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2008

Android Update 2009 – Video Recording, Stereo Bluetooth, Onscreen Keyboard And More

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by Chris Moor

Google have today published a roadmap for the new ‘Cupcake’ development branch of the Android platform. The roadmap details a whole list of bug fixes and new features that will be made available to G1 owners in January 2009.

“The cupcake branch will be merged into the master branch… Due to the United States’ holiday season, though, this may not be finished until early January.”

The new update will include the ability to record video, support for stereo Bluetooth, onscreen keyboard functionality and more.

Key features include:

  • Option to save attachments and pictures from text messages
  • Option to view what applications and processes are running
  • Updated Webkit browser
  • the ability to copy and paste text within the browser by holding the SHIFT key and sliding your finger across the text you want to copy
  • Ability to search for text within the browser using a FIND feature
  • New SquirrelFish JavaScript engine
  • New kernel based on Linux 2.6.27
  • Dial pad can no longer be single tapped open but needs a finger slide motion
  • Video thumbnails and playback functionality
  • Stereo Bluetooth support
  • Ability to have an onscreen keyboard for typing

More information is availabe @ source.android.com

» See more articles by Chris Moor

Categorized as Android Development

Comments

  • http://photographdaddy.com Matt

    So any idea if the T-Mobile G1 hardware can support Stereo Bluetooth?

  • http://staires.org Brad

    Sidekick LX shipped without stereo bluetooth and then it was added in a patch. This seems to be pretty common, so I’d say that yes this list means the G1 will do stereo bluetooth (I always assumed it would be patched in).

    Also, Sweet! Task manager!

  • Marlon

    Things like Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) is really just a profile. It was missing from the Android due to an incomplete bluetooth stack.

    So to answer the question yes, it can and it will.

    This news is fantastic there next update contains so many great features(many that it should’ve shipped with but this is why its open source eh?).

  • Marlon

    are really just profiles*

  • Tim

    How will the updates be done? Will they be done automatically over the 3G network when released?

  • marc

    Good question, Tim. coz that’d be a bummer for those of us who don’t live in 3G capable areas… :-(

  • Nick

    How will the G1 update? Though a regular data package or will you need 3G or wifi?

  • Steve King

    Generally updates are done over the air whether you are on Edge, GPRS, 3G, or Wifi. Obviously the slower networks will take longer to get the update just due to the speed of the network.

  • vernetta2nd

    Y we ain’t got no CAMCORDER

  • Natheya

    Waiting patiently for expanded app storage…

  • Theezy

    whats the sense of having a 8 gb storage card if i cant store apps on it?

  • mgc1173

    if i can’t have music soon I may whither away and die

  • c

    when extactly is it coming

  • Steven King

    No one knows for sure. People are speculating in mid January. Hopefully that happens.

  • c

    i also heard jan.10…who knows =/

  • Rico

    how about file transfer via bluetooth good feature to have as well will it be added

  • Dave

    I have been hearing Jan 10th myself….

    Is anyone useing the g1 without the data plan ?

  • Steven King

    Where has everyone been hearing Jan 10th? I have scouered the web and even called up T-Mobile and no one has a clue as to a possible release date.

  • Dave

    Tmobile is not going to tell you anything…but it has just been word of mouth.

  • c

    yeah thats what it is but hopefully it is

  • kareem

    y0o0o its gunna start as early as januart 11th which is this sunday nd the latest january 15 so0o00o lets get G1 baby all we need is a flash player after this nd im goodddd

  • Levi

    i’ve been hearing the 10th also.. as long as its coming this month i guess its all good.. i wonder if the UI is ever guna get facelift…

  • c

    I hope it comes this month too man ugh cant wait

  • mitchell

    Can’t wait, but can you upload the videos you record to youtube or myspace etc?..like or send dem in a text message? Still kant wait

    This is going to be the i phone killer when flash comes out

    G1 all the wayyy

    Mitchell.flores09@gmail.com

  • levi

    i have no idea. that would be the s*** though. but one thing G1 might have to watch out for is the palm pre thats coming out this year

  • brendan

    I’ve herd that ppl have gotten the cup cake today. I can’t find it though. Does anyone no how to get it

  • Steven King

    Brendan,

    Where have you heard they have gotten it today?

