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TAT Home FAQ

Gesture Navigation

The widget fan gives you a stunning overview of all widget panes and lets you know in a glance if anything has happened across your widgets. Thanks to the ingenious gesture-powered design, you can instantly jump to any pane, including the application launcher, with the flick of a thumb. In a matter of days your muscle memory will know where widgets are placed and navigation will be completely seamless.

Gesture Navigation
3D and TAT Cascades effects

3D and TAT Cascades effects

TAT Widgets can be 3D, take multi-sensory input, smoothly transition between compact and full screen modes, be TAT Cascades for Androidsurrounded by particles, have physics in them or between them - pretty much anything you can think of, really. This all thanks to the fact that TAT Home is powered by TAT Cascades, the world´s leading UI engine for mobiles.

Smooth transition between Compact and Full

The compact mode shows conditions and temperature right now as well as the rest of the day and night. When expanding the widget you get a longer forecast that is represented as bars,Smooth transition between Compact and Full which is easier to glance at than digits.

Smooth transition between Compact and Full
Interaction

Interaction

The interactive Alarm clock widget lets you set an alarm by tapping on the clock and dragging the indicator to the desired time.

Android widgets are supported too

We don´t want you to miss anything. TAT Home comes with a widget compositing engine that seamlessly blends in standard Android widgets. We are also keeping a close eye on upcoming widget standards for inclusion in TAT Home the minute they gain market traction.

Android widgets are supported too
Android widgets are supported too

Why wasn't I part of the UX Preview?

We were completely overwhelmed by the number of people who signed up. To keep things under control and take care of feedback in a good way, we could send the preview out to only a few of the 60,000 who offered to participate.

Will TAT Home be available on Android Market?

The target customers for TAT Home are phone vendors and operators that want a custom user interface on Android phones. At the moment we have no plans to release TAT Home to consumers via an open marketplace.

When will TAT Home be available then?

We hope to see TAT Home available for purchase from a mobile service provider or mobile phone manufacturer sometime later this year.

Does it work on any Android phone?

Tat Home works on all major Screen+CPU+GPU combinations, from QVGA with only SW rendering to WVGA OpenGL2 and beyond . Android 2.1 and above is supported.

Will TAT Home be available on other platforms than Android?

Because TAT Home builds on the TAT Cascades™ graphics engine, which runs on most of the major platforms, as well as some ODM-specific platforms, it is portable to other platforms. However, at the moment, Android is the primary platform TAT Home runs on.

Are Android features such as Live Wallpapers and Live Folders supported?

Yes. The Android features Live Wallpaper, Live Folders and shortcuts are available.

Who is responsible for the weather service in the Weather widget?

The weather service in the Weather Widget is provided by YR.no.

Can you replace the unlock screen?

Normally Android applications cannot change the unlock screen. However, a phone vendor, that controls the user experience, may choose to integrate with the unlock screen.

Did you have to change anything in Android to make it work?

TAT believes that differentiation should take place on top of standard Android. So no changes are required inside Android to run TAT Home.

What happens to the current home screen? Can users go back?

Yes, the user can switch between more than one Home-application.