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May

7

2009

Android Cupcake Update Video

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by Chris Moor
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Yesterday T-Mobile US officially announced that the US Android Cupcake 1.5 update will begin rolling out to customers from May 11th. Following that announcement, the official Android.com website has updated to include a walk through video highlighting the new changes and features that will be included in the new update. The video includes demonstrations of [...]

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May

6

2009

UK – Android Cupcake Manual Update

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by Chris Moor
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Android Cupcake updates are in full swing across the UK this week, but if like me you haven’t received the update and are growing a little impatient help is at hand. A poster over on Andblogs.net has written up a helpful little guide on how to manually update your G1 to the latest Cupcake update. [...]

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Apr

30

2009

Android Cupcake Updates Underway!

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by Chris Moor
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It seems that the long awaited Cupcake update is finally beginning to surface on some G1 handsets! T-Mobile UK have announced that the Android ‘Cupcake’ 1.5 update has begun rolling out to UK G1 owners, and according to a few Gizmodo readers T-Mobile US have also begun their ‘over the air’ updates. Have you received [...]

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Apr

28

2009

Android 1.5 Cupcake Update Video Walkthrough

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by Chris Moor
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The latest Android 1.5 update (Cupcake), was made available yesterday to both Android developers, and owners of the Android developer phone. The video walkthrough below demonstrates some of the new features that are included in the Android 1.5 update. Features such as video capture (including YouTube sharing), on-screen keyboard (needed for the HTC Magic and [...]

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Apr

27

2009

Android 1.5 Cupcake Update Now Available For Android Dev Phones

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by Chris Moor
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Owners of the Android developer phone can now download and install the latest Android 1.5 ‘Cupcake‘ update on to their handsets. The Official HTC website has been updated to offer instructions on how users can flash their Android Dev Phones with a factory Android platform system image and associated radio images. With these system image [...]

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Apr

24

2009

T-Mobile Germany Reveal Android Cupcake Update Planned For May

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by Chris Moor
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T-Mobile Germany have revealed on their official website that the long awaited Android ‘Cupcake‘ update will be rolled out to G1 owners in May. The T-Mobile Germany software update page list the following new features from the update: Additional on-screen keyboard – you decide how you enter your messages Video recording and playback Pictures and [...]

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Apr

23

2009

Android Cupcake 1.5 Update May Break A Few Apps

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by Chris Moor
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The upcoming Android 1.5 ‘Cupcake’ update is likely to cause a few issues with existing Android applications according to a blog post on the Android developer blog. Whilst the 1.5 Cupcake update promises to bring new features and functionality to the Android platform, but according to Dan Morrill “some of you will need to fix [...]

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Apr

21

2009

Widget Support In Android 1.5

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by Chris Moor
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The Android 1.5 update will bring widget support to the Android platform’s home screen. The recently announced Android 1.5 SDK includes the AppWidget framework that enables Android developers to write widgets that can be dropped onto the home screen. One exciting new feature in the Android 1.5 SDK is the AppWidget framework which allows developers [...]

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