Google I/O 2012: Jelly Bean is here..Jelly Bean is here!

[sciwizam]

One thread for all I/O news?

Lets start off with the Jelly Bean statue.

Below pic from Google Developers

 

[wirednuts]

i dont see any black ones, so it looks good so far. oh wait

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Would have been better if each Jellybean was a little jelly Andy.

 

[Mopetar]

Looks like a jar of assorted pills.

Fear and Loathing in Mountain View sounds like one hell of a story.

 

[SunnyD]

Looks like a jar of assorted pills.

Fear and Loathing in Mountain View sounds like one hell of a story.

Or suppositories.

 

[QueBert]

I know they're just names, but I wonder if the higher ups at Google had a meeting where they decided to all their OS versions should have retarded sweets names.

A cupcake? a ginger bread man? "froyo" even the damn statues look lame. Razer already did this gimmick to death when their 1st million products were all named after snakes.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I know they're just names, but I wonder if the higher ups at Google had a meeting where they decided to all their OS versions should have retarded sweets names.

A cupcake? a ginger bread man? "froyo" even the damn statues look lame. Razer already did this gimmick to death when their 1st million products were all named after snakes.

No fun allowed. It's a simple, easy to remember, funny and goofy naming scheme. It's simple to track the progression of the OS versions because its easy to follow the names of each upgrade. Pretty Google like.

Of all things to bitch about, a naming convention is not one of them.

 

[cheezy321]

Maybe a majority of android users will get this update. Probably not.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Maybe a majority of android users will get this update. Probably not.

Good to see the Apple fanboys aren't wasting any time.

 

[QueBert]

No fun allowed. It's a simple, easy to remember, funny and goofy naming scheme. It's simple to track the progression of the OS versions because its easy to follow the names of each upgrade. Pretty Google like.

Of all things to bitch about, a naming convention is not one of them.

But it's not simple and easy to track progression. How in the world's a person suppose to know that Jelly Bean comes after Ice Cream Sandwich, which came after Ginger Bread? Also Froyo's possible the gayest abbreviation ever. People who'd actually use the word Froyo are people who go to a Starbucks and can't say actual words so they have stupid ass abbreviations for their drinks.

Also it's retarded imho to launch 4.1 when less than 10% of your devices are even up to 4.0. I bet whatever comes out after Jellybean will be announced before my phone even gets ICS at this rate. Google should work more on getting handset makers to update to newer versions rather than announcing brand new versions. My phone can, and should have Jellybean, but outside of an XDA rom there's zero chance I'll see it.

Try to keep things on topic, and don't derail with your own commentary. If you can't play nice and move the conversation forward, just stay home.

Moderator TheStu

 

[Puddle Jumper]

But it's not simple and easy to track progression. How in the world's a person suppose to know that Jelly Bean comes after Ice Cream Sandwich, which came after Ginger Bread? Also Froyo's possible the gayest abbreviation ever. People who'd actually use the word Froyo are people who go to a Starbucks and can't say actual words so they have stupid ass abbreviations for their drinks.

The names are alphabetical.

 

[QueBert]

The names are alphabetical.

Well that clears it up, well except that only people who have been told this would have a clue here. Google needs to make Android versions something people understand, and what appears to be random desert names isn't going to accomplish that.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

But it's not simple and easy to track progression. How in the world's a person suppose to know that Jelly Bean comes after Ice Cream Sandwich, which came after Ginger Bread? Also Froyo's possible the gayest abbreviation ever. People who'd actually use the word Froyo are people who go to a Starbucks and can't say actual words so they have stupid ass abbreviations for their drinks.

Also it's retarded imho to launch 4.1 when less than 10% of your devices are even up to 4.0. I bet whatever comes out after Jellybean will be announced before my phone even gets ICS at this rate. Google should work more on getting handset makers to update to newer versions rather than announcing brand new versions. My phone can, and should have Jellybean, but outside of an XDA rom there's zero chance I'll see it.

Sorry but not everywhere got hit with the Froyo crazy. It was pretty much a west coast thing that started in LA and hit the Bay Area. You can find Froyo on the east coast but it's not everywhere.

It's like the equivalent of Boba. Froyo is still a very "Asian" thing as every Froyo shop I find is manned by Asians and is in a demographically Asian area.

