Ice Cream Sandwich only has a
single percent of market share, but Google seems to be on the verge of
releasing its successor. Latest rumors have it that Android's next release -
5.0
Jelly Bean - will be unveiled in the second quarter of this year.
According to the often reliable
DigiTimes, who quote Taiwan-based supply chain makers, Android 5.0 Jelly Bean
will bring further optimizations for larger screen devices - tablets and
netbook computers.
One of the key features of the
upcoming Android release will be its ability to dual-boot Chrome OS. The
cloud-based platform still struggles to make an impact and Google is obviously
planning on using the wildly popular Android to change that.
Dual-booting will also make
Android 5.0 Jelly Bean much easier to market with computer makers. Given the
popularity of the Asus Transformer Prime, we guess there might be a niche for
ultra-portable computers with super long battery life and good performance,
even if they don't run a regular desktop OS.
We'll have to wait and see about
that. For now we are circling June 27 on our calendars - it's the day when the
Google I/O developer event begins and if an Android 5.0 Jelly Bean announcement
is to happen in Q2 - that will certainly be the place.
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