By JR Raphael
Well, gang, after weeks of waiting and wondering, we finally have a good picture of what the future of Android will look like.
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, Google and some of its hardware partners disclosed new details on Android roadmap--what versions are in the works and as tablets and Smartphones ultimately will coexist. In short, we'll probably a second edition of Android gingerbread, version 2.4. If everything goes as planned, it seems quite likely that some phones will skip the current incarnation 2.3 gingerbread and the update directly to 2.4; that was a pretty common back in the days Eclair, when Google launched Android 2.0 and followed shortly afterwards with the 2.1 Eclair-well-known.
The great news is, however, confirm that the following press release--the "s"-named operating system Edition--will merge with honeycomb Android Gingerbread is currently oriented to the Tablet-PC. That's right, people: we will see a single, unified location for smartphones and tablets alike. Chatter suggests that the "I" release, while still a long road ahead of us and far from official, will be named "ice cream Sandwich."
You can read the full details of Google Android road map here--or, for a more visual representation of what is ahead, check out the image below.
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JR Raphael writes on Smartphones and other technologies. You can find it on Facebook, Twitter or on eSarcasm, his escape geek-humor.
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