HTC G1 and Android fans have been getting a bit of hot and cold recently with the possible release date of the Android software build, CODENAME: Cupcake.

While people are anxiously awaiting the release of this update to fix some of the more apparent bugs in the Android system and also add some key features which have been missing from the original release T-Mobile has been putting up roadblocks for the official release of the update.

T-Mobile is being quite vague about any type of release date giving the old “We will update you as T-Mobile G1 software updates are made available” the information on the Cupcake website is slightly conflicting with that lack of commitment.

Whatever the case the Android users among us are anxiously awaiting some kind of update. And are you wondering why? Well lets look at just a small sample of the bug fixes and new features there will be straight from the Cupcake website:

MMS

• Save attachments from MMS
• Faster conversation list scrolling

Email

• Significant bug fixes

Settings

• New menu option to list running processes in Settings->ManageApplications.

Music

• Music playback fades in after suspending for phone call.
• New media search intent allows for 3rd party apps to launch or respond to media searches based on artist, album, or title.

Browser

• Updated WebKit browser core, synced with Nov 2008 WebKit version.
• Copy / paste is enabled in the browser.
• Find is enabled in the browser. To find text, choose it from the menu and type the text to find.

VoiceDialer

• VoiceDialer supports ‘open app’ command

Camera/Gallery

•  Video recorder mode
•  Share intent for videos

The video recording and voice dialer updates particularly excite us here at TimTechs. What do you think? Will this make you reconsider the G1 or other future Android devices?