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K version of Android is Kit Kat????

I don't like it. It makes me feel dirty. Commercialism run rampant. Can't anything be pure anymore? Reminds me of naming all of the sports stadiums after big corporations. Will they have a bidding war for making each new version of Android now?
 
AP's got a bunch of em, but they seem to think its purposeful

Did Google Just Show The New Nexus Phone In The KitKat Statue Video? [Update: Video Pulled, More Pics]

Theres your new nexus, looks LG as well
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Well, well, well.

Android 4.4 official name released. Not so fuzzy pic of purported Nexus 5 which will house said OS. Conspiracy theories here we come. The rumor mill should start spinning at mind blowing speeds in 3...2....1...

Pre-release is the most interesting time in the Android world. :D
 
The story behind the use of KitKat as the name of the next version of Android:

"We realised that very few people actually know the taste of a key lime pie," he explained.

"One of the snacks that we keep in our kitchen for late-night coding are KitKats. And someone said: 'Hey, why don't we call the release KitKat?'

"We didn't even know which company controlled the name, and we thought that [the choice] would be difficult. But then we thought well why not, and we decided to reach out to the Nestle folks."

Mr Lagerling said he had made a "cold call" to the switchboard of Nestle's UK advertising agency at the end of November to propose the tie-up.

The next day, the Swiss firm invited him to take part in a conference call. Nestle confirmed the deal just 24 hours later.

BBC News - Android KitKat unveiled in Google surprise move
 
funkylogik said:
Seriously!! I didnt even know you got kitkats in the US tbh. Im glad because i dont even know what a keylime pie is lol
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Apparently, that's the main reason they decided to change to KitKat ..

funkylogik said:
Is it normal for them to put up the statue before launch?
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Yup - that's basically how they make the 'official' announcement of the release moniker

Following the story yesterday about how all the interesting stuff is no longer going to be included in the releases, you have to wonder why they bother - should have been called Kvetch coz that's what we Nexii owners will be doing now Android updates are basically irrelevant so we can't brag about getting them first anymore :D

gtbarry said:
Haggis on the other hand.....is sweet nectar from the gods
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I just threw up in my mouth ..
 
SiempreTuna said:
Apparently, that's the main reason they decided to change to KitKat ..
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I've got my cynic hat on today :D


I know thats what they said, but they've picked some random ones in the past that many people aren't likely to have had. Froyo, gingerbread, honeycomb?

I don't 100% buy the reasoning (the PR people can't say they chose it because its a marketing home run :rofl: ), but I like the change.
 
Gingerbread is pretty straightforward.

I always assumed Froyo was just popular Stateside (only other place I remember hearing of it was a reference on Friends).

Honeycomb was always a little odd - to me that's a natural product, rather than something manufactured (unless they meant the inside of a Crunchie bar? You see, brand names don't always travel well). I always assumed it was because it was hard to think of one for H.

But yeah, there's no way they'd say "we had this great marketing idea" ;)
 
Rxpert83 said:
I've got my cynic hat on today :D


I know thats what they said, but they've picked some random ones in the past that many people aren't likely to have had. Froyo, gingerbread, honeycomb?

I don't 100% buy the reasoning (the PR people can't say they chose it because its a marketing home run :rofl: ), but I like the change.
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I don't blame you. Every story I have read said it was "no one knows key lime. Our engineers like Kit Kat, blah blah blah blah." But certainly a really crafty PR person could have created ALL of this. I doubt we will ever have proof either way.
 
Google missed out on a Wonka tie-in here. They could have easily placed Golden Tickets in Kit Kat wrappers. Five lucky winners (and "you may bring with you one member of your own family") can go to the Google headquarters and get a very set-up Wonka style tour. They have the money to even build small set-ups and experiences for the tour. Heck, they could probably even get Johnny Depp to lead the tour (I'd prefer the 80-year old Gene Wilder, but..).

They could even hire an actor to play Tim Cook and run around and tempt all the winners to steal the secret algorithm to Google Maps. And their prize, should they be successful could be "10,000 of these" and offer apple charging cables

It could be a huge PR stunt with a marching bad outside. Larry Page exiting #42 at precisely 10am. Actors playing Oompa Loompas. Each of the ten members of the tour could live stream on their very own pair of google glass they are given at the start, etc.

The Grand Prize could have been Nexus devices for life. One free Nexus phone and tablet upon release every release for the winner.

Is it too late? Or did the Kit Kat "We'll Find You" campaign pre-empt this?
 
Lol that would be so cool Barry :D
Oh man theres people speculating that Note3 will launch with KK :banghead::banghead:
5mins to go peeps :D
 
wait, what? i don't get the entire headquarters if i win? (Wonka gave Charlie the factory in addition to the lifetime supply of chocolate--the tour was a test)

Not sure i am fond of the new name. it's going to be hard saying 'hey i am running KitKat' with a straight face, first of all i'm vegan and KitKats have dairy products, secondly, it just sounds odd for an Android release. Though i suppose worse names could be dreamed up. not going to like the possible moniker for 'V'.

FYI: Key Lime Pie is pretty popular in the states, specifically the South.
 
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