T-Mobile G1 Update Will Add On-Screen Keyboard

Most people would agree that the feature most obviously missing from the Android OS, and therefore the T-Mobile G1, is an on-screen keyboard. A system software update is expected to add this feature soon, though.

The G1 has a touchscreen, but no on-screen keyboard. The only option for entering text is with the hardware keyboard, which requires turning the device to landscape mode and sliding up the screen.

This missing feature will reportedly be added to Android in a software update -- code-named cupcake. A video showing this in action leaked out a few days ago:

As shown in the video, this will work like the on-screen keyboards on many other smartphones, popping up from the bottom of the screen when the user needs it.

In addition, cupcake is supposed to contain a number of bug fixes and other small enhancements.

Exactly when this will be released is not known, other than "soon". That decision on timing is up to Google and T-Mobile. 

Via Engadget and phandroid