So, last night, about 3 am, I received a notification on my phone. Apparently the cupcake update was available as an OTA update for my ADP1 phone. This morning, I immediately downloaded and rebooted the phone.
After about five minutes, the 44MB file was downloaded, the phone had restarted twice and Cupake was ready. After the startup moments while the network was being initialized, cupcake began showing promise. The first tweaks I noticed were cosmetic. Take, for example, the notifications menu. Some icons and backgrounds have changed, giving Android an updated look.
The default application look has been updated for the media player and for Gmail. The gmail app now looks a bit more like the mobile version. In addition the favorites section of you phonebook makes use of pictures a lot more. This was a joy considering I just used Facebok Sync to sync up my friends photos to the phone.
Also the unlock screen has changed. It is now semi-transparent, showing off my nice background as I unlock the phone.
Some other changes include:
Widgets
This initial selection of widgets show what can be done; its time for developers to take the baton and run with the widgets idea.
Of course I couldn’t forget the new camcorder. Although there’s no zoom feature, the camera is pretty good. Take a look at the 20 second video I shot and uploaded to youtube (the process was damningly fast too!)
Another thing I noticed about cupcake is that it runs. It runs fast!. Even after allowing screen rotation and animations, the GUI was quite responsive and smooth.
Good Job Google. Enjoy the extra screenshots below:
