12 Jan 2011

Android's Alphabetical Sweetness

Google has a delicious way of naming its Android operating system. The updates are in alphabetical order starting with 'C' and are named after something sweet.

Check out the photo gallery below but be warned - it may cause hunger!

The first of Android's operating systems named after desserts was Cupcake

Cupcake6

Then there was Donut (mmm... donut) running on v1.6

Stars-stripes-donut-red
Followed by the French dessert, Eclair 2.0/2.1
Eclairs
Then there was the healthier option, Frozen Yogurt (Froyo) 2.2
Yogurtland_yogurt_high_res
Gingerbread 2.3 came in time for Christmas
Gingerbread
Honeycomb 3.0 was the first tablet-optimised OS
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Ice Cream Sandwich v2.4 is due to be released just in time for summer. Yippee!
Icecreamsandwich

Google recently said that it was going to limit the amount of updates to only two per year. So what can we expect next?

Here are my suggestions:

Jellybean?

Jellybellybeans
Key Lime Pie?
Pie-key-lime-pie
Lemon Tart?

Lemontart

Google may find that it gets harder to name its updates when it gets towards the end of the alphabet - X, Y, Z....