  • brendan

    I seen it in the android market. Somebody posted a comment in one of the new apps. Saying that the video player was sweet. Dunno if he was talking shit or not. But where would cup cake be. In the market?

  • Steven King

    The Android updates will be sent via OTA (Over The Air). I have hard about the market comments and they seem to be just people pulling your leg.

  • God Muhammad

    Well, it definitely did NOT come out today. I saw the same comments about people saying they have the cupcake update. Either way, I’m pretty sure T-Mobile will send us a text message or different form of alert telling us it’s time to upgrade. I wish they’d put an upgrade area in the phone somewheres, though.

  • Kareem

    well, word in the android community spreads pretty quickly, it would be nice if there was a forum application with a rating system on the g1. but i must say, if cupcake had already been released there wouldnt be this much speculation, i had an unofficial conversation with a tmo rep, he said that the rumors are crap, but he also said that android is in the process of packaging cupcake for release on tmo’s frequency. this means very VERY soon

  • erasable

    I wish this thing would just get here so I can stop bouncing between all the android sites.

  • mitchell

    If someone did already have it then youtube would of been going crazy showin off there cupcake program..

    Apparently noone has it..

    And plus I live in the big city I think 3g networks would of got them and look at me I don’t even got it

    Well hurry up wit my cupcake my g1 is starving to death..lol

  • Courtney

    all i know is that this cupcake update is driving me crazy

  • Tim

    Question, do you think that maybe they will not release an update for the G1 because then no one would buy the G2? If they kept updating the G1 to have better features, then why bother buying the next G phone?

  • http://www.myspace.com/onlyrightleft giz forte

    I heard something about jan 15th, this is driving me insane … today at work I could have swore I saw the update notification but it magically disapeared.. I think I’m trippin

  • mitchell

    I heard that the g2 was a rumor…but come on this phone is still brand new it came out like wat 3 months ago…that would be a total rip off for the ones who have a g1 cause we spent 400 dllrs on them and sooner later the next g2 phone comes out dat would be total crap if it did!

    I don’t mind my fone..it does everythin I want…I just want my cupcake and I’m dunn beggin lol

    SO CUPCAKE HURRRRY UP AND GET BAKED AND FEED MY G1!

  • erasable

    Earlier I got gassed cuz I got a pop up window but it was only cuz I was bout to start data roaming. This update is making me feel ocd.

  • mitchell

    This update better come out tonight or wen I wake up in the morning!

    I’m going crazy for this cupcake lol

  • Lucid REM

    i’ve been reading everything people have been posting across the web .. i was one of the people who pre-ordered the G1 from day one .. if this update is supposedly coming to me first, it’s not here yet .. what i keep reading is the update is being delivered in batches based on when you got your G1 .. that said .. anyone who did NOT pre-order the G1 may not receive the update til the end of the month

  • mitchell

    ive been seeing alot of people saying this cupcake is a myth!
    i waited to long for this so ppl can tell me it wass all a liee!

    this is BUULLLLLLLL!

  • bigmo

    so its now jan 15th and i dont have nothing yet…. i saw tha video on youtube with the touch screen keypad and i almost crapped my pants!!

    HURRY THR F@*K UP !! lol

  • http://mypace.com/riot_this Dave Suicide

    damn, i feel all your guy’s pain lol i’m not too crazy about the update, but it would be really cool to see something new on this phone.. i bought my mom and dad one for xmas and their all waiting for it too.. so any idas if the 15ths rumors are true or not cause i cant really sleep and have othing else to do..

  • http://mypace.com/riot_this Dave Suicide

    its a nice phone BTW. won me over from wanting the iphone.. the only thing that still draws me to it is the graphics from youtube and the multi-touch..

