'Cupcake' coming for G-1
Not an edible treat but a software update for T-Mobile’s Google/Android-based smartphones
Codenamed Cupcake, the version 1.5 update is being touted on T-Mobile’s German Website with an early May release date.
Expect new features – the most important being an on-screen keyboard (hope it’s better than the G-1’s slide-out version), video recording, playback and Web uploading, Bluetooth stereo support and lots more.
Cupcake will also allow phone manufacturers to design Android phones without hardware keyboards — like the new Orange/HTC Magic phone which might just be coming to the U.S. with a T-Mobile G-2 moniker.
Unlike trying to update an iPhone, the G-1 allows wireless 3G and Wi-Fi installations without needing to attach your phone to a computer.