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Cupcake's on-screen keyboard shown on T-Mobile G1
Engadget —
We already found that the Cupcake branch of Android made available a software keyboard on Nokia's line of Internet Tablets, and now that very functionality is being showcased on a bona fide T-Mobile G1. We can't say how stoked we are to see a real deal on-screen keyboard on the handset, and we're even more jazzed about the ...
Cupcake's on-screen keyboard shown on T-Mobile G1
Engadget Mobile —
Filed under: Handsets, Software, HTC, T-Mobile, Android
We already found that the Cupcake branch of Android made available a software keyboard on Nokia's line of Internet Tablets, and now that very functionality is being showcased on a bona fide T-Mobile G1. We can't say how stoked we ...
Android On-Screen Keyboard (VIDEO)
Android Phone Fans —
One of the top complaints of Android’s first phone - the T-Mobile G1 - is the fact that it doesn’t have an onscreen keyboard. The full physical QWERTY is a godsend, but having to slide open the keyboard for simple keystrokes, searches and passwords can be a real drag.
Introducing the un-drag: Android’s On-Screen Keyboard poised to hit the G1 as a software update in late January 2009! The update will come with the recently unearthed Cupcake development branch - have a look for yourself:
While it’s hard to believe this was left out in the first place, the key here ...
Is This the Cupcake Keyboard? (VIDEO)
AndroidGuys —
We had a video passed along to us yesterday which is nothing more than a minute long look at an on-screen keyboard running within Android. While we couldn’t gather any other information from our source about it, we’re thinking it might be the soft keyboard that comes with the cupcake update due anytime.
Watch the video below and let us know what you think of it. If it’s the ...
Touch-Screen Keyboard Shown in Android "Cupcake" Video [Android]
Lifehacker —
A new video shows off the primary features of the all-touch-screen keyboard in the next update of Google's Android mobile platform, code-named Cupcake. The video shows the touch-screen keyboard running on HTC/T-Mobile's G1 handset, but other manufacturers are reportedly considering an all-touch handset to be run on Android. You'll also see the newest updates to the G1's capabilities, including video recording and, for the browser, inline finding and selective copy and paste. Check out the video below. [ via ...
Sneak peek at Android’s upcoming on-screen keyboard
Boy Genius Report —
Android G1 users rejoice as an on-screen keyboard is coming your way in January 2009. The recent unveiling of the “cupcake” branch of Android development has revealed that Google has been working on lots of goodies for Android, one of them being an on-screen keyboard. A YouTube video gives us a quick look at the on-screen portrait keyboard which pops up quite nicely when a text box is selected. Sure it looks a bit familiar, but useful just the same.
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Google Android To Get Virtual Keyboard, Video And More
The Channel Wire —
Google's open source Android mobile operating system has gotten a much needed update, which brings a host of new functionality, including the much-coveted addition of a virtual on-screen QWERTY keyboard. Dubbed "Cupcake," the update will merge with the operating system's open source code over the next few weeks, according to Android's source code Web site . The update is expected to add video recording and playback, something the T-Mobile G1 and Android have lacked since the smart phone's public release in October. Additionally, Cupcake will add Bluetooth stereo support, browser updates like ...
Google Android To Get Virtual Keyboard, Video And More
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
Google's open source Android mobile operating system has gotten a much needed update, which brings a host of new functionality, including the much-coveted addition of a virtual on-screen QWERTY keyboard. Dubbed "Cupcake," the update will merge with the operating system's open source code over the next few weeks, according to Android's source code Web site . The update is expected to add video recording and playback, something the T-Mobile G1 and Android have lacked since the smart phone's public release in October. Additionally, Cupcake will add Bluetooth stereo support, browser updates like ...
On-Screen Keyboard to Hit Android in January 2009
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
Talking to most T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) G1 users… they are almost all unanimous that the one thing they wish the device had was an on-screen ‘virtual’ keyboard, a la the iPhone or the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Storm. While the slider form-factor is awesome… I can see it being a pain in the you-know-what having to slide it out for those short, 1 second replies that we all do from time to time. Wouldn’t it be nice if a keyboard just magically appeared on the screen?
