Android Cupcake Update
When customers talk, T-Mobile listens. And the most oft cited suggestions for improvements in the G1 Phone have been incorporated into the first major firmware update since the release of the G1 phone in November 2008. The Cupcake Update, according to a spokesperson for T-Mobile, will be making its way to T-Mobile G1 phone users in April 2009.
The new update will bring a number of new features to the G1 handset including:
- Onscreen keyboard
- Video recording
- Voice recording
- Ability to save MMS attachments
- Stereo Bluetooth
Onscreen keyboard? So now those who don’t love the QWERTY keyboard can be satisfied with the Google G1. The bluetooth fans will be happy to have stereo. Voice and video recording will exponentially add customer satisfaction with the ability of the Google phone to become the latest all-in-one tech gadget.
Now about those MMS attachments. Some of you are wondering what they are and why they need to be able to be saved by someone with a Google phone. Here’s the scoop: MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service. MMS is built upon SMS (short messaging service - aka “texting”), and it allows a simple text message to include longer text, graphics, photos, clips - audio or video - and in combination. MMS is frequently used to send photos and videos from camera phones to other MMS phones or email accounts. Most camera phones have MMS, but many non-camera phones have it as well.
