We know two things about Google’s Android naming conventions. First, they all revolve around dessert foods. Second, they’re all alphabetical. Thus far, we’ve had Cupcake (1.5), Donut (1.6), Éclair (2.0), Froyo (2.2), Gingerbread (2.3), and Honeycomb (3.0).
So, what’s next? Well, we’ve all been calling Android 3.1 (or is it 4.0?) “Ice Cream.” Turns out we’ve all been wrong–or at least incomplete. According to a story up today at TechCrunch, that operating system will actually be named “Ice Cream Sandwich.”
The new name confirmation came from Andy Rubin himself. Says TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid, “Android chief Andy Rubin told me so. Really, he did.”
The problem with Ice Cream? Apparently it looks to much like Froyo (i.e., frozen yogurt). Since Google has taken to constructing big statues to the dessert of choice on its campus. A giant Ice Cream would just create chaos.
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