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Daily Wrap: “Jelly Bean”, Android 5.0, Rumored for Q2 and more

Rumors emerge of a new version of Android, “Jelly Bean”, that may be announced in Q2 2012. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap.

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Making Sense of the Android 5.0 “Jelly Bean” Timeline

Version 5.0 of the Android operating system may be announced in Q2, perhaps at Google I/O, as 4.0, “Ice Cream Sandwich”, was announced last year. The newer version may offer a better experience for those of you using an Android tablet.

From the comments:

Lucian Armasu – “I think Google has been trying to make the release of Android dot-oh at Google I/O for a while now, but they couldn’t. Personally, I think it makes much more sense to do it at I/O where they can cover it indepth and thousands of developers get to ask questions about it. My favorite presentation of Android still remains the one for Froyo, where they had a very professional presentation, and Vic Gundotra was a great speaker, too.

The random presentations in the fall or winter don’t make much sense. This fall, they could only cover Android for 30 minutes, with terrible live feed..and in Hong Kong. While Android 4.0 itself was great, the presentation itself could’ve been much better.”

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