Google unveils Android 4.1, called Jelly Bean

[Jack]

Google has unveiled Android 4.1, its next mobile OS - better known as Jelly Bean.

The OS will be available on selected handsets and open-sourced in mid-July, with the SDK released today.
The OS includes what Google calls "Project Butter" - a new system which boosts performance, offering "buttery smooth" rendering and faster buffering. It improves responsiveness by guessing where a user will touch the screen, and immediately ramping the CPU when the screen is touched.

A version of Google's voice dictation system now works offline, so users can "talk to type" without access to the cloud-based system.
The NFC system, Android Beam, now allows photos or videos to be transferred, or devices to be paired to Bluetooth gadgets, simply by tapping phones.

Other "delightful" improvements include tweaks to the dictionary so it better learns words over time and predicts words before you type. A refreshed home screen makes it easier to personalise: drag a widget onto the screen, and other shortcut icons arrange around it, or the widget shrinks to fit.
Google said Android had gained 100m activations at this time last year, and now hit the 400m milestone, with one million device activations daily.


Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/375538/google-unveils-android-4-1-called-jelly-bean#ixzz1z1IUsYFS

 

[Plexx]

Nice. Still doesn't say what will be the minimum component requirements to run it. For example HTC Wildfire and Wildfire S won't have Ice Cream Sandwich.

On a side note: where the hell do they get their names?

 

[McLovin]

For example HTC Wildfire and Wildfire S won't have Ice Cream Sandwich.

On a side note: where the hell do they get their names?

Correct that is why they are so slow

I'm guessing them they just randomly pick the names

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

The names of the OS are alphabetically arranged, named after desserts. Seems that the one who names the OSs is a hungry guy.

C- Cupcake
D- Donut
E- Éclair
F- Froyo (Frozen Yoghurt)
G- Gingerbread
H- Honeycomb
I- IceCream Sandwich
J- Jelly Bean

 

[McLovin]

The names of the OS are alphabetically arranged, named after desserts. Seems that the one who names the OSs is a hungry guy.

C- Cupcake
D- Donut
E- Éclair
F- Froyo (Frozen Yoghurt)
G- Gingerbread
H- Honeycomb
I- IceCream Sandwich
J- Jelly Bean

I see. Well I bet I know what is going to be the next one after Jelly Bean, Kiwi Cheese Cake

 

[Ink]

Should be released today (according to Wikipedia).

Btw, do you where I can see all the change / what's new in all their releases. I haven't a clue, what's so good about Android.

Not yet in the "mobile OS" market yet.

 

[Plexx]

Should be released today (according to Wikipedia).

Btw, do you where I can see all the change / what's new in all their releases. I haven't a clue, what's so good about Android.

Not yet in the "mobile OS" market yet.

I believe here you can get some info Earth.

 

[Ink]

Thanks, I didn't see that when I searched on Wiki. :s