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Android 1.5 Cupcake Update: An Official Video Walkthrough

Ernest — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:47:40 +0000

Jealous that I’m riding on the crest of a Cupcake wave whilst some of you are still waiting for it to come out?

Let Mr. SmileyMan from Google show you round Android 1.5 (albeit on an HTC Magic), and see the virtual keyboard and video recording skills in motion!

Stay strong, my brothers and sisters. Your turn will come.

Source: Android Central

T-Mobile To Bring Android 1.5/Cupcake To G1 In May!

Ernest — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:07:46 +0000

Yes, we know that it was meant to come out many moons ago, but the recent official releases of the new Android 1.5 ‘Cupcake’ update means an ever-closer legitimate release.

Well, if T-Mobile are to believed this time, the G1 will be getting it’s official update in May!

Yes, all the whizzbangery of the HTC Magic with touch screen QWERTY and direct uploading of videos taken (yes, with the phone) to YouTube will soon come to the humble T-Mobile G1 in the very same month.

More good news to come from T-Mobile UK is an impressive 100,000 units sold in the first six months, making the G1 the network’s most successful handset! Great news, but as T3 remarks being a leader in a field of one is not that impressive…the real test will be when Vodafone’s Magic and (allegedly) O2’s Samsung’s i7500 are on the market!

Android 1.5/Cupcake Announced, SDK Available Now!

Ernest — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:02:52 +0000

A glimmer of hope for Cupcake devotees out there, as the latest update from Google has been announced with a quick look for developers to get their hands on it too!

Android 1.5 shows a few of the things that Cupcake will be bringing to our G1s in the coming weeks(?), with features including APIs for virtual keyboards, integrated home screen widgets, live folders, and speech recognition.

The final builds are some ways off, but to have an idea of what’s coming in Android 1.5 and an insight to exactly how 3rd party app developers can make the most of Cupcake is exciting news.

Cupcake fans, they have not forgotten us!

Source: Engadget / Android Developers