Android 5 "Jelly Bean"

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Android 5 "Jelly Bean"

Postby viking60 » 19 Feb 2012, 14:13

Time to present the first rumors about Android 5. Rumor has it that it will be called Jelly Bean and that it will be available in the second quarter of 2012. The rumors come from Taiwan from the site Digitimes.
The Tablet integration will be perfected and it will be possible to switch between Windows 8 and Android 5 on the same tablet without restarting it!
The OEM's will have the possibility to put both OS's on the same tablet.
This could be a Google Embrace-Extend-Extinguish approach to gain access to the Laptop market. Google wants Android 5 to be fully functional on the laptop too.

It's all rumors :confused Especially the timing seems to be a bit early - but it sounds exiting.
It is not impossible that Google will do this though to meet the expected launch of Windows 8 in the second quarter of 2012.
Microsoft will probably not like it, but they will earn money either way. So far Android is a commercial success for MS - Windows on mobile devices is not.

While we are in the rumor department; HP's new top dog Meg Whitman thinks that Android will become closed source. Now this could be true, or it could be a marketing stunt to blow some life into WebOS.
That is the thing about rumors, they can be planted to achieve a certain goal - or they could actually be true.
Who knows? :confused
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Re: Android 5 "Jelly Bean"

Postby dedanna1029 » 20 Feb 2012, 09:06

Wheeeee!! They best stick some of that Android gas into the cell phones too (especially into mine!)!! If they do, it will be last call for alcohol for this kid all night long! :D
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Re: Android 5 "Jelly Bean"

Postby dedanna1029 » 20 Feb 2012, 09:08

Mmm-hhmmm! 'Cause dat be some sh!t worthy of this kid celebrating! Oh, yeah!

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