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‘Cupcake’ Developers Working on Android’s New Features!

Categories: Android, Developer, GPhone
By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, December 20th, 2008 at 1:17 PM

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 G2 coming down the pipeline – all good things for fans of Google’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!

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...