The Google-sponsored Android mobile Linux project has released a rough-hewn "Early Look" version of the Android 1.5 SDK.

The platform of Android 15, which has the code name "Cupcake", includes a number of new and improved tools, including faster Gmail conversation list scrolling and user interface refinements to the browser and other elements.

It will also include home-screen widgets, speech recognition, live folders, and soft keyboards. The SDK, which can be downloaded today from the Android Developers site, also features new programming tools.

A complete list of changes can be found <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/preview/features.html" target="blank"> here</a>.

No mention was made as to when Android 1.5 will be available on domestic handsets.

The “early look” SDK 1.5 can be downloaded <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/preview/" target="blank"> here</a>.

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