Thanks to an eager (and extremely active) developer community, early access to upcoming Android bits has become somewhat of a regular occurrence. Recently we've seen the Gingerbread launcher and updated Market app, and now a user at xda-developers has released an early version of what will become the next Music app for Android.
It's still a bit rough around the edges, but it looks like it's going to be a very nice upgrade to the built-in player. Check out the gallery, or the video after the break, or grab the .APK installer over at the xda-developers forums. As always, caveat emptor!
I'm currently using Winamp. It has a couple advantages over the stock music player on my phone, mostly interface related.
In particular I like the option to have WinAmp pop up instead of your default lockscreen. It shows the album art with buttons for pause, back, forward, and unlock. With the default player I had to unlock, pull down the notification bar, and select the media notification to change the song or pause it.
Can't imagine that people can use their Android phone to play music. The batteries are terrible. Here, I have to charge my phone once a day if I don't use the phone. When I write a text or talk to someone for 2 minutes I have to recharge it twice a day. Music -> 5 minutes and battery dead -.-
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Subscribe to commentsTheOneAndOnlyJHDec 29th 2010 12:59PM
I'm currently using Winamp. It has a couple advantages over the stock music player on my phone, mostly interface related.
In particular I like the option to have WinAmp pop up instead of your default lockscreen.
It shows the album art with buttons for pause, back, forward, and unlock. With the default player I had to unlock, pull down the notification bar, and select the media notification to change the song or pause it.
MarcoDec 30th 2010 8:44AM
Can't imagine that people can use their Android phone to play music. The batteries are terrible. Here, I have to charge my phone once a day if I don't use the phone. When I write a text or talk to someone for 2 minutes I have to recharge it twice a day. Music -> 5 minutes and battery dead -.-
MaskJan 2nd 2011 10:34PM
@Marco I use my Nexus S as a music player, batteries last all day including heavy texting