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GeneralRe: Oreo is officially the next name for Android Pin
Joe Woodbury21-Aug-17 9:59
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GeneralRe: Oreo is officially the next name for Android Pin
Nelek21-Aug-17 10:56
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GeneralRe: Oreo is officially the next name for Android Pin
Kent Sharkey21-Aug-17 12:00
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GeneralRe: Oreo is officially the next name for Android Pin
Vark11122-Aug-17 7:13
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GeneralRe: Oreo is officially the next name for Android Pin
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GeneralRe: Oreo is officially the next name for Android Pin
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GeneralRe: Oreo is officially the next name for Android Pin
PeejayAdams22-Aug-17 0:48
PeejayAdams22-Aug-17 0:48 
I've always found the naming system more than a little bit silly (Froyo and Ice Cream Sandwich were particularly lame names) and this is the second time they've had to do a corporate tie-in to keep the daftness going.

Aside from the obviously tricky Q, U, V and Z, what do they intend to do when they hit the end of the alphabet? My suggestion would be to rename Android to Android Type 2 as a nod to the diabetes-inducing properties of previous versions. At that point they can restart with Amputation, Blindness, Care Home, Death, Emergency Room, Failing Kidneys and so forth, giving them at least a couple of years to come up with a better plan.

Why can't they just use sensible sequential version names like Microsoft do? You know the sort of thing - XBox, XBox 360, XBox 1 ...
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.

GeneralRe: Oreo is officially the next name for Android Pin
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