Google’s dropped new code for Android Donut and it sounds too good to be true. People at XDA Developers are reporting it has system-wide multitouch, universal search, text-to-speech, automated backups, a new camera app, and somehow, supposedly better performance.
Also intriguing is CDMA support—as in the kind of network that Sprint runs—adding on to Sprint’s Dan Hesse remark that Android is coming to Sprint this year and rumours that it’ll be Hero. You can see a lot of the new Donut features in action here, like universal search, in this video from the Google I/O conference.
Folks at XDA are working on a build that’ll run on the Dream (G1), though it works in the emulator right now. [XDA Developers, Images via XDA's cyanogen, Thanks Will!]
Warren Leitner
Monday, July 27, 2009 at 5:17 AMSo will this be in the Hero? And how much better performance are we talking about? Because I was depressed about the reviews of the Hero as it stands. I would get on for sprint for the games over the pre, but if it is sluggish, then its worthless for gaming, and frustrating as a phone.
James
Monday, July 27, 2009 at 10:28 AMVPN! Finally!