Android 1.6 SDK released, coming to devices 'as early as October'

And with that, Google has released the SDK for Android 1.6, a.k.a. "Donut." Developers can go nuts over the fine-tunings of it, but the takeaway for the consumer is that it allows Android devices to run on CDMA and in different resolutions and screen sizes -- should help to vary up the options currently available. Additionally, the update will add QuickSearch à la webOS for scavenging through contacts, apps, and the internet in one text field, as we saw back at Google I/O, a text-to-speech API with translation capabilities, and that revamped market we spied earlier this month. Most interesting is an one-off line that from the official developer blog that says, "you can expect to see devices running Android 1.6 as early as October." That October launch applies to quite a number of upcoming Android handsets -- Sprint Hero, Motorola CLIQ, possibly even the InstinctQ and a Verizon-bound Sholes all fit the bill quite nicely. Want to see more of the new update in action? Video of +10 adorableness after the break.

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[Celz Posted Sep 15th 2009 8:41PM]

xda had cdma and variable resolutions over a year ago..

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 15th 2009 9:47PM]

Awesome! Android is the best platform by far. Just give it a bit time and it will pwn all yallz ass.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 16th 2009 2:51AM]

Should be interesting to see this new update on the Phone.
But we got sometime to play around with the SDK before we will see it :)


/Allan
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[LeviTheGeek Posted Sep 16th 2009 11:38AM]

AT&T needs to get more Android phones! I'm not even sure if they have one period.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 16th 2009 10:55PM]

wtf!? @2:20 "£1.35 is approx $2.20"
so i guess android doesnt play along with the psuedo 1-to-1 system?
well normally its € to $, but still... thats an actual conversion. damn... :P

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 16th 2009 11:42PM]

Does anyone know if Android 1.6 likely to be updated for ALL existing devices - eg the Samsung Galaxy?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2009 7:45PM]

Ok a couple of things to editor to pass on:

1.6 is already available to those who have rooted there phones. Soooo the October bit is untrue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=539744 (I have G1 and it works incredibly fast, better then previous versions also saves Memory on G1)

Now other issues which I want to bring up:

Engadget get a god damn Mobile site like CNet so readers can view on Mobile Webkit or Opera Mini browers
Engadget can you add in Facebook connect it is sooo bloody annoying using your logins