{"id":659866,"date":"2010-02-09T12:51:23","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=25973"},"modified":"2010-02-09T12:51:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:51:23","slug":"android-update-after-next-likely-to-be-codenamed-%e2%80%9cgingerbread%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/659866","title":{"rendered":"Android update after next likely to be codenamed \u201cGingerbread\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/gingerbread-298x300.png?w=230\" alt=\"\" title=\"gingerbread\"  class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25974\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As any good Android-obsessed geek should know by now, Google&#8217;s made a tradition out of alphabetically naming their firmware builds after sweets. Android 1.5 was &#8220;Cupcake&#8221;, v1.6 was &#8220;Donut&#8221;, v2.0 is &#8220;Eclair&#8221;, while the next release will be lovingly dubbed &#8220;Froyo&#8221;. &#8220;But what comes after that?!&#8221; you say from the edge of your seat.<br \/>\n<span id=\"more-25973\"><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to Android kernel developer <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/02\/news\/preheat-the-oven-googles-mixin-up-a-batch-of-gingerbread\/\">Brian Swetland<\/a>, the next major build after &#8220;Froyo&#8221; will be known as &#8220;Gingerbread&#8221;. If nothing else, the good thing about that name: no matter what it contains, it&#8217;ll be a sweeter treat than the crap I was forced to decorate and eat as a child.<\/p>\n<p>(Like the image? While I wish I could claim that little Android dude is just killer rendering on my part, I just &#8217;shopped in one of the soon-to-be-released<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/2010\/02\/02\/vinyl-android-figurines-are-the-coolest-things-since-sliced-ice\/\"> Android toys<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>[Via <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/02\/news\/preheat-the-oven-googles-mixin-up-a-batch-of-gingerbread\/\">AndroidAndMe<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ORZxwfhV0cwBw8lQzQCnqYGun7Y\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ORZxwfhV0cwBw8lQzQCnqYGun7Y\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ORZxwfhV0cwBw8lQzQCnqYGun7Y\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/ORZxwfhV0cwBw8lQzQCnqYGun7Y\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=BgNbkqqfY6s:buh1Y5R0N6s:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=BgNbkqqfY6s:buh1Y5R0N6s:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=BgNbkqqfY6s:buh1Y5R0N6s:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=BgNbkqqfY6s:buh1Y5R0N6s:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=BgNbkqqfY6s:buh1Y5R0N6s:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As any good Android-obsessed geek should know by now, Google&#8217;s made a tradition out of alphabetically naming their firmware builds after sweets. 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