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Android Cupcake gets Video Demo

28 January 2009 by Chris Davies


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android_cupcake_dev_build_smlMore and more developers are getting their hands on Cupcake, the non-official next-gen build  of Android, as Google seemingly relax their grip on the software.  After we saw screenshots late last week, now it’s time for some video: a walkthrough of firmware 1.5.

In it, the new portrait-orientation keyboard is demonstrated – meaning that owners of devices like the T-Mobile G1 wouldn’t have to slide out the hardware QWERTY in order to type a message – together with the new notepad application.  There’s also some screentime for the two new apps, both presumed to be demo rather than full-release candidates, and the Global Time app which shows which parts of the earth are currently in sunlight.

Less eye-catching, but arguably more useful, are the Live Folders – which can be set to auto-refresh on your desktop, with “All Contacts”, “Contacts with phone number”, and “Starred Contacts” currently supported – and the new emoticon support for both SMS messages and IM chats.  Google have also thrown in a lot of multi-region language support.

Nothing, for the most part, that we haven’t seen before, but if you’ve been desperately watching the still images to see if they start moving, the clip below is for you.  If, more excitingly, you’d like to try Cupcake out for yourself, check out this tutorial.

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  1. Omg omg omg frist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111

    That is probably the healthiest and most diet friendly cupcake I've ever seen. :'(
  2. After having a rooted phone and see the "amazing new updates" with cupcake, gotta say not hat impressed. "ZOMG A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD FTW!!!11!1!!1!oneoneone!!!" not really
  3. is it just me or are we getting this news a little bit slower than we used to?

    i saw a thread about this yesterday...
  4. Yeah, I posted this in the discussion forum yesterday but my thread isn't even mentioned. Hey at least it's not a month later with the breaking news lol.
  5. Still waiting for some confirmation of the stereo bluetooth, video recording, saving MMS attachments and finding text in browser page that we were promised.
  6. this is bull this is the thing that was so hyped abbout skrew dis making so eager about it they havent added anything interesting
  7. WOW.....
    seriously.?

    time to root!
  8. All I want is a decent POP3 email account that doesn't have connection errors 8 of 10 tries, but I guess it's still too much to ask for...
  9. All I see that are new are the VK which is nice.
    There's also some mild transitions and notepad and world app as well as some new things you can add when you long press on main screen.

    Where's video record, new video app, stereo bluetooth, browser enhancements, etc?

    I'd like to see auto-rotate and built in save apps to mem card.
  10. Isn't this "cupcake" still in development? On their website it says: "cupcake is still very much a work in progress. It is a development branch, not a release." So maybe more will come by the end of Q1. I don't think they would say all that's coming with this update just for the fun of it, I'm sure we will get all of that by the end of Q1. I mean the only thing I see different in this video was basically the VK and more settings. So just be patient, have faith in Android
  11. people have already confirmed video recording, browser enhancement/cut & paste from the emulator and I heard someone mention auto rotate is in there.
  12. That's sweet, I'm not gonna get disappointed by these demos when it's not the official release. I'll just wait for the real deal to come out and then we'll see what new features we'll have, hopefully all that are mentioned on the roadmap site.
  13. Here are some of the less talked about features confirmed from fellow android community member using the emulator:

    http://androidcommunity.com/forums/130155-post46.html
  14. I just want the virtual keyboard and a video component. I really want to know if and when G1 owners will receive this update. If we aren't going to get it for some stupid reason I would rather know now then sit in anticipation and then be disappointed......
  15. hmm. i mean it looks useful.
    It would be a bonus to when i'm trying to add phones in my contact list and don't have
    to open the screen.
  16. Hey, mikesnider8, waaah! Wahhh! I want my update! Wahhhhh! I can't wait any longer! Wahhhhh !!! THATS HOW YOU SOUND MAN, Have some patience for gods sake brother...Get a grip man!
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by thatisandwas View Post
    Hey, mikesnider8, waaah! Wahhh! I want my update! Wahhhhh! I can't wait any longer! Wahhhhh !!! THATS HOW YOU SOUND MAN, Have some patience for gods sake brother...Get a grip man!
    Wow - Welcome to AC mikesnider8.
  18. I've had this on my phone (but since then I've reverted back to JF 1.41 with the Multitouch browser), and I can say that the virtual keyboard is very accurate.
  19. As far as saving MMS's to your SD card you can do that now. I would like the stereo blue tooth and browser enhancments. Also when they roll out cupcake isnt that when they will upgrade the market also?

    Edit: oh Also video recorder would be fantasticly tasty
  20. Mikesnider8, I would like to personally welcome you to our community. I apologize for our members who aren't quite as welcoming and tactful. We will give them the benefit of the doubt and hope they are just having a bad day. In the meantime, we are glad to have you join us.

    Back to topic now.
  21. I think this video shows nothing really fancy about the upcoming release. But maybe that's the whole intention behind it, so that people's excitement about Cupcake will drop and they would stop whining about the release date, in order for the developers to work in peace

    -Gus
  22. It's amazing how, even with this update, the Android OS is so behind Apple's and WebOS. Sad...
  23. I don't care when we get it I just want it. I actually want to show my phone off instead of watching all the fun people are having with their iphones. There is much room for improvements on this phone but I guess we all just have to wait.
  24. If you want to show off your phone to all of the people at your work just root your phone and install some themes. That'll get them jealous. It worked for me, as well as having multitouch
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by akarol View Post
    It's amazing how, even with this update, the Android OS is so behind Apple's and WebOS. Sad...
    How long has Apple's OS been out? Where is the source code to it? No idea what WebOS is.