  • Jon

    yeah i was also informed that the update was coming on the 15th and its the 15th already and it is noon and i don’t have anything yet. If someone else has it please tell me because i have been waiting for this update for a long time

  • Levi

    january 15th.. still dont see an update.. but the day isnt over yet…

  • Lucid REM

    do i hear midnight? anyone? LOL

  • cgrimard

    i was informed that the release for cupcake was Jan 15th and Jan 22 as a means to control the amount of over the air downloads but it may be that the 22nd is the official release and the 15th is just for developers and test groups

  • rig

    My g1s beggin for its cupcake… >=(

  • Matlock

    I’ve had my G1 since mid November and couldn’t think of any handset I’d want other than the G1. It’s fun to see a simi basic handset that HTC and Google built slowly develope into the iPhones rival. The fact that they were limited on time and could not complete the software like they wanted makes it fun to anticipate updates and the cool new features. It’s like baking a cupcake with mystery dough and tasting the new flavors when it’s finally done. As long as the G1 has avid supporters and developers, i’ll keep on usin’ it.

  • Real1

    WHERE THE FUCK IS THE FUCKIN UPDATE!?! I’M REALLY GETTING PISSED, CAUSE ALL THIS FUCKIN HYPE…….N NOTHING

  • Aly

    I don’t know why you’re all buggin out for cupcake. I mean I had this phone ever since it came out and I was havin fun with it, and when I heard about this update I thoughtd it’d be nice, but like everything else in this world, we must wait until thee cupcake is perfected. I really don’t care whether this update comes or not because the phone is already great, it’d be great to have the cupcake upgrade but its not worth going crazy for.

  • cgrimard

    it was released ota (over the air) and tmobile controlled who got the update which blows for sure so the rest of us have to wait to jan 22nd for the update

  • Eddie

    All this damn waiting is really driving me crazy……. I think I’m going back to a beeper…..lol

  • Rockyoursocks

    One of my friends from school claims he has the cupcake update and my teacher said she saw it. But i highly doubt it. ive heard only a selected few were gonna get them so the network doesnt freeze up from too many ppl downloading it.. So maybe it is Jan 22nd.. we can only pray =D..

  • Lucid REM

    it would also depend on how they got it .. i can hack my phone and put a copy of the “cupcake” on right now .. but it’s not the full developed version and doesn’t come from Tmo .. the on-screen keyboard is enticing tho

  • Rockyoursocks

    haha..yeah i know =D…but i would rather have the original =D..ive seen the beta..and have played with it.. ( tmobile connections shh!!!)
    lol..im praying for the 22nd =D..hopefully its released

  • Courtney

    its the 23rd and i havent seen anything

  • http://www.Seatowngrrl.com Ani

    I want the update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i want stereo bluetooth. That is the only thing that has really frustrated me about my G1. I have bluetooth headphones for working out and can stream via bluetooth to my car stereo. I got really used to it with my blackberry.

    That update alone will make me love my phone even more.

  • GOWSKI

    I called T-Mobile today to pay my bill and see if I could get anything out of them…Spoke to a rep who said he went to a “focus group” meeting for the G1 a week ago and that the cupcake software update will be released in the next week or two. We also talked about the flash player, extended battery life, and virtual keyboard. He couldn’t confirm any of the new features but did say that this is NOT a rumor and it is coming soon.

  • kanda

    Also need the Onscreen Keyboard for East Asean Langauges ex. Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Hindi …

    Thank you.

  • brendan

    this update is bullshit. its now the 28th and nothing. fuck it

  • Rockyoursocks

    Listen.i was talking to a tmobile representative the other day..and he said that there no precise date on the release.. BUT!!!..he said he had recieved a letter explaining the upgrades that would be included in the update…and so far everything is correct!!..he said..that around the end of january…and maybe even the begingin of Feb..that updates would be released…so we can only wait..he told me its not a myth..its real…the only myth is the lies ppl are spreading about wrong dates..getting pppl hyped up for no reason..juss wait..be patient..and it will come!! young skywalker…lmao..ugg..i had 2 add dat in to get a little tension off =P

  • http://budzdorof.ru Freekee

    Хороший блог :) Люблю почитывать каждый день (ну и в другое время тоже :) ).

