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Android Developers: T-Mobile G1 Updates stop at Android 1.5 (Updated)

Shawn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:14:34 +0000

According to Android Software engineer Dave Sparks, T-Mobile G1 users wont be seeing any more updates beyond the current Android Cupcake 1.5 software. According to sources, the HTC G1 device does not have enough internal flash memory to support any of the new software updates, such as Dounut (Android 2.0). The T-Mobile G1 was the first Android device released in the world, and until now continues to be the single most sold Android device on the market. With the HTC Magic (G2, or MyTouch 3G) having recently broken the 1 million sold mark, Android hardware is drastically improving and expanding, along with significant upgrades in software, not to mention some incredible additions to the Android Applications Market.

Or is this all just a scam to get T-Mobile customers to move on to the myTouch 3G and other Android devices….let the conspiracy theories begin!

T-Mobile G1 users, let us know how you feel in the comments! We wouldn’t be all that thrilled if we were you.

Via EngadgetMobile

Update Via EngadgetMobile: We’ve received a statement directly from T-Mobile on the matter, saying “We plan to continue working with Google to introduce future software updates to the T-Mobile G1. Reports to the contrary are inaccurate.” It’s unclear whether those are just going to be security and stability updates to 1.5 or whether we’ll see wholesale new versions like Donut and beyond, but for the sake of G1 owners everywhere, we’re hoping it’s the latter.

Cupcake coming for the T-Mobile G1, which also happens to be one sale

Shawn — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:52:29 +0000

With a slew of T-Mobile G1 news coming in, and a wee bit of speculation over G2 announcements, today has been a big day for the T-Mobile Android G series. The news coming hot of the presses is revolving around an official announcement about the T-Mobile G1 Cupcake update coming in April 2009. A spokesperson for T-Mobile apparently stated that “We will be offering G1 users the firmware update sometime in April.”

Exciting news for sure, but when is the last time T-Mobile announced a big update in a quick little sentence such as that. What will the Cupcake update include, you ask? Well according to TalkAndroid, the update will include:

Onscreen keyboard
Video recording
Voice recording
Ability to save MMS attachments
Stereo Bluetooth

Engadget via TalkAndroid via Pocket-lint [Read]

Are you as excited about all these new features for the T-Mobile G1 as we are? Of course you are. If you have been considering picking up a G1 but have been a bit turned off by the price, our friends over at IntoMobile may have saved your day. Amazon.com is selling the T-Mobile G1, the first Android phone in the world, for $97.99. Of course we’re hoping they are trying to sell through G1 stock in anticipation of a G2 release coming down the pipes soon. Speaking of the T-Mobile G2…

Boy Genius Report just published some nice speculation that T-Mobile will be announcing their 2nd Android device, the G2, at CTIA. We’re not going to throw our guesses into the mess until we have some more solid information, but April doesn’t sound like a bad release frame in the least. Head on over to BGR to check out the article, and stay tuned to CPS for more T-Mobile news!

More G1 Pictures

T-Marco — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:52:39 +0000

Gizmodo had the opportunity to have the new G1 on their hands. and explain more about this device.

It does look as nice as it does in the photos. The screen is fantastic, and it’s actually not as chunky as it looks, but it’s definitely not iPhone.

The touchscreen is better than we had hoped—far better than the HTC Touch’s slow-to-respond screen. Scrolling is smooth at times, clunky at others, depending on the app.

Browsing: It may just be that we’re not comfortable with it yet, but the browsing is kind of clunky. Again, control is an issue – lots of UI to fight through. Scrolling and zooming around a rendered page is a bit jerky as well, but on par with Opera Mini and similar mobile browsers. Even though they’re both based on Webkit, it’s not as smooth as Multitouch Safari, yet. Scrolling around web pages with the trackball is definitely smoother and more intuitive, immediately, than using the touch screen.

More info Here

Gizmodo