Android 4.4 Named "KitKat"
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Old andriod Versions
So the other versions are:
4.3 - 'Kit Kat'
4.1 - 'JellyBean'
4.0 - 'Ice cream Sandwich'
3.0 - 'Honeycome'
2.3 - 'Gingerbread'
2.2 - 'Froyo'
2.1 - 'Eclair'
1.6 - 'Donut'
Am I missing Any?
4.3 - 'Kit Kat'
4.1 - 'JellyBean'
4.0 - 'Ice cream Sandwich'
3.0 - 'Honeycome'
2.3 - 'Gingerbread'
2.2 - 'Froyo'
2.1 - 'Eclair'
1.6 - 'Donut'
Am I missing Any?
Just Cupcake, 1.5. Technically you also missed 1.0 and 1.1, but those did not have code names.
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Major version? Why 4.4 instead of 11.0?
In the rest of the computing world a MAJOR revision change to software results in an increase of the MAJOR digit of the version number. Therefore with "K" being a 11th digit of the alphabet of the language Android's naming is following that means this version of Android OS ought to be 11.0. It sure would make life easier handling these OSes if Google followed this basic convention.
Galaxy SIII
Anybody read anywhere if the Galaxy SIII will recieve an update to this new version?
If they were going to co-brand it, why not green Jello?
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Gonna buy so many, new Nexus 7 here I come...
Except KitKat Isnt Made By Nestle
... In the USA, it is made by Hershey, under license.
So... being that Nestle and Google teamed up, I can assume that the promotion will ONLY run in nations Nestle markets KitKat (worldwide EXCEPT the USA), while we get stuck with nothing since it is not a branding with Nestle AND Hershey...
So... being that Nestle and Google teamed up, I can assume that the promotion will ONLY run in nations Nestle markets KitKat (worldwide EXCEPT the USA), while we get stuck with nothing since it is not a branding with Nestle AND Hershey...
GIVE ME A BREAK!
Key Lime Pie was a better name!
so if we are naming candy... next would be lemonheads or life savers
so if we are naming candy... next would be lemonheads or life savers
Ah, I see what you did there! 😁
Nestle and Hershey
Google today announced that the next major version of Android - version 4.4 - will be named KitKat, after the Kit Kat candy bar made by Nestlé
but the link is http://www.hersheys.com/kitkat.aspx
Kit Kat is a chocolate-covered wafer biscuit bar confection that was created by Rowntree's of York, England, and is now produced worldwide by Nestlé, which acquired Rowntree in 1988, except in the United States where it is made under license by The...
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Android versions also have numbers, so that I can simply call it 4.4. I understand that businesses exist to make money, but I ain't calling this thing Kit Kat until someone starts paying me to do so (read: never, hence my being glad).