    I guess you people didn't realize you were getting into. I did. Happy to be here.
  26. Why again did anyone get the G1, was it because you like the phone, like the open source possibilities, or was it to impress someone?

    The constant whining and trying to catch or keep up with the iPhones’ (keeping up with the Jones’ for anyone who didn’t get that) is completely irrational.

    The G1 device itself is not as flashy, polished or mainstream as the iPhone; it’s utilitarian and functional, as is the OS. It has greater potential, but that doesn’t happen overnight. That’s not meant as a slight to the iPhone, the iPhone is a cool-looking fun device, but it is designed to be just that. “Not that there’s anything wrong with that!”

    The G1 is geared a little more toward those who prefer function over form, have the frontier spirit and are more into DIY projects. Comparing the two is, well…Apples to Oranges.
  27. Quote:
    Originally Posted by golferguy17 View Post
    If you want to show off your phone to all of the people at your work just root your phone and install some themes. That'll get them jealous. It worked for me, as well as having multitouch
    I guess my biggest issue is not being so tech savy. So any helped is welcome from you guys even though some are pompous in that sense is that they aren't willing to lend a helping hand to those of us who are trying to "get it"
  28. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wrytch View Post
    The G1 device itself is not as flashy, polished or mainstream as the iPhone; it’s utilitarian and functional, as is the OS.
    I'm looking for functionality like A2DP, video recording, virtual keyboard, search on a web page. I'm not coming from iPhone envy since it doesn't have all these feature either. The biggest difference between Android and iPhone is that I thought I can have what I want on Android, and with iPhone, Jobs tells me what I want. Now with all the waiting for cupcake, I once again feel like I'm at someone else's mercy to get some features, that are by no mean so unusual of a request.
  29. Quote:
    Originally Posted by golferguy17 View Post
    If you want to show off your phone to all of the people at your work just root your phone and install some themes. That'll get them jealous. It worked for me, as well as having multitouch
    I guess my biggest issue is not being so tech savy. So any helped is welcome from you guys even though some are pompous in that sense is that they aren't willing to lend a helping hand to those of us who are trying to "get it"
  30. Look like g2 to me!
  31. is this all cupcake has to offer? i'm done. i can get another phone that has a longer lasting battery, better service, and it 10x less bulkier. hopefully the g2 is much better than this garbage they put out. seriously a waste of money
  32. This video reminds me of "A Christmas Story" where Ralphi gets his Little Orphan Annie decoder only to find out that the message is "don't forget to drink your Ovaltine". What a let down to all the hype. Hope there's more to come.
  33. What I'm wondering is if anyone has actually gone through and checked some of the other updates in the Cupcake roadmap: http://source.android.com/roadmap/cupcake

    I'm curious because no one had mentioned features such as selective copy/paste from the browser, and faster drawing:

    • Browser
      • New features
        • Updated WebKit browser core, synced with Nov 2008 WebKit version.
        • Support for new, optimized JavaScript engine (SquirrelFish).
        • Copy / paste is enabled in the browser. To copy with touch, press and hold the shift key and select the text. Releasing the shift key or ending the touch drag copies the text. To copy with the trackball, press and hold the shift key, move the cursor to the selection start, click the trackball, and move the trackball to the extend the selection. Releasing the shift key, or clicking the trackball a second time, copies the text.
        • Find is enabled in the browser. To find text, choose it from the menu and type the text to find.
        • Drawing has been sped up substantially by supporting partial content invalidates and partial screen invalidates. Pages with animations are 5x faster.

    I for one am pretty excited about cupcake. Video recording is a part of it too, I'm assuming it can't be tested?
  34. Not sure if anyone else has noticed as I haven't yet seen it mentioned (though I could have missed it), the API is now updated with some of the new classes and methods for these new features. Specifically, the video made me interested to see if they have filled in the qwertykeylistener and other virtual keyboard methods and sure enough they have! I hit a wall a few months ago when working on a virtual qwerty because these methods were just stubs. I've added the newest image files to my emulator and will be working on a new VK, hopefully these methods will be usable in the 1.5 emulator!
  35. I just really hope the VK is accurate, I really want an auto-correct, I noticed something like that in the video but I'm not exactly sure how it works. ChompSMS would be nice if they had something like auto-correct. I'm not gonna complain though, I love Android. Whoever said Android isn't as good as Apple and WebOS... Android is new, give it some time, Apple and WebOS aren't perfect either. This update, I think, will be a huge improvement to all future Android powered phones.
  36. Hey i been trying to root my phone for the last few hours i got it down to rc29 but now im having problems i put on all the jailbreak software i need to get root and went to telnet type in everything that went well but when i get to the terminal emulator the jailbreak fails after about the 2nd or 3rdline and im right now because i have a mac and im trying to do everything the guy saws for windows then do it mac syle all so can someone give me a link to jesus freak it suck alll i have now is a rc 29 phone and i have to get all my apps again plz help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  37. hmm jailbreak? jesusfreak? mac? windows?

    so much confusion. let's start over.
    are you trying to install the update.zip? which instructions are you following and what step are you on.
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