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For over six months there has been the promise of this new update with desired features. The update was rolled out in the UK several weeks ago but has been delayed in the US for unspecified reasons.   Developers who have a special version of the G1 with “root” access have also had the update for a while.

But where there is a will, there is a way and someone found the download for those tired of waiting for an “over-the-air” (OTA) update.

After all this waiting, I just installed Cupcake manually. Took about 10 minutes using the download and instructions I found here.

Since Android1.5  is based on Linux 2.6.2.7 there continue to be lots of new features and applications being created.

The features in this release include the following:  (see here for all of the features)

• On Screen “soft” Keyboard (in addition to the slide out keyboard)
• Stereo Blue Tooth (This is something I’ve really wanted)
• Video Camera capability using the built-in camera.
• Performance improvements with the Camera, GPS acquisition, etc.
• Updated with latest Webkit browser & Squirrelfish Javascript engines
• Copy ‘n paste in browser

It is interesting since I work a lot with Linux (Red Hat and Oracle Enterprise Linux) with Oracle, that it’s the same O/S on my phone.

Love that!

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