http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/ Engadget Comments for Video: Android 1.5 'Cupcake' on-screen keyboard and camcorder action http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/ sapphire-port-dream website..]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/
Watching 'Cupcake' Video on Engadget: ~10 minutes of your time

Making a comment that in no way contributes to the conversation: Priceless.

There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's YOU'RE A TOOL.]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/
Video quality probably leaves something to be desired, but it was a cryin' shame that the G1 had nothing of the sorts at release.]]>Apr 28th 2009 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/- Quality is equivalent to a 2003 Nokia.
- Shouln't be on a different application than "Camera".

Camera:
- Improved yet still laggy shutter.
- Can't swipe between photos??

Browser:
- The google suggestions as you type has been on Skyfire (Symbian and WM) more than a year ago.
- Extremely choppy zoom in and out, scrolling... compared to the phone that shall not be named. Disappointing.

Overall:
- No official multitouch is disappointing. Overall speed is disappointing.

Finally, I can only hope that Tegra (which I've seen to realtime rendering wonders with Opera) could take care of the lags and stale interface look... whenever that phone comes up.]]>Apr 28th 2009 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/2. The browser is actually quicker than my experiences with the iPhone now.
3. swipe between photos? what does that mean, and why is it important?
4. Multitouch. I have used the iphones multitouch and the G1 multitouch (hacked rom) and have yet to find it useful in any way. It's a gimmick. I'm glad the Android coders aren't wasting their time on that.
5. this video review sucks.]]>Apr 28th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/
Camera:
The shutter is a little slow but you don't need to swipe between photos. That's something another phone chose to do, it's not a standard, the arrows aren't some broken way to navigate. They don't have to copy everything iPhone does.

Browser:
It's nice that Skyfire has been doing that, now the G1 does that. Skyfire also has flash and can play websites like Hulu and your iPhone, which you're using as a standard, can't. So, you can't have everything.
And I don't know what you're complaining about, the scrolling looked very smooth, even before the website was even loaded. On the iPhone you see that white and grey checkered grid when scrolling and then the page appears a second after the checkered grid, I didn't see that in this video. I'd say scrolling is better than the iPhone.

Overall:
Multitouch isn't a standard. You might as well say "no iPod is disappointing." The speed seemed great, I don't get why you'll excuse an app taking 5 to 10 seconds to open on the iPhone but you have a problem with the G1's speeds which were pretty good.

You seem very biased, and that's fine, it's just that a lot of your complaints seem unfounded or stem from you wanting this to be an iPhone. I understand the need to compete, but that's different than the need to steal methods and abilities.]]>Apr 28th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/
- Scrolling was choppy. Zooming in and out was choppy. It's definitely not as smooth as the Pre or the iPhone.
- Cam recording quality was terrible for a highend phone.
- Yes multitouch IS a gimmick (most people double tap instead of pinching) but it's almost paramount when your typing on a virtual keyboard, which is what Android 1.5 is all about.]]>Apr 28th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/
There needs to be a major update for this to even compete with apple. ]]>Apr 28th 2009 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/I got rid of my iPhone 3G after a week of disappointments and now it's more than 7 months that I happily use my touchHD and my Samsung Omnia.
I look forward to change at least one of them with a Nokia N97 or a new Toshiba TG01, or HTC superStar or Thoth, but surely this time I'm gonna stay away from Apple 's overpriced and underperforming gear.]]>Apr 28th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/
Just this morning a new client linked me to a requirements doc they had shared on RS. Yeah, I thought it was weird too...]]>Apr 28th 2009 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/
i have been using a G1 for the past 2 weeks and never managed to crash it or make it miss a beat. website render just fine, and zooming / panning is flawless. the interface is far from stale and i cant wait to try this new update on my g1]]>Apr 28th 2009 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/
http://www.cnetfrance.fr/news/mobilite/prise-en-main-et-visite-guidee-du-htc-magic-le-google-phone-de-sfr-39387755.htm]]>Apr 28th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 28th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/
I mean its slightly choppy when the page is loading, but once its finished, the scrolling is buttery smooth.]]>Apr 28th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/Apr 29th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/May 16th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/video-android-1-5-cupcake-on-screen-keyboard-and-video-captur/May 4th 2009 1:43PM