RIM spent on TAT has not been revealed, but it serves to underline the emphasis that the company is putting on keeping up with the likes of Apple and, of course, Microsoft following the revamped Windows Phone 7 release.</P><br /><P>Via <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B14RD20101202">Reuters</A></P>

BlackBerry maker RIM looking to overhaul UI

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