A closer look at Android Cupcake

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A closer look at Android Cupcake

Cupcake

A couple weeks ago, I posted a guide to installing the latest version of Android (with the “Cupcake” features) on an Android Dev Phone 1. Joel Evans of Geek.com and I met up the other day and played around with the build. Joel’s written up the experience with video and pictures:

Included in the video is a demonstration of the on-screen keyboard, prettier transitions, some fun in the Linux shell, and more. We also have some photos (the video was a little blurry) of the skateboarding androids-which come up as you hack-and the obligatory Snake game on the Android OS.

Geek.com: First look: Android’s cupcake

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