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G1's RC33 Update To Have Google Latitude

Techtree News Staff, Feb 05, 2009 1904 hrs IST

HTC's G1 arrival in India was expected in December 2008 but was delayed due to the economic slow down

Forum moderator Will of T-Mobile Forums has posted details about the RC33 update for the Android OS based G1 phone. The new RC33 will be rolled out this week with the Google Latitude feature but won't have 'Cupcake' functions like on-screen keyboard.

Cupcake's on-screen keyboard function for G1 was spotted last week and with the information available about the RC33 firmware, the anticipation for Cupcake has increased.

The RC33 firmware update will have following new features:

- Google's Voice search feature

- Google Latitude and Google Maps 3.0

- "Check for upgrades" support

- Spam reporting on offensive comments in Android Market

- Save picture from MMS

The numbers of fixes for the following issues are also included:

- G1 screen hanging fixed

- Fix for reminders in calendar

- Forced WiFi logout on quitting IM

- Messages Stability issue

- Failure to download more than one e-mail.

Android OS has been getting interesting updates and fixes for the bugs. HTC's G1 arrival in India was expected in December 2008 but was delayed due to the economic slow down.

The Android-based G1 developer handset is available online. The delay is both good and bad for Indians. Good, since the bugs will be fixed and more features will be added by the time it is launched in India, and bad because it's bound to be network locked and rest of the services would be network dependant.

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dj erick

,fairfax, on Apr 16, 2009 10:28 AM

I like my phone

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william

,grants pass, on Apr 09, 2009 07:53 AM

latitude will not store image

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chino

,new london ct, on Feb 12, 2009 03:50 AM

Anyone know if the g1 is getting a flash player

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assss

,san pedro, on Feb 09, 2009 01:26 AM

sgtegrhggy

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salem almarri

,qatar doha, on Feb 07, 2009 01:49 AM

How abut multi Langueg. Naw only avilubl English

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vince antoniell

,ledgewood, on Feb 07, 2009 12:34 AM

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vince antoniell

,ledgewood, on Feb 07, 2009 12:29 AM

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Joel Rochlin

,minneapolis, on Feb 06, 2009 11:47 PM

I just received the rc33 update. Another bug fixed is automatic email retrieval for pop mail. I think it reset the check frequency on install.

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John Winters

,San Francisco, on Feb 06, 2009 09:35 PM

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jeffery

,victorville. ca, on Feb 06, 2009 03:01 PM

I just got the rc33 update. Firm ware is 1.1 Google wiket has a microphone next to the go button. It works.. really cool. Asked me if it was ok to use my location. No soft keyboard. Phone seems to be faster.

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Phil Chung

,Upton, Wirral, Cheshire, on Feb 06, 2009 01:47 AM

Phill on the wirral

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royalskams

,santa ana, on Feb 06, 2009 01:47 AM

What's up

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