We’ve known for a while that T-mobile was preparing a new update for the G1. Rumors had been flying around and there was high hope that T-Mobile would include at least a few of the new Cupcake features into the RC-33 build for Android. Now we have official confirmation from a T-Mobile employee:
“To ensure a great experience with the T-Mobile G1 with Google, customers with these devices will receive an Over the Air (OTA) update to their devices between February 5 and February 15. This OTA will include new system enhancements such as the ability to save pictures or files to file by long-pressing an item, check for system updates, and use the Google Voice Search feature. The OTA will also fix a number of known issues. New G1 activations will receive the OTA up to three days after service has been activated.”
To our disappointment, there is no mention of any of the features from the Cupcake development branch. Google Voice Search and saving pictures are nice, but I’m sure most people would prefer video recording on their G1 or stereo Bluetooth support. Let’s just keep our fingers crossed and hope the phrase “fix a number of known issues” really means “and we have a few extra surprised in there too”.