  • Tim

    Speak English stupid.

  • Rockyoursocks

    i belive dats russin…i went to google..nd got a translater =P…lmaoo..he said ” good blog..i like to read it each day..well other times too”….from what the translater said.???…weirdoo..

  • Andyhdsn1

    Where the hell is this update. all i want is stereo blutooth. no sign yet of the update. Is it going to be worldwide release or region by region?

  • carl

    cupcake??????

  • Levi

    feb. 6th.. still no update.. i dont know if its real or not.. but w.e.. im still keeping my G1

  • Rockyoursocks

    its Feb 7th!!!
    my fone juss said there an update..
    and its updating
    the fuccing cupcake has finally arrived!!!!
    i swear 2 god!!!!
    omfg..im soo happy..cant wait for to use it =D…omg omg omg omg….ahh!!!
    amazing =D…
    no lie…

  • Courtney

    im sorry to be the one to tell you this but thats not the cupcake its just google voice i got it 2 days ago and it also cleans up your memory.

  • Rockyoursocks

    ohh -_-…i can see that…
    grr..now im mad =(
    i was all like..where the onscreen keyboard??..
    but the voice thing is still pretty cool =P..
    grr..i shall call them up later..and see whats
    taking the cupcake so long =/

  • Courtney

    I HAD A FRIEND CALL THEM EARLIER AND NOW THEIR TALKING ABOUT THEIR NOT SURE IF ITS COMING OUT OR NOT

  • Rockyoursocks

    -_-…i will personally..
    go to EVERY tmobile store in America
    and punch each person in the Face..

    All though this my not solve the problem..
    or get me a cupcake…
    it will make me extremely happy >=D
    lmaoo =P

  • Henrique

    Dudes…
    I’ve got my A2dp phone waiting for 2 months already!

    damn it!

    =|

    If I can update via wi-fi that’s great, I just stop in the airport or any shopping mall and voilà!

    3G in Brazil stills a f***ing killer price!

    I don’t even know hoe exactly to update it… will it be on android market? Just as a notification?

  • TAN

    guys i have bad news i got the Rc33 update i dont know about the stero bluettooh but onscreen keyboard is a lie video recording is a lie too the only thing that i relize so far is that it have voice search and an system update on it where we can go and search for new update with wifi or other off he the air internet

  • Jon

    TAN, i have bad news for you. the Rc33 update isnt the same as the cupcake update. None of that is a lie. developers are working on the cupcake update right now. so i believe that you are wrong. i have the rc33 update as well, we will all have to wait longer for the cupcake update, which includes video recording, onscreen keyboard and stereo bluetooth.

  • Dave

    @All , I have even worse news then that, Just got off the phone with a tmo g1 tech, and he is saying cupcake has a slim chance of being applied to the g1, and that Tmo is leaning more to have the Cupcake on the G2

  • TAN

    thnk you dave…jon like i say video recording and onscreen keyboard for the g1 is a lie…before you say im wrong you should evidence the fact.I dont know why would t-mobile let out an update for the g1 that dosent benifit ne g1 user but they are gonna leave the g1 behind and reserving all they money into conducting the g2

  • Dave

    @Tan, None of it is really a lie, However the g1 will more then likely see some of the cupcake updates. What I don’t know.

    But I just know the g1 tech said at this point they are more focus on the G2, In my eyes and my pocket I really think that is pretty screwed up, but hey what can we do about it ?

    And if any of you know anything about phones you will know that someone and somehow the XDA group will have a way to put it on the g1.

  • Dave

    meaning any feature on the g2 that the g1 didn’t see.

