Google expected to unveil Android 'Key Lime Pie,' new Nexus handset at Oct. 29 event

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in iPhone edited January 2014
Less than a week after Apple's "iPad mini" event, Google will host its own media briefing where the company is expected to unveil the next major version of Android, as well as a new Nexus-branded smartphone.

Media were invited this week to event scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29, in New York City. The invitation shows the Android search bar with the tagline "The playground is open," set against a cartoon New YOrk skyline.

In addition to a new Nexus phone expected to be built by LG, Google is also expected to show off the next major version of its Android mobile operating system, dubbed "Key Lime Pie." The successor to Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" is expected to come preinstalled on the new LG handset, based on the Optimus G design.

Beyond falling less than a week after Apple's Oct. 23 event, Oct. 29 marks the same day that Microsoft will hold its own press briefing across the U.S., in San Francisco. That's where Microsoft will formally launch its own Windows Phone 8 platform, which aims to compete with both Apple's iPhone and devices running Google Android.

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Google's event will be held at the Basketball City venue in New York, and will kick off at 10 a.m. Eastern, 7 a.m. Pacific. Microsoft has not yet revealed the venue in San Francisco for its Windows Phone 8 presentation, but it will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific.

And next Tuesday, Apple's event will be held in San Jose, Calif. at the California Theatre. The presentation, in which the company is expected to unveil a smaller iPad along with new Macs, will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific.
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  • Reply 1 of 118
    gwmacgwmac Posts: 1,806member
    Would be nice if a little more details as to what key lime pie actually adds......
  • Reply 2 of 118


    Originally Posted by gwmac View Post

    Would be nice if a little more details as to what key lime pie actually adds…...


     


    Incompatibility with all existing devices.

  • Reply 3 of 118
    adonissmuadonissmu Posts: 1,776member
    They also have a new tablet coming out but you didnt hear it from me.
  • Reply 4 of 118
    8002580025 Posts: 175member
    Sounds more like Mud Pie to me.
  • Reply 4 of 118


    "...Google is also expected to show off the next major version of its Android mobile operating system, dubbed "Key Lime Pie."


     


    Bet that will leave a similar acid taste in the mouth after to-day's shock on the stock market!

     

  • Reply 6 of 118
    It's amazing how like 60-70% of the base users are still running 2.3 gingerbread, small number have honeycomb..2 years later Icecream sandwich is rolling out right now...yet Jellybean was announced and released not to long ago..and to add to the insult Keylime Pie is being announced before anyone gets to experience the previous versions...
  • Reply 7 of 118


    Originally Posted by Flash_beezy View Post

    …gets to experience the previous versions…




    You say that as though it would be desirable. 

  • Reply 8 of 118
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    Good grief, does google update their operating system every month now?
  • Reply 9 of 118
    MacProMacPro Posts: 19,712member
    gwmac wrote: »
    Would be nice if a little more details as to what key lime pie actually adds......

    My wife tells me it adds pounds!
  • Reply 10 of 118
    neo42neo42 Posts: 287member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Flash_beezy View Post



    It's amazing how like 60-70% of the base users are still running 2.3 gingerbread, small number have honeycomb..2 years later Icecream sandwich is rolling out right now...yet Jellybean was announced and released not to long ago..and to add to the insult Keylime Pie is being announced before anyone gets to experience the previous versions...


     


    What's amazing is the mentality that upgrading is a necessity or that somehow one suffers from not being able to install the latest version.  Gingerbread is kinda dated but still works just fine.  

  • Reply 11 of 118

    You say that as though it would be desirable. 

    Not intending too, it's just mind numbing, but hey some people like having quickly out of date operating systems I guess..
  • Reply 12 of 118
    jfanningjfanning Posts: 3,398member
    It's amazing how like 60-70% of the base users are still running 2.3 gingerbread, small number have honeycomb..2 years later Icecream sandwich is rolling out right now...yet Jellybean was announced and released not to long ago..and to add to the insult Keylime Pie is being announced before anyone gets to experience the previous versions...

    Your numbers disagree with Google's, they say 55.8% are on gingerbread, and this is decreasing each report, 25.5% are running 4 or above
  • Reply 13 of 118


    Originally Posted by Neo42 View Post

    What's amazing is the mentality that upgrading is a necessity or that somehow one suffers from not being able to install the latest version.  Gingerbread is kinda dated but still works just fine.  


     


    iOS 3.1.3 is also dated, but still works just fine.


     


    Oh, what's that? It's a thousand posts from trolls in the Anti-Apple Brigade yelling about how "lost features" from not being able to upgrade are ruining Apple's OS. 




    But not… Google's, apparently. Okay.

  • Reply 14 of 118
    neo42 wrote: »
    What's amazing is the mentality that upgrading is a necessity or that somehow one suffers from not being able to install the latest version.  Gingerbread is kinda dated but still works just fine.  

    Wow. Guess we should all still use windoz 98 then?

    Yes it's important, security patches (they are still prevelant) Optimizations, list goes on and on..but that's not the point. These announcements are too frequent yet 90% of the hardware won't get support. That's not cool if you buy the latest phone and can't update it.
  • Reply 15 of 118
    drblankdrblank Posts: 3,385member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by gwmac View Post



    Would be nice if a little more details as to what key lime pie actually adds......


    Maybe it's a bug fix.  It sounds as though their OS releases get released faster than the users can install them.  They still don't have many users with ICS or JB.

  • Reply 16 of 118
    jfanning wrote: »
    Your numbers disagree with Google's, they say 55.8% are on gingerbread, and this is decreasing each report, 25.5% are running 4 or above

    Uh yeah..decreasing because They are finally getting 4.0 ICS years later then initial release..even though jellybean has been out for how long? and the fact that some phones had it preloaded like the S3.
  • Reply 17 of 118
    msanttimsantti Posts: 1,377member
    Key lime pie?

    How about Root Beer Float?
  • Reply 18 of 118
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Flash_beezy View Post




    That's not cool if you buy the latest phone and can't update it.



    I think that users are more likely to update a Nexus phone than some other brand because Nexus runs pure unadulterated Android from Google not some tweaked version from an OEM or carrier.

  • Reply 19 of 118

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Flash_beezy View Post





    Uh yeah..decreasing because They are finally getting 4.0 ICS years later then initial release..even though jellybean has been out for how long? and the fact that some phones had it preloaded like the S3.


    ICS is only about a year old. It was released this time last year with the Galaxy Nexus. And general availability in the US wasn't until December if I remember correctly. JB came out on June 27th.

  • Reply 20 of 118


    Originally Posted by msantti View Post

    Key lime pie?

    How about Root Beer Float?


     


    That's seven versions away.


     


    So… sometime next year.

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