Android 5.0 ‘Jelly Bean’ could push fragmentation to new heights

By Tiko377 - 02-16-2012, 09:58 AM - Boxden > BX Wireless

Despite the fact that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is only found on a handful of Android devices — Ice Cream Sandwich penetration currently sits at 1%, just as it did more than one month ago — a new report suggests Google is preparing to launch the next major build of its mobile platform as early as next quarter. Citing unnamed sources within Taiwan-based component suppliers, DigiTimes on Thursday reports that Google is likely to launch Android 5.0 (Jelly Bean) in the second quarter. While details are still limited, the report claims Android 5.0 will again focus on tablets and introduce an interesting new feature. Read on for more.

Seemingly wary about the potential threat from Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform, Google’s next-generation Android OS will feature a new dual-boot function according to DigiTimes. Jelly Bean will reportedly be optimized for tablets and it will “integrate [Google's] Chrome system functions to push dual-operating system designs.” Google is supposedly planning to encourage vendors to build dual-boot devices, which would be able to run both Android 5.0 and Windows 8.

The report also suggests Google may be eying the notebook and netbook markets with Android 5.0. Android 3.0 Honeycomb was a tablet-only OS, and Google then unified its mobile platform with Android 4.0, which is optimized for both smartphones and tablets. This new report seems to suggest Google is shifting the focus of Android 5.0 back to tablets and maybe even to notebooks in light of Chrome OS’s slow adoption.

Android 5.0 may already be facing challenges, however, as the report claims Google’s Android partners are “turning conservative about Android 5.0″ due to Android 4.0′s slow adoption thus far. A number of vendors are currently working on updating their recent devices to Android 4.0, and several Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphones and tablets will be unveiled later this month at Mobile World Congress.

If DigiTimes’s report turns out to be accurate, Google could be pushing Android fragmentation to new heights with Jelly Bean. Vendors like Motorola plan to roll out Android 4.0 updates for their devices over the course of the second and third quarters, and Ice Cream Sandwich may already be obsolete by the time it finally arrives on these smartphones and tablets.

Android 5.0 'Jelly Bean' could push fragmentation to new heights

02-16-2012, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Tiko377

Despite the fact that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is only found on a handful of Android devices — Ice Cream Sandwich penetration currently sits at 1%, just as it did more than one month ago — a new report suggests Google is preparing to launch the next major build of its mobile platform as early as next quarter. Citing unnamed sources within Taiwan-based component suppliers, DigiTimes on Thursday reports that Google is likely to launch Android 5.0 (Jelly Bean) in the second quarter. While details are still limited, the report claims Android 5.0 will again focus on tablets and introduce an interesting new feature. Read on for more.

02-16-2012, 11:51 AM

Google can for sure take some of the notebook market away from MS and Apple. I cant take Android seriouslly without a desktop OS.

I can see Android powered OS's undercut Windows PC's and sell.

02-16-2012, 11:54 AM

This ridiculous !! is why I'll never get an Android device again

02-16-2012, 12:03 PM

Keep !!ing with us... I don't need a !!ing phone.

02-16-2012, 12:07 PM

didn't 4.0 just come out?

02-16-2012, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

didn't 4.0 just come out?

I surely hope there is no truth to them launching 5.0 next quarter.

02-16-2012, 12:59 PM

My Nexus is ready.

02-16-2012, 01:29 PM

Android 5.0 next quarter?

02-16-2012, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

didn't 4.0 just come out?

02-16-2012, 03:01 PM

you guys must not understand android if you're complaining or making jokes. google does 2 major releases each year approximately 6 months apart (they've said this at google I/O). ICS dropped in November, so the earliest will see jellybean is May, which yes is the 2nd qtr. Google has always done things like this... it's nothing new.

also this author is just speculating on features, google I/O is around the corner and they'll talk about what they're coming out with then

02-16-2012, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by fat_boyy21

you guys must not understand android if you're complaining or making jokes. google does 2 major releases each year approximately 6 months apart (they've said this at google I/O). ICS dropped in November, so the earliest will see jellybean is May, which yes is the 2nd qtr. Google has always done things like this... it's nothing new.

also this author is just speculating on features, google I/O is around the corner and they'll talk about what they're coming out with then

you must be a !!in retard if you don't understand how dumb it is and how google promised to reduce fragmentation.

