[Android Software Development] Munkee915:
played with all 3 apps over the weekend. here's my impressions. Tested on my Epic 4g running ACS Takiya rom

Launcher:

1. The arrows are definitely pointing the wrong way, could be a bit smaller

2. Scrolling seems a bit jittery

3. the color selector in options was a little tough to use. cant slide the selector around so i had to precision tap the hue i wanted. also making the canvas a bit bigger would make it easier.

4. Im sure this is all me, but I cannot figure out how to unpin a tile after I have added it.

My Suggestions:

1. Cant wait for live tiles. specifically SMS, Email, and missed calls. live contacts tile and FB would be nice also.

2. Ability to rename tiles or remove the title bar all together would be good

3. Option for a 1x2 tile

4. Option to remove the lines between apps in the app drawer

5. Animations when opening a tile (fade out or fly out, like Launcher 7) also would be nice

6. Option to hide the notification bar, or implement a WP7 style bar would really help. Keeping the stock Android bar kinda breaks the flow of the look.

7. program indexing/jump list (like Mango update or Launcher 7)

8. I think it would be cool to add a "sub-launcher" for categories. Such as you have a tile for "Games" or something, when you click the tile, the "Home" launcher flies/fades out and a 2nd set of tiles loads up w/ your games or whatever category you're in.

Contacts:

1. Sliding seems overly sensitive, it detects any slight movement to the side and shifts to the next screen

2. What is the blank left screen for? Would be cool if it was a favorites page or something like that but i cant figure this out

3. facebook login didnt work for me, just looped back to the app

4. the "people" header doesnt scroll smoothly between screens. it stutters back and forth as you slide between screens.

5. Scrolling on this seems a bit jittery also

6. The "link" button under a contact doesnt seem to do anything, at least not that i can tell.

Suggestions:

1. Favorites list or move "starred" contacts to the top?

2. Option to hide the android notification bar to keep the look smooth

3. Would be nice if the tile colors and theme matched the colors chosen in the launcher

Zune/Music player:

1. Why does it flash my device Id every time i open it? a development thing or bug?

2. Scrolling seems too hard. takes about 2 or 3 swipes for me to move the next screen, almost impossible to access "New" screen

3. What does the 3rd screen in do? the screen between History and New. it just seems to be pulling random MP3s off my device but i cant figure out the logic behind it

4. Clicking seems hit or miss. sometimes i can click on the album art to launch, sometime i have to hit the title

5. History only shows last played. is this be design? WP7 shows last several so I assumed it should be the same. Also, history doesnt seem to survive after restarting the app.

6. In Music view, upper banner doesnt seem to follow the lower portion of the screen as i move left to right.

7. Cant click on Songs or Playlists from upper banner

8. Vertical scrolling seems really buggy in album track list (Music->Albums->select an album->try to vertical scroll)

9.Album select doesnt seem to work after selecting an artist (Music->Artist->Albums come up first but cant click anything)

10. Music app force closes when selecting a song from album view (Music->Albums->Open Album->select song) I will try and get a logcat for this

11. Not able to seek while track is playing. seek bar is kind of small for this anyway

12. Videos option doesnt work for me. (still under development?)

Suggestions:

1. indexing/jump list

2. add shuffle option under artists or album views (currently only available in All Songs view)

3. Theme match to launcher selected settings

4. Add podcasts?

5. A music control widget that can integrate to a home tile(possibly with live fanart? would be really cool)

6. Possibly integrate other music services like pandora/last.fm ect?

I dont mean to rip you guys work apart, but I actually work as a software analyst so it just comes naturally. I know these are still in beta so i figured i would just point out what i found. Overall its very good work. Im still using Launcher 7 as my main launcher but I switched to WP7Contacts now and the music player shows promise. Cant wait to see more updates.