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Getting your hopes up ain’t a wise thing to do when it comes to HTC Dream or Magic from Rogers Wireless. Both these gadgets won’t be receiving an official OS update past Android 1.5, according to HTC’s website (Rogers Wireless has confirmed this as well). Android 1.6 upgrades for Rogers HTC Dream or Magic haven’t been planned as it was made only for “Google”- branded devices such as the G1. It isn’t available for the above two HTC-branded handsets that run Android 1.5, being considered a stable and reliable platform delivering an outstanding user experience. Bragging about the device, calling it an open-sourced “Revolution” and then turning down the customers is just plain sad. Did we mention that rival carriers offering Google supported devices have managed to tweak it up with some software upgrades?

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The Motorola handset codenamed ‘Morrison’ which has been rumored as coming to T-Mobile has been confirmed to be another Android phone from Moto. So in addition to the G1 v2, this will be the second Android powered handset from Motorola. According to the Walmart roadmap uncovered by Tmo Today, the handset should come out for $148 sometime in October. And unfortunately we don’t much more than that yet.

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Rogers had announced earlier that it would be launching both the HTC Dream (G1) and the Magic, but what we didn’t know were the prices. But thanks to vigilant insiders that we can all be proud of, it seems that both handsets will have a retail price of $549.99. Now it’s an educated guess that the contract price on Rogers could be the usual $400 off retail, which means $149.99 on a three-year contract.

Also, it’s been talked about lately that Rogers is thinking about bringing out nation-wide calling plans. At present it seems only one plan is in the works; 350 minutes, nation-wide evenings and weekends and 1,000 texts for $45. Not exactly what anyone would call mind-blowing, but let’s give them time. Rogers is also planning on bringing back the 6GB/$30 data plan it introduced with the launch of the iPhone 3G last summer. Good for iPhone 3G inventory clearing, not to mention the Android phones.

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Good things come to those who wait…or not. Because all T-Mobile users have been clinging lovingly to their G1s in hope for the May release of the Cupcake upgrade but it seems that T-Mo is not done with all the teasing. The OTA update to Android 1.5 has been delayed till June. Hankie anyone?

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Well, well, well, it seems like the G1 v2 aka Bog Foot that you saw here a few days ago as headed for T-Mobile is not manufactured by HTC. Motorola is the actual manufacturer, and this one is a pretty safe bet folks. While everyone assumed that T-Mobile had tweaked the G1 and launched version 2 of it, turns out T-Mobile is getting Motorola’s first Android phone. Sweet. Taking a close look at the QWERTY keyboard would also add sumo wrestler weight to this theory, it screams Motorola with the font and style. So there you have it folks, Motorola’s first Android handset.

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Samsung’s Android-powered beauty, the I7500 has just had some hands on treatment over at Singapore. The folks over at Tech65 gave the I7500 seven minutes of fame on camera. The handset has bezel and brushed metal buttons that Samsung has put on most of its touchscreen handsets since the Omnia. Beyond that, the I7500 is anything but last seasoned, it has fast and responsive performance that would bring a tear to your eye. Apart from the accelerometer that seems overly sensitive, the Android 1.5 OS works like a charm. This is one handset that will certainly give HTC’s Magic a run for its money when it comes out next month on O2 Germany. Enjoy the video.

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According to T-Mobile Germany’s website, the carrier will release an official  update for the ‘Cupcake’ in May. The update will bring G1 users an on-screen keyboard, video recording/playback and A2DP support. This is the very same update that G1 users have all been waiting for. But the website didn’t mention if the update would be available for the U.S. crowd too. Of course it does stand to reason that if it’s coming to Germany, the U.S. installment can’t be far behind.

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How bad do you want the ‘cupcake’ on your G1? Very bad, well you can have it. That’s right, thanks to the guys over at XDA-developers, who have been playing with the software on their G1 s for a week or so now, and more importantly sing songs of praise to a guy named Haykuro, who ported the software from the G2/HTC Magic onto the G1. You have the cupcake ready to be rocking on your G1. You will need a little work to get it in the groove though, but an average user ought to be able to set it up, with the great tutorials over at the XDA-developers forum and helpful community itself. All of the APNs for T-Mobile USA and AT&T, etc come pre-loaded within the software. Google, HTC…you have been outmaneuvered. Haykuro’s blog has all that you want.

Thank you Haykuro

All those who have been sitting on the edge of their seats waiting for the Android “cupcake” now have fresh meat to get excited about. An early-look version of the Android 1.5 SDK has been released to developers which includes a preview of soft keyboards, home screen widgets, live folders and speech recognition. This early version of the SDK includes both Android 1.1 and Android 1.5, so developers can code for multiple OS versions using the same SDK. This preview is only an early version and final version is expected out sometime by the end of this month. Got goose bumps yet? Or would a healthier choice of Android handsets be what it takes to get you high?

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