Android versions decoder, please.

[jgreetham]

All these dratted version names are driving me crazy! Someone please provide a list of what these names - Gingerbread, Eclair, Honeycomb, Froyo, etc. mean in terms of version numbers. Which came first the Honeycomb or the Gingerbread? AaaRrrGggHhh!

Thanks very much,

 

[Ozymandias88]

Android 1.1 - No official name
Android 1.5 - Cupcake
Android 1.6 - Doughnut
Android 2.0/2.1 -

 

[jgreetham]

Thanks you. Now I just have to remember it.

What's a Froyo?

 

[lunatic59]

Thanks you. Now I just have to remember it.

What's a Froyo?

Frozen Yogurt.

 

[snapper.fishes]

Took me ages to figure that one out too.

 

[Frisco]

Android 1.1 - No official name
Android 1.5 - Cupcake
Android 1.6 - Doughnut
Android 2.0/2.1 -

 

[hellcatt]

sooooooooo............ what do sweet treats have to do with androids and robotics? i see the pattern, but not the connection

 

[Frisco]

sooooooooo............ what do sweet treats have to do with androids and robotics? i see the pattern, but not the connection

Well, they got a bit healthier toward the end there.

 

[Ozymandias88]

sooooooooo............ what do sweet treats have to do with androids and robotics? i see the pattern, but not the connection

I don't think there really is a reason. Perhaps one of the developers was eating a cupcake and thought it would be cool. Software has a long history of odd version names. Everything right through girls names, animals, muppets and sweet treats has been used. It's just a bit of fun. Anything's better than a boring old number.

 

[hellcatt]

Well, they got a bit healthier toward the end there.

so android 10 will be called vitamin?

 

[lunatic59]

so android 10 will be called vitamin?

Given all the sugar in the previous releases, it should be called insulin.

 

[adi19956]

the one after Ice Cream is rumoured to be Jelly Bean but what can K be?

 

[adi19956]

KitKat?

 

[lionrain]

the one after Ice Cream is rumoured to be Jelly Bean but what can K be?

KitKat would prob be a trademark issue, so im guessing key lime pie

 

[adi19956]

KitKat would prob be a trademark issue, so im guessing key lime pie

not very... snappy/catchy though is it... I thought about the trademark thing but it'd be pretty cool!
they couldn't change one beginning with C could they? like... Kookie?

 

[lionrain]

not very... snappy/catchy though is it... I thought about the trademark thing but it'd be pretty cool!
they couldn't change one beginning with C could they? like... Kookie?

Good point, haha that would be cool Kookie, with a K

 

[zaphodbebleebrox]

KeyLime sounds like a android version name to me, that would be funny as chiz if it were
to work out that way.

 

[adi19956]

yeah I can see Keylime I suppose. still it won't be until 2012 or even 2013 so we don't have to worry too much

 

[Ozymandias88]

For K how about Knickerbocker Glory. Doesn't really sound much like an android version name but it is an amusing word if you have the mental age of a 6 year old (like me)

 

[adi19956]

For K how about Knickerbocker Glory. Doesn't really sound much like an android version name but it is an amusing word if you have the mental age of a 6 year old (like me)

HAHA I'd love to see that! It does sound like a good name for firmware...

 

[david1215e]

how about KUPCAKE ? haha

 

[adi19956]

haha, it'd be a bit repetitive don't you think?

 

[2acclaim]

krispy kreme?

 

[GoldenBulletXD]

How about Watermelon

 

[adi19956]

How about Watermelon

that's not a K...