Name of Next Android Release to be “Gingerbread”
In a post on LWN.net, Brian Swetland reveals the name of Android’s next release.
“We maintain a set of patches on top of Linux, which we periodically rebase to the latest released Linux kernel. We’ve been doing this roughly every other kernel release since about 2.6.14. This week we’re finalizing our move to 2.6.32 for the Android ‘Froyo’ release, and we’ll likely be on .33 or .34 for ‘Gingerbread.’”
So what do you think “H” will be? Hamburger probably won’t work, as it doesn’t fall under the “sweets” category. Maybe they’ll use Hersheys, Hot Fudge, or possibly Hollow Chocolate Bunnies.
Yummm…. Bunnies.
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Tags: General News, google, Mobile Search, search
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All your mobile search are belong to Google. According to a recent report from Statcounter, Google commands 98.29 percent of the mobile search market while their next closest competitor, Yahoo, sits at .81 percent. Bing comes in third with .46 percent, the same as “other” combined search engines. It’s worth pointing out that Google’s mobile [...]
NOTE: Google Owns 98.29% of Mobile Search Market originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Tags: droid x, General News, motorola, rooting
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NOTE: 1-Click Rooting Comes to Droid X originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Tags: adsense, android, APNDroid, developer, Developer News
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NOTE: AdSense for Mobile Success Story: APNDroid originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Tags: android, Eric Schmidt, General News, google, Money
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NOTE: Android to make Google obscenely rich(er)? originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Tags: android apps, Announcements, app genome, Lookout, mobile security, Software News
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NOTE: App Genome Project Uncovers Wallpaper App That Steals Your Data originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Tags: froyo, Galaxy s, Handset News, Hdmi, Mods, ROMs & Mods
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NOTE: Galaxy S Does Froyo and Micro-USB to HDMI originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Tags: android, android market, developer agreement, Developer News, General News
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NOTE: (UPDATED) Sorting Out Changes to the Android Developer Agreement originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Tags: android, Android Around the World, Announcements, Handset News, lumigon, phone, Rumors and More
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NOTE: Lumigon to Launch Android Handset In Time For Halloween originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Tags: Announcements, congress, Software News, sunlight labs
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NOTE: Sunlight Labs’ “Congress” Leaves Beta originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Tags: android market problems, hanging on authorizing purchase, market problem, Op-Eds, psx4droid, Software News, wild west, zodttd
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NOTE: Android Market Woes Spill Over to Developer originally appeared on AndroidGuys.