Twitter #music App Hands-On (Ios And Web)

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Surely no [url="http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/13/twitter-music/"]one was surprised[/url] when Twitter formally announced the launch of its #Music service [url="http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/18/twitter-launching-music-app-for-iphone-alongside-new-service-to/"]this morning[/url] (save, perhaps, from the fact that the company used [i][url="http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/13/twitter-music/"]Good Morning America[/url][/i], of all places, to share the big news). Frankly, we're just glad to finally get our hands on the promised big announcement, which rolled out in both browser-based and iOS formats this morning. We've played around with both versions, listening to Taylor Swift, so you don't have to. Check out our impressions after the break.

The layout of the browser app is about as simple as you'll find, and that's likely by design. Log in to [url="https://music.twitter.com/"][i]music.twitter.com[/i][/url], and you're greeted with album covers defaulting to the most popular tracks. If you've spent any time looking at trending topics on the Twitter side bar, you'll know what you're in for: Psy, Taylor Swift -- the usual pop stuff. The list, cheekily enough, goes up to [url="http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/06/twitter-fewer-characters-tweet/"]140[/url]. Beneath each cover, you'll find the artist's name, in the form of their hashtag, and below that, the name of the track. There's also a handy number in the upper corner of each, so you know how things rank. Surely you wouldn't be caught dead listening to anything with a number higher than 20, right? (, Basement Jaxx.)

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