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I can't tell if this is a joke.
by likeclockwork 13y ago
I can't tell if this is a joke.
- TillE 13y agoI think the android.com homepage clinches it: "We’re naming the next version of Android after one of our favorite chocolate treats, KitKat. Look for specially branded KitKat bars in a store near you that give you a chance to win a Nexus 7 or Google Play credit." This is a tiny bit embarrassing for Google, honestly.
- corresation 13y agoPeople have criticized Android codenames for the history of those codenames. Jellybean? Froyo? Eclaire? Donut? How are those better than KitKat? I don't see anything, whatsoever, embarrassing about it. It sounds like they're having a bit of fun with it, and why not?
- aroman 13y agoI guess because it's a bit like they're selling out, even though the BBC article a bunch of people have linked here says otherwise. But really, imagine if Apple called OS X 10.10 "Pepsi" and you got a free upgrade with every Pepsi you bought. It just feels… I dunno, it feels kinda corporate and sketchy to me, and I think others as well. I don't really have a problem with it though.
- unreal37 13y agoI like it. Thumbs up to Google for the name.
- likeclockwork 13y agoI see that now, but when I first looked I thought somehow I had been tricked!
- brokenparser 13y agoI'm okay with this. Android Lion Android Mars Android Nuts Android Oreo Android Peppermint Crisp They'll have to introduce their own brand of chocolate after that.
- unconed 13y agoNone of those things contain enough cocoa to deserve the name "chocolate".
- brokenparser 13y agoHoneycomb
- lake99 13y agoOr they could call it Android Quick Bread.
- fpgeek 13y agoI think Android Quik would be next (and perhaps likely if KitKat goes well given the Nestle connection and the scarcity of "Q" dessert names).
- brokenparser 13y agoIt's called Nesquik.
- fpgeek 13y agoAnd another tiny bit of my childhood dies... :(