One of Google's Android developers said Friday that the T-Mobile G1 may not receive operating system updates in the future because of a lack of internal flash RAM, according to mobile news publication JKOnTheRun.
"As much as I'm hoping that it'll be possible to somehow continue updating the G1, I can't promise anything," Android engineer Jean-Baptiste Queru wrote on Twitter. "We knew that internal flash space was going to be very tight on the G1 and we kept the system partition tight on purpose."
According to the publication, the G1's current operating system, version 1.5 - code named "Cupcake" - filled the memory so future versions, including Donut and Eclair, likely will not fit on the device.
A T-Mobile spokesperson told EngadgetMobile that the OS will continue to be updated, though the carrier was not clear if those updates will include operating system overhauls. "We plan to continue working with Google to introduce future software updates to the T-Mobile G1. Reports to the contrary are inaccurate," the spokesperson said in a statement.
The news comes after HTC said yesterday that it will offer its attractive Android-powered Sense UI, originally developed for the HTC Hero, to HTC Magic users, as we reported. The T-Mobile version of the HTC Magic, the myTouch 3G, will not receive the upgrade.
News by Brian James Kirk on Tuesday August 18, 2009.
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