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Android Market app gets updated with new interface, refunds now limited to 15 minutes

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The Android market has just received an update, introducing a new UI and a couple of new categories. The update is already gradually rolling out to devices running Android versions 1.6 or later.

The homescreen and categories screens have been updated with a new more appealing carousel view. The individual app screen has been modified as well and now features all the required information in one place, instead of the tabbed layout it previously employed. Related apps have also been added there, to make it easier to find an app that you might like.

With live wallpapers and widgets gaining so rapidly on popularity recently the Android dev team also though it would be nice to introduce separate categories for those two.

Next, the maximum .apk file size has been increased to 50 MB, which should allow more elaborate games to be downloaded without the need of a separate in-app download.

And finally for the bad news – the refund period has been shortened drastically to 15 minutes. I guess we will have to make up our minds a lot quicker now if we want to keep an app or not. Now I know some of you could complete most mobile games in the once-24-hour trial period and then just uninstall it for a full refund but I’m not sure 15 minutes will even be enough for you to decide if you like it – why didn’t they at least give us an hour or so?

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