Sorry if it didn't appeal to you, but clearly there's enough people in Mountain View who have seen the Froyo chains here that chose the name.

And yes, most idiots figured out it was alphabetical at a certain point.

 

[foghorn67]

But it's not simple and easy to track progression. How in the world's a person suppose to know that Jelly Bean comes after Ice Cream Sandwich, which came after Ginger Bread? Also Froyo's possible the gayest abbreviation ever. People who'd actually use the word Froyo are people who go to a Starbucks and can't say actual words so they have stupid ass abbreviations for their drinks.

Also it's retarded imho to launch 4.1 when less than 10% of your devices are even up to 4.0. I bet whatever comes out after Jellybean will be announced before my phone even gets ICS at this rate. Google should work more on getting handset makers to update to newer versions rather than announcing brand new versions. My phone can, and should have Jellybean, but outside of an XDA rom there's zero chance I'll see it.

For f sakes. Who put's this much hate into something completely benign?

 

[AstroManLuca]

I wonder what K will be... Kringle?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I wonder what K will be... Kringle?

Key Lime Pie has already been confirmed.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Well that clears it up, well except that only people who have been told this would have a clue here. Google needs to make Android versions something people understand, and what appears to be random desert names isn't going to accomplish that.

I figured it out around the time Eclair came out, before I even knew anything about Android. I was like "wait... first cupcake, then donut, now eclair? OH I get it!"

 

[cheezy321]

Good to see the Apple fanboys aren't wasting any time.

Good to see the phandroids are already hyping up an OS update that the majority wont use (or even see) for years. Let's talk again when ICS has > 50% penetration.

 

[cheezy321]

Key Lime Pie has already been confirmed.

They should change it to ketamine

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Well that clears it up, well except that only people who have been told this would have a clue here. Google needs to make Android versions something people understand, and what appears to be random desert names isn't going to accomplish that.

It's not like it's a secret, Cupcake, Doughnut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jellybean should have made it pretty obvious.

 

[QueBert]

Sorry but not everywhere got hit with the Froyo crazy. It was pretty much a west coast thing that started in LA and hit the Bay Area. You can find Froyo on the east coast but it's not everywhere.

It's like the equivalent of Boba. Froyo is still a very "Asian" thing as every Froyo shop I find is manned by Asians and is in a demographically Asian area.

Sorry if it didn't appeal to you, but clearly there's enough people in Mountain View who have seen the Froyo chains here that chose the name.

And yes, most idiots figured out it was alphabetical at a certain point.

No there's a Froyo up the street from me, I know what it is. It's a place filled with hipsters and Asian people. Outside of the small Froyo community people don't like that place. Google didn't pick that name because they like it, but because they've boxed themselves into this alphabetical desert naming scheme. There's not many F deserts I can think of. The ironic thing is, the Froyo up the street right now is filled with hipsters on their iPhones and Macbook Pros.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Good to see the phandroids are already hyping up an OS update that the majority wont use (or even see) for years. Let's talk again when ICS has > 50% penetration.

Thankfully the iPhone 4 is so well supported that it was updated with Siri and turn by turn navigation, oh wait.

 

[zerogear]

But it's not simple and easy to track progression. How in the world's a person suppose to know that Jelly Bean comes after Ice Cream Sandwich, which came after Ginger Bread? Also Froyo's possible the gayest abbreviation ever. People who'd actually use the word Froyo are people who go to a Starbucks and can't say actual words so they have stupid ass abbreviations for their drinks.

Also it's retarded imho to launch 4.1 when less than 10% of your devices are even up to 4.0. I bet whatever comes out after Jellybean will be announced before my phone even gets ICS at this rate. Google should work more on getting handset makers to update to newer versions rather than announcing brand new versions. My phone can, and should have Jellybean, but outside of an XDA rom there's zero chance I'll see it.

They're not, those names are code names. Regular users are supposed to track via version number. 1, 2, 3, 4... 4.1

 

[zerogear]

For f sakes. Who put's this much hate into something completely benign?

QueBert.

 

[ponyo]

I'm torn when it comes to Jelly Bean. I want the software update but no Flash support is really disappointing and potential update killer. Depending on the update, I might just stay with ICS on the Galaxy Nexus.