  • Rockyoursocks

    i have heard rumors about the G2…
    and the Rc33 update..is code-named
    Google voice update…to Tan ur wrong!!
    by far…the cupcake is real..but then again..
    the G2 might carry it..Because if the G1 WAS to reciece
    the cupcake update..it wuldnt benefit the G1 user..because it wuld take up most of the memory left on the fone itself.. So you would have to resort to Memory cards =/…if the G2 comes out..Tmobile BETTER have a way that G1 users can get the fone cheaper.. Because its UNFAIR that we wasted our money on a G1..when the G2 comes out like 4 months later -__- ..

  • Joe

    Tan i Agree that we were lie too , guys I work for teeml-mobile cooperation , under the developmental branch, im sorry but tan is right all though im prohibite to say so g2 will be on the market in less then 4 months from this date….rock or neone elese out their i dont know why u guys are even planning to buy the g2 after what g1 was expose too…shame on the corp shame on google.

  • TJ

    sorry guys tan n joe u guys are not authorize to leak out ne info about the g1 if u guys work for google or t-mobile …. im sorry to all the g1 supporter out their but g2 will be on the market soon g1 update are not gonna be aligible in another 6 month +. Although g2 is gonna have onscreen keyboard and all the cupcake that was mention and its ognna be 100 cheaper then the g1..hope this info help.

  • Dave

    @TJ, please provide a source, and please don’t give a google and blog link!!!

    nothing but traffic boosters that claim to have sources and yet they are out there posting on other blogs just to get more BS rumors to get people going.

  • TJ

    I undertand that rumor that people spread are not reliable unless theres hard source , I myself am a UD Tech at t–t-moble corp. If you guys are wondering I’m ones of the fews that am projected in writing the script update developer UD..im not here to spread rumor just wanted to help.

  • Krake

    Cupcake update are not for the g1 it for the g2 we already finsh the g2 and its soon to be release for thoese who gonna buy the g1 and think that there b better update pleae jut wait for a few other month for the g2…i work for the update developer for ty-moble/ga0gie there will not be a much of a diffrent update for the g1 sorry for the one who had already brought the g1 but on the plus side the g2 is more affordable then the g1.

  • Courtney

    Honestly that is some bullshit cuz y would yall sell a phone and then bring out the upgrade month later. so basically everybody waisted there money on something to was experimental. I think we need blow up every t-mobile spot in the united states and switch to the iphone cuz i doubt they would do there customer like.

  • Krake

    We do kare about our customer but i admit that t-mobile care too much for profit to release a beta version of g1

  • Dave

    OK first thing first here,

    @Courtney, Please don’t waist anytime typing to this clown.

    @Krake, LMFAO, wow I really don’t want to flame you but…ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS ? T-mobile might be dumb in some ways, But dumb enough to hire someone with your grammar,And spelling ??? wow dude go back to school and get the hell out of your moms basement. Better yet stay off her computer and off the blogs.

    And if by any chance you own a G1 I feel sorry for it.

    I’m sorry to everyone, But I get tired of people acting and making claims that They are This and They Are That. And if by any chance anyone other then this no life wanna-be that can’t spell and wishes that he/she could get a well under paying job from tmobile or any company for that matter, was offended by any thing I said I’m sorry.

  • Krake

    Dave, I dont know how to prove that im not lieng, k im sorry if there had been a misunderstanding, well just a few months then u guys find out in the mean time i wont say anything more. thank you.

  • Ukyo

    damn… if this shit is true, I’m gonna feel betrayed as hell =(

  • Knowledge

    There is no way a company like T-Mobile would hire someone with literacy skills like Krake!

  • http://g1withoutdata.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/g1-without-data-setup/ Dave

    Well they are coming out with a G2, That is for sure, At the same time like I have said in my other post.

    Most of the cupcake updates will most likely turn up on the G2.

    I am not saying the G1 won’t see any of the cupcake update. either way anything that comes up on a G2 will be able to put on a G1, it might take a little bit of time but all trust me.

    The guys over at XDA always find there way around things.

