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Android interface that did not quite make it?

23 October 2008 by Staff Editor


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It is always exciting to see what concepts and revisions current phones went through before they were released into the wild. Although it is a very rare occasion, one company that had a chance to work on an Android interface is showing one of their works of art on their website.

Tat is a Swedish software technology and design company that enhances the experience of users mobile devices. They have brought the “WOW” effect to over 240 million mobile devices worldwide. Tat proudly shows their latest concept demos including a demo for Google’s Android in their Show Room. We are still unsure if Tat had anything to do with the current Android design and layout, but it is sure fun to imagine.

In this demo we see much of what we do now in the Current version of the Android operating system. A few tweaks here and there make the layout seem familiar to even iPhone owners, the “dock” at the bottom of the screen too closely resembles that of the iPhone. We want to know what our members think, is this real? Do you think Google should have gone with a interface more like this one?

  1. No they shouldn't have gone with that one, I like the option to choose where I want my shortcuts, seems like google really wanted to stress that this was an open platform, and what better way to do that while letting users set up the background, icons, ring tones, picture frame, and much much more!
  2. where's the video of it?
  3. Interesting - one of these videos (the open GL one) appeared on YouTube in February titled 'Android UI looks far better than the iPhone' (below). I think it annoyed a lot of people because it was a simulation. All the screens on the Tat website look very nice though.
    [ame="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1GDl2r0RxpE"]YouTube - Android UI looks far better than Iphone p7[/ame]
  4. Hmm Interesting But I Like The One They Chose... It Gives It a Unique Touch...
  5. Not all of them are Android concepts, just the one. They do concepts for tons of phones.
  6. Tat should release a version of this so that we can put it on our Androids, if we so choose
  7. This looks like a combination of bad ideas from apple (forced screen interface elements that are unnecessary) crossed with the kind of bad ideas that come out of microsoft (sizable windows on a miniature screen). I would not want to use an Android phone if it looked or operated like that.
  8. HELLLL NO!!!!!

    The current desing is atleast 10 times better than that one... Yuck.

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