The same report that indicates that HTC and Facebook are collaborating on a new Facebook-branded smartphone provides a possible explanation for this deepening relationship. Digitimes‘s “industry sources” indicate that Samsung will likely manufacture the next Google Nexus smartphone (to go along with Jelly Bean). The report gives two reasons for the ongoing partnership. It will allow Google to leverage Samsung’s […]
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Rumour: Google to launch Android Jelly Bean in Q3 2012
Devices running Android 4.0 are still rare. Google’s latest distribution numbers show that Android 4.0 is barely on 1.6% of all Android devices. But that is set to change in Q2, according to Digitimes. While new devices and upgrades are expected to grow that number significantly in Q2, Google is hard at work on the next major version. Citing its […]
Google Android 5.0 (Jelly Bean) coming in Q2?
Google Android 4.0 has barely made it onto about 1% of all Android devices that Google may be gearing up to launch the next major version of the mobile OS. Digitimes is reporting that Google could launch Jelly Bean (Android 5.0) sometime in the second quarter (perhaps at Google I/O 2012?). The move could be tied to Microsoft’s upcoming Windows […]
Google I/O 2012 dates announced
Google today announced that Google I/O 2012 will take place on April 24th and 25th. It will once again take place at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco. The last event saw the introduction of Chromebooks, the Android 3.1 announcement, and confirmation that the next version of Android would be called Ice Cream Sandwich and would reunite smartphones and […]
Google Android Jelly Bean to follow Ice Cream Sandwich (Updated)
With the next major release of Google Android nearing release, you know that attention is already starting to turn to the next version. ThisIsMyNext has learned that “Jelly Bean” will follow in Ice Cream Sandwich‘s footsteps to continue Google’s tradition of naming releases after tasty treats. The version number is still unknown (not a surprise given that we don’t yet […]