Google is unifying its smartphone and tablet operating systems into the ridiculously-named “Ice Cream Sandwich” release, due out late this year. The company is also offering veiled promises of future compatibility for new devices, but that doesn’t erase two years (and more than 300 devices worth) of Android fragmentation, according to Peter Cohen, writing for ZDNet. (Yes, that Peter Cohen. He writes for The Loop too.)
“Certainly, Apple users have seen some older handsets – particularly the original iPhone and its immediate successor, the iPhone 3G – drop off the radar for software upgrades and enhancements. But it’s safe to say that the concept of fragmentation is practically alien to the Apple ecosystem, especially compared to the rampant compatibility issues and head-scratchers that pop up in the Android world.”
On fragmentation, Google still comes up short against Apple | ZDNet
I guess no one ever told Google that those silly in-house development names were supposed to stay in house.
Someone at Google has a bad case of the munchies. Ice Cream Sandwich, Honeycomb? Gingerbread? My bet is the next version will be “Doritos.”
I wonder if they have the brass to call one Apple Turnover…
…doubtful
In the future version numbers will reflect the body fat levels of the lead developer.
Soon they will switch to drinks — Kool Aid as in drink the…
When did code names become so wussy? Oh yay my Ice Cream Sandwich is coming out on my iPhone soon!
I am waiting for Google to start getting honest so we can have Android Wake’n’Bake….
“Google is pleased to announce for 2012, Android 4.0 ‘Dude Where’s My Excellent Adventure?’ Edition.”
Well, they’re alphabetical, and we already had ‘Donut’, so that seems unlikely. Try Jam Roly-poly or something like that.
They only like sweets and they go in ABC order. so probably JellyRoll or such some nonsense.
I get that that they didn’t want to be accused of copying Apple by using animals but really, this is laughable