  • jenny

    I was deciding on the iphone or g1…but ill guess ill wait for the g2 to come out thanks for the blog guys really useful..and and dave and knowledge…we all know that when we type online to have a conversation its different from a formal email, krake type in a informal way dosent mean he dosent know how to spell correctly.

  • Penelope

    Cupcake update are not for the g1 it for the g2 we already finish the g2 and its soon to be release for those who gonna buy the g1 and think that there b better update please jut wait for a few other month for the g2…i work for the update developer for ty-mobile/ga0gie there will not be a much of a different update for the g1 sorry for the one who had already brought the g1 but on the plus side the g2 is more affordable then the g1.

  • http://g1withoutdata.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/g1-without-data-setup/ Dave

    @Jenny, there is a HUGE difference between Net Lango, and what this person is typing…And Tmo techs/Rep are not at liberty to put out any information other then that is posted by Tmo on their site.

    Bottom line here guys/girls, Lets say that the Parts of the Cupcake update don’t hit the G1 and the G2 has it all….

    example: The HTC 8125 was lacking a ton of features, and never really got any updates, How ever the newer models, HTC Touch and HTC touch Pro, all have the features that why mobile users would moan about not having.

    But guess what almost every new feature that came on the newer HTC phones can be put into the UI of the older 8125.

    So once again even if we don’t see “Cupcake” on the G1 with a little bit of common since, and knowing how to read and comprehend instructions, you can have all the new features on the older phone in this case the G1. Thanks to the great people who take their time and Dev. the software to work.

    I am done trying to make a point here as it seems pointless, but when all of you go buy the G2 not long after just buying the G1 just for a few features, I will not have spent anything but 5mins on my G1 and have all the same features!

    You check inportb.com/andriod and click on my name that has the same picture as I do here.

  • Sean

    Lol @ dave spelling common sense, common since. I actually trust dave’s logic here more then krakes. Lol

  • http://g1withoutdata.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/g1-without-data-setup/ Dave

    WOW, I did miss spell it,lol…seriously though I don’t “Kare”..I am just so tired of people spreading these stupid rumors, The funny thing is I bet half the people spreading them are Iphone users and don’t even own a G1.

    I hope that when you read what I write, you don’t have to pause and re-word it to make sense*

  • Rockyoursocks

    I know this is COMPLETELY off the subject here but umm???
    Is the any app thats somewhat like the app “cuberunner” on the iphone thats for the G1…. Cuz its a really addicting game..and i think i would move to California to Marry my G1 is theres an app like that..
    so is there??…..
    Papi Jump is allright..but not the same.. and P.S..

    If the G2 doesnt slide out..im not getting it -_-
    i hate on screen keyboards..they are only good for when you need to type something short like “ok” or wat ever…=D…

  • Dave

    @Rockyoursocks man you are like other idiots here. Iphone are not the same as G1 and G2 are not going to come out so stop talking about it. If it does come out then it would definitely have a keyboard that there competition with iphone. Man I swear so many idiot out there.

  • Rockyoursocks

    Im the dumb one??…Listen ….ur the dumb one..Im pretty sure i know the diff between an iPhone and the G1…im not a moron…and tmobile representatives are talking about the G2..so maybe you should do some research…And im pretty sure..i didnt say the G1 and iphone are the same..i just asked if there was an app like ” cuberunner “…because the G1 has a lot of apps that the iphone has.. For example.. “flashlight”…both phones have the same app…Soo maybe you should stop thinking you know everything..and do some more research before you jump onto a forum and start talking like if your god and know everything in this world.. Dum**s…
    Stop thinking you know everything..when in reality..you know nothing At all…and you put sentences together equivalent to that of a 4 yr old.. Learn how to organize what you say…But before you complete that step.. Do some research..Because last time i checked.. A Tmobile Representative said to me ” The G2 is not a myth… Its just an idea in the making… …and if it was to come out [hint hint] it would be around late march early june..”..
    So yeah Dave.. Just put your head down and let some tears go…Because you know in reality you are the idiot…

  • Krake

    @Dave man you can’t go around calling people stupid, saying there fact and thought are wrong and your information is the only right one. This is a forum if you have information that can help other G1 USER THEN POST THE COMMMENT, if other people have there own thought then let them be no reason to be mean to them I don’t know how addicted you are to your g1 one and how supported you are but bro you need some therapy quick.

