Comments on: Google touts Android 1.5 features to coders

The search giant's new Cupcake SDK lets coders take advantage of video support, soft keyboards, a better browser, and other features coming to Android.

[seven7dust]

does Google even care about Android anymore ?
there seems to no push to try and compete with others !
it's the phones that need refreshing !
with HTC crap like the G1 whos going to bother with it ?

[giorgioventuri]

Don't turn down the G1 Phone. I have both the iPhone and G1 Phone and surely, while iPhone is sleek and visually stunning, I rather prefer G1 for daily use - it's much more flexible and easy to use. I agree that G phones should be pushed more though.

[seven7dust]

I'm biased against HTC cause all HTC Devices I've owned in the past have been crap
probably had something to do with Windows Mobile but who cares HTC is crap IMO

[kc6hur]

Introducing all these cool features that probably won't go anywhere in the US because the carriers are such stupid control freaks, they won't allow them to be used.

[El_Segfaulto]

The beauty of Android is that even if the carriers decided to force Google's hand and remove and app from the marketplace, you can still install it from a third-party site. They can take my WiFi Tether from my cold dead hands.

[sullivanjc]

This presupposes that Android will remain restricted to smartphones.

[nh99]

Someone should jailbreak the iPhone to dual boot Android already.

[rollcage]

They have it jailbroken to run other OSes (Linux), there just aren't drivers for the most of the hardware yet...

[jcscool3]

Even with the poor phone, if we want to go ahead and blaim it on the hardware, this is still an excelente phone with plenty of potential, I do have to admit that there are a lot of flows in the current android operating system and it would be nice if google's pace addressing the phone's issues was faster; its still an excellent phone with great features and supurb future.
PS: it does strongly compete with the current market of smarthphones

[barronfujimoto]

I can't wait to see 1.5 on my G1. It's a great phone with a nice keyboard, but sometimes you want a soft keyboard to just enter in a short reply to an IM. Also looking forward to seeing what new widgets devs come up with. I still am hoping for a better music player, or at least some kind of smart playlist feature.

[directorblue]

All I know is my 17-year old daughter wanted one for her birthday... and her Mom got it for her. It is a very cool machine... and if teenagers are asking for it, Google is doing something right.

[El_Segfaulto]

Sometimes I feel a bit silly using one with the similarity to the Sidekick, but I can use the VNC app to access my desktop from anywhere, I can SSH to any server at my workplace and perform maintenance if needed, and dozens of other tasks. Please Google, if you're listening WPA2 Enterprise would be greatly appreciated as would support from GMail contact groups in a more intuitive way.

[sflocal]

What being said here folks? Does this even come as a surprise? When Android was first announced, you predicted the demise of Apple and RIM's model of doing business. Don't whine about it now.

As it has been said countless times, software and hardware go hand-in-hand. It's why Apple and RIM are doing so much better then Android. Don't b***h now that the handset carriers aren't keeping up with the software side and tinkering with the functionality.

Android WILL NEVER be as successful until a major player like Google creates and maintains the hardware portion alongside the Android OS and is able to muscle the telecoms to maintain hardware/OS control similar to that of Apple and RIM. At the most, it will be a "curiosity" to the geeks faction and will certainly not hit the masses like the iPhone or Blackberry. This is not rocket science people. I presume it is a side-effect from the whiners living too long in their parent's basements.

I hear the Humble Pie Diner down the road is having an all-you-can-eat whiner special. Might be best for you people to pay a visit.

[El_Segfaulto]

Are we reading the same article/comments?

[t8]

Wrong. You can't expect it to take off overnight. It will be a slow but steady up hill climb, similar to Google's search market share.
Why?
Because the market is saturated and people will try it when it is time for them to upgrade. At the moment, there needs to be more phones and they will come.

Now for the kicker. Even if it doesn't take off, Google still wins. Because they are dividing the market even more, and the only apss that will work in a divided market of Os's are Web apps.

Once it comes back to the Web, Google wins.

[DBdweeb]

That same exact comment was made about IBM, OS/2 and the PC. If this were true we'd all be on IBM PC's. The fact that there is intense competition amongst hardware manufacturers with the implementation of the world's most prolific O/S and the world's most ubiquitous hardware architecture (X86) demonstrates the fallaciousness of of the comment.

[AppleSuxLeo]

Android has turned into a flop with clunky phones.
Palm Pre is about to take over. The launch will probably hasten the demise of Jobs.