‘Cupcake’ Developers Working on Android’s New Features!
By Will Park on Saturday, December 20th, 2008 at 1:17 PM PST In Android, Developer, GPhone
Android has been in the spotlight a good deal recently. More and more manufacturers are committing themselves to produce an Android-powered smartphone as rumors point towards a T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) G2 coming down the pipeline – all good things for fans of Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s Linux-based Android OS.
Today we have confirmation from the “Cupcake” Android development team that bug-fixes and new features are in the works. The “Cupcake” team has released a new Android roadmap that promises to bring some sought after features:
- Cut/Paste in the browser
- Inline search in the browser
- Bluetooth A2DP (Stereo Bluetooth)
- Video recording
- Improved web browser rendering
- Support for on-screen, “soft” keyboards
It’s not clear if all the new features and bug fixes will be rolled out in a single Android update.
Android users have been waiting for features like on-screen keyboard support to go live. And, with some Android smartphones rumored to be coming to market without physical keyboards, Cupcake will be the Android branch to look out for!
The ability to save pictures from text messages is a big plus in this release as well since currently you have to first forward the text to your GMAIL account before you can save it.
,Michael Martin
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