  • Jenny

    LOL…Forrealz it’s time someone shut him up….thank ROCK & Krake

  • Dave

    Ok, well let me clear something up here, as there seems to be someone else posting with the name Dave.

    There is a picture of a G1 beside my name so don’t get us mixed up. the Dave that posted on here the 14th is not me as you can tell but there is no avatar beside his name.

    @Dave that posted on the 14th, you need help kid, seriously!. There is a G2 coming out and who knows what kind of keyboard it will have it could be soft touch only.

  • Ukyo

    ok, received that lil update…

    rushed home and unpacked my already-old bluetooth phone … nah, what a disapointment =|

    damn… c’mon pushing files through bluetooth, a2dp and video recording is basic… we DID know that before buying G1 but it’s taking too $#@$ long to get a real update… =|

  • Jenny

    @Ukyo ..just quick question does your name mean Yugioh? if it is its funni…hehe

  • mark

    Ur all fukin dumb the g2 is already planned on the vodafone website

  • Rockyoursocks

    too bad thats not the G2….dats the G1..juss modified diffrently..and its for the UK…

    its not a G2…its juss a fone made by HTC..with google…that runs on the Android System..
    so yeahhh..if it was the G2…it would be available
    to the US as well…

  • Rockyoursocks

    Ooppss..my mistake…

    Word just in that tmobile might launch it in the US..so it might be the G2…but ummm..ive only seen pictures of it in white…Personally..i would want a black one =D

  • Ukyo

    Jenny: It’s not YugiOh =D

    It’s from Ukyo Tachibana (samurai showdown)as it’s based upon a real japanese character called Koujiro Sasaki… the man who defeated Musashi and creator of the “jou”, a long stick used in martial arts including Aikido, which I practice.

    ‘k?

    Do you like Yugi-oh? I’ve been kind of picky on animes so currently I’ve been downloading (and no more time of watching!) only Bleach, Karekano and Death Note.

    Cya

  • Danny

    What?! I just got the g1 this is idiotic I wanted the cupcake update but ok I ges, I’m angry at tmobile for doing this, having ppl pay for this phone, and then making a newer version just a few months into it, but either way the g1 will always rule over the g2 bcuz I don’t think it has a slide keyboard haha I can’t text or email on an onscreen keyboard

  • Rockyoursocks

    umm..i was talking to a tmobile guy..and he tolled me that hes heard about the cupcake and the rummors about a G2..,cuz well..he too has a G1..and he said..that the “Vodafone” or the HTC Dream..which people think is the G2..is really not..its just another fone the runs on the Android OS…he said that its gonna be like the G1..But its not the G2…its more of like a “sister” phone..but not the Actual G2…so yeah…i dont think that the HTC Dream Vodafone is the new G2…just giving a heads up..so your dreams arnt crushed..by other rumors !!…well anyway.. .i tune in like..almost everyday…so leave a message if anything and ill get back to you.. for now..imma go eat my cheese fries !!…woop woop !!..lol =P

  • brie987

    Just want to post this to show. It seems the HTC Dream is the G2 and is coming in May(?). And still no cupcake. “sigh”

  • Gary

    I think you guys are referring to the HTC Magic and not the HTC Dream.

  • naimul

    The htc dream is nothing but a t-mobile g1 that’s unlocked.
    The htc magic will be with vodafone in europe. Its basically a G1 but with an on-screen QWERTY keyboard instead of the slide and will already come with the cupcake update, so they day the htc magic starts selling,will be the day we can update our G1′s

  • Ukyo

    @jenny: so? Let’s start dating already!

