Android Cupcake Branch Adds Icing to Android Mobile

cupcakecode.jpgYum, the cupcake coders are working on a lot of improvements to Android. They are working on the features that will be eventually merged into open-source code.

Notable changes to be introduced in cupcake are:

  • New MMS features including the ability to save attachments
  • Email fixes with notifications for POP3 accounts.
  • Browser features and improvements include updated WebKit browser core, synced with Nov 2008 WebKit version; Copy
    / paste is enabled in the browser; drawing
    has been sped up substantially by supporting partial content
    invalidates and partial screen invalidates and pages with animations are
    5x faster.
  • Camera/Gallery, New features include video recorder mode, share intent for videos,ideo thumbnails and local file playback.
  • Support for 3rd parties to make their own onscreen keyboards.

If this is their icing on the cupcakes, we can't wait to see the sprinkles.