How To Get Android Version 10

The long-expected update to the Android operating organization, version one.five, has arrived. T-Mobile will exist rolling out the new OS to existing G1 phones starting former next week. While you await for your share of the software upgrade, have eye: In that location's enough to exist excited about in the 1.5 release.

The last release of the Android i.v OS, previously known equally "Cupcake," finally brings an on-screen virtual keyboard with vibration feedback, plus video recording, playback, and sharing via YouTube. T-Mobile is expected to curlicue out this update to all its G1 customers by the terminate of the month.

Cupcake also brings many user interface refinements, along with accelerometer-based awarding rotations. The dwelling screen at present features widgets as well; some of the bundled ones include a agenda, an analog clock, music player, and search (with improved vocalization search).

android video sharing — Video captured with the G1's photographic camera tin can now easily exist shared via YouTube.

G1'southward browser is up for a treat as well, with new copy and paste, search within a page, tabbed bookmarks, and history features. Wireless music fans will appreciate their G1 even more with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support (iPhone users — hang on, yous're getting this in 3.0 also) while auto-pairing was added with an improved easily-costless experience.

Gmail on the G1 gets upgraded with batch editing functionality for archives, labels, and deleting. The contacts app will now bear witness user pictures for your favorites and specific engagement and time stamps for events in the call log.

Google has put up a presentation video (below) of the Android 1.five release. It's worth noting that the engineer showcases the new Android 1.five features on the G2 (HTC Magic), which is available only in Europe at the moment on Vodafone. The European G2 doesn't have a physical keyboard and comes with a iii.2-megapixel camera (same as the G1).

With the Android 1.5 release, Google has caught upward with the features expected to come up from its main rivals this summertime — the iPhone 3.0 update and Palm's WebOS. All in all, it's nice to run across that Google approached the same strategy equally Apple tree when it comes to upgrading a phone'southward features without making the hardware obsolete (different, ahem, Nokia).

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