  • karateman

    I need a favor guys is there a way to get the bluetooth stereo or still no luck can ya let me kno wats up on that cuz I wanna hear music thru my bluetooth thanks

  • brie987

    This is suppose to be addressed with the new update when the Dream debuts end of this month (?), i dont know the exact date or it may be the beginning of May. But yes the phone does have the hardware for A2DP but it just needs the firmware. Im waiting to.

  • Ukyo

    @karateman

    Not yet… wait, it’s gonna be this month or next. I also am anxiously waiting for that to come.

  • Ewan Fisher

    Got the cupcake update this morning!
    (On Charge,GPRS,Edinburgh,UK)

    Seems like Google latitude is STILL disabled.

  • Ukyo

    is that serious? did you find it in the market?

  • imma

    I’m in the UK & Android v1.5 upgrade option popped up on my G1 at 1am(GMT) on wednesday 6th ;-)

    Video recording is working fine, incl sharing via email, as is onscreen keyboard & homescreen widgets
    I don’t seem to have voice search, though

    Also IM(GTalk) and GMail have been re-designed a bit & seem to have been improved(imho)

    – imma

  • RayRay

    what is cupcake and how do you get it?

  • Muharem

    Cupcake is the new update suppose to be coming for Android that includes some new features like on screen keyboard, video camera, and other goodies! You just have to wait and hope you get it sooner then later! Unless your phone is ROOTED then google it and you can find how to get it for that!
    Hope that Helped.

  • http://yahoo.com Eric Wade

    How can u tell whether your phone is rooted or not?? Whaty does that mean??

  • http://yahoo.com Eric Smith

    How can u tell if your phone is rooted or not and what does it mean??

  • http://www.pontememoria.blogspot.com Ukyo

    If you don’t even know it… just don’t do it, pal.
    Wait for receiving it “on air”.

    I’m in Brazil and damnit, haven’t received it yet.

    Anyways, if you still wanna do it, please note that T-Mobile does NOT support manual installations and blah blah blah

    http://phandroid.com/2009/05/13/rooting-your-phone-t-mobile-disclaimer/

    Here’s a link to a video tutorial and brief explanation.

    Hope it works for you.

    UkyO

  • Mikael

    Hi I’m from Malaysia, although G1 is not officially sold here, but I got my cupcake OTA today, several days later than the complete OTA update in US. Cheers!

  • sheed

    So 4 those who don’t have it yet when is it cumin plez tell me some1 knows

  • Ukyo

    Yeah, lucky you… I’m dying for it. Still haven’t got here in Brazil..
    and I’ve got no f@ck’ng time to do the update

  • simon

    I just got the update today. It is amaizing! I love myy phone even more now

  • Ukyo

    received mine… and its a2dp didnt recognize my blue ant stereo bluetooth phones – from bluetake!

    Oh my! =(

  • Brina

    Hello, can someone help me by telling me how to upload videos from my phone to the computer? I contect in via-usb cord (as was told by the t-mobile rep)but i donot see any videos on the SD card. HELP PLEASE. I really want to keep these videos and not loose them. I did the ‘share’ option, but it uploaded one to u-tube, but now it’s (the phone) saying that the file is too large. (but it uploaded it already) HELP SOMEONE!
    thnks
    Brina

  • imma

    @Brina
    I don’t have my cable on me to try, but my method is to share it by google mail & send it to myself, then I can download it to a computer & go from there.

    As to the phone saying the file is too large, if that’s in the notification bar there should(but quite possibly won’t) be a Clear notifications button when you pull it down
    If that doesn’t work it could be worth shutting down your phone & then switching it back on (if you haven’t already tried this)

    hope some of that helps,
    – imma

  • http://no Bogus

    Hi, I’m from Argentina, although G1 is not officially sold here, but I got my OTA automatically a few days ago, but Bluetooth in not working with my Mac.

    Any help on this??

  • http://itshumour.blogspot.com Rajj

    thanks for this update, i love this software on my google phone.

  • Mitchell Flores

    dude above. How about you stfu and gtfo! this post is old news!

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  • Aasasasa

    bakbas content hai……………..