Well, the good news today is that Android’s on-screen keyboard is due to make it to the G1 ...
Android On Screen Keyboard Coming Soon?
Mobility Site —
If this video is any indication, then sure thing. One of the most common gripes about Android on the G1 was lack of an on screen keyboard. Sure the G1 has a full hardware QWERTY, but sometimes you just don’t want to pop it open to type a one liner. ...
Android: Video of on-screen G1 keyboard surfaces
Download Squad —
Filed under: Google, Open Source, Mobile, Android When the T-Mobile G1, the first phone running Google's Android mobile platform, was released two months ago, its greatest asset -- the physical QWERTY keyboard -- also wound up being the devices greatest deficit. Having a physical keyboard is great, especially for e-mail -- but being forced to open up the device every time you want to navigate to a new web page or perform a quick web search is a PITA. I'll be honest: it sucks hardcore. As our brethren at Engadget pointed out ...
Android’s coming on-screen keyboard demoed on video
MobileCrunch —
Be warned, folks: the video contains so much action-packed keyboarding that your face might just blow right off your head. There’s keyboarding car chases, keyboarding shoot-outs .. it’s a non-stop fiesta of fingermashing fury.
Fine. It’s none of that. It is a video of the new on-screen keyboard from the work-in-progress “Cupcake” roadmap for Android, running on a G1. That’s pretty cool too - but let’s get some Michael Bay stuff in there next time, okay?
[Via Phandroid]
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Multiple Android Phones Expected In 2009
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
Fans of the Android operating system may want to wait for next year to take the plunge, as it appears there will be a plethora of smartphones that use Google's open source operating system. T-Mobile's G1 is the only commercially available Android-powered smartphone, but the handset's design has been hit or miss with many critics and customers. The next year should further the Open Handset Alliance's goal of spreading Android to multiple handsets with various form factors. Samsung is reportedly readying a touch-screen Android phone that could have a similar form factor as the company's Instinct or Behold ...
Softkeyboard on on “Cupcake” Android
SolSie.com —
If the rumor is true, by 2009 we will see lots more devices powered by Android, including the T-Mobile G2. Not all of them will feature a real keyboard. So it is obvious that Android will add the softkeyboard feature as seen in the “Cupcake” development.
he video below captured on the HTC Dream (G1) with this function turned on.
[Seen on Lifehacker]
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T-Mobile G1 Android Phone: On-screen G1 keyboard Video
D' Technology Weblog —
When Google’s Android mobile platform-based T-Mobile G1 was released, its greatest asset — the physical QWERTY keyboard also wound up being the devices greatest deficit. Engadget reports that Google has already started work on a new branch of Android, codenamed “cupcake,” which will bring, among other improvements, an actual on-screen keyboard to the platform. As you can see from the video below, it looks like developmental G1 units have been able to successfully install some of the new hotness as well. ...
Android now features an onscreen keyboard
Newlaunches.com —
android.jpg Looks like Google's open source Android mobile operating system has gotten a much-needed update, which brings a host of new functionality, including the much-coveted addition of a virtual on-screen QWERTY keyboard. Like we mentioned yesterday about T-Mobile working on the G2 ...
Phones in the Key of "A:" Android Port Gets On-Screen Keyboard
iSmashPhone - Turn your Phone into your MyPhone —
Take THAT, Blackberry Storm! As you can see in the above video, the newest G1 port of the Android OS (code-named "Cupcake") offers an on-screen keyboard with a unique form of feedback: instead of simply magnifying the key around your finger, Cupcake
displays a disembodied duplicate at a fixed distance above the original
key, for an effect not unlike the iPhone's onscreen keyboard. Aside from hardware/onscreen keyboard and data/voice connections, this port is still far from 100% stable, but it does give an interesting look at what Android could become. [Via ...
