When we first got wind of Google’s top secret development branch, we were a bit perplexed. What does baking have anything to do with Android. Ok, for there are a few cooking apps in the Marketplace, but should Google really be geting into that? Lucky for us, Google’s "cupcake" development branch has nothing to do with cooking of holiday treats and a lot to do with making Android a much better mobile OS.
Google’s been working on "cupcake" for a while and it includes a plethora of new and improved features for Android. Some of the main things to stand out on the list are the video recording more, video thumbnails, saving MMS attachments, and A2DP & AVRCP Bluetooth profiles. "Cupcake" also includes some much needed fixes to the e-mail client on Android and the app manager that also includes some UI enhancements. Since the list of items is quite lengthy, I’d encourage you to check it our for yourself. You will not be disappointed.
Google will be rolling "cupcake" into the Android OpenSource development project so that none of the other improvements that developers have made over the past month and a half will be lost. Due to the holidays coming up, Google expects to have "cupcake" rolled out by the first week on January. Unfortunately, there’s no news from T-Mobile of HTC to indicate that the new "cupcake" features will be carried over to the T-Mobile G1. I’m sure we’ll hear more on this in the weeks to come, so stay tuned.