ICS is at 1% penetration son? You must be extra !!in retarded to not see why people are cracking jokes. You the only dumb[..] in here with Android's !! stuffed so far down your throat to come in here on some "I needa defend Android" tempo.

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02-16-2012, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by PTC

you must be a !!in retard if you don't understand how dumb it is and how google promised to reduce fragmentation.

ICS is at 1% penetration son? You must be extra !!in retarded to not see why people are cracking jokes. You the only dumb[..] in here with Android's !! stuffed so far down your throat to come in here on some "I needa defend Android" tempo.

it's really not that serious. calm down. all these companies are making money off all of us. that's the real joke. android comes out twice a year with a os and that damn iphone drops a new phone every year. so who are you defending lol. your just as funny to laugh at. just saying

02-16-2012, 04:12 PM

I wonder if this has to do with correcting some of the things that Apple are popping them on in lawsuits?

That would be a plausible reason for going from 4.0 to 5.0. It's not really funny because I'm about to cop this Galaxy Note that's still on 2.5 and we're talking about 5.0 dropping. It's ridiculous.

02-16-2012, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by fat_boyy21

you guys must not understand android if you're complaining or making jokes. google does 2 major releases each year approximately 6 months apart (they've said this at google I/O). ICS dropped in November, so the earliest will see jellybean is May, which yes is the 2nd qtr. Google has always done things like this... it's nothing new.

also this author is just speculating on features, google I/O is around the corner and they'll talk about what they're coming out with then

Holy !! take the Android !! out your mouth. You the biggest fanboy I've seen on this site.

02-16-2012, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Dangerously

I wonder if this has to do with correcting some of the things that Apple are popping them on in lawsuits?

That would be a plausible reason for going from 4.0 to 5.0. It's not really funny because I'm about to cop this Galaxy Note that's still on 2.5 and we're talking about 5.0 dropping. It's ridiculous.

It has nothing to do with the Apple lawsuits. Google is constantly working on updates. If you followed Android since day one, you would know that they are working on updates all the time. The updates are usually smaller incremental ones though. I am surprised it is 5.0 and not 4.1.

They are most likely only going to announce Jelly Bean's features. There is no way a phone or tablet is released with Jelly Bean until 4th Quarter this year at the earliest.

02-16-2012, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by PTC

you must be a !!in retard if you don't understand how dumb it is and how google promised to reduce fragmentation.

ICS is at 1% penetration son? You must be extra !!in retarded to not see why people are cracking jokes. You the only dumb[..] in here with Android's !! stuffed so far down your throat to come in here on some "I needa defend Android" tempo.

Nicca you the last person that should be calling someone a !!-rider.

Why is everyone acting like A0S5 is gonna be coming to phones? Its gonna be for newer tablets. Even with ICE, I cant see android tablets outselling iPads. But with win8/A0S5 dual booting , That would definitively get a lot of people interested. Best of both worlds if you ask me.

02-16-2012, 06:05 PM

!! is !!in stupid im stil on 2.3 sumtin..for my mytouch4g...

if ur gonna update update all da !!in phones...not come out with a phone do 1 or 2 updates den forget about it n go onto da next phone...

if they cme out with a iphone thats 5-5.3 inches for the screen instant cop and !! a andrroid forever

02-16-2012, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by PTC

you must be a !!in retard if you don't understand how dumb it is and how google promised to reduce fragmentation.

ICS is at 1% penetration son? You must be extra !!in retarded to not see why people are cracking jokes. You the only dumb[..] in here with Android's !! stuffed so far down your throat to come in here on some "I needa defend Android" tempo.

Aren't u an Apple stan tho?? Just Saying

02-16-2012, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by tj.iscool

Aren't u an Apple stan tho?? Just Saying

if you actually read my posts without some pre-determined bias, you'd see most the time I'm not stanning nobody.

You won't see me coming into a thread and illogically defending a company

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Android 5.0 ‘Jelly Bean’ could push fragmentation to new heights

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