Google asks the public to name the forthcoming Android N operating system Google has been using its developers conference to show off forthcoming improvements in Android N and is taking the unusual move of asking the public to name it. Traditionally Android builds have been named after foodstuffs, like Jellybean or KitKat – the later picked not for marketing dollars but as an attempt to show how " …
Nutty feature of Nougat:
On the apps front, Android N will have a new feature, still in development, called Instant Apps. This allows a user to click on a link to a site that has its own app and just download a few parts of the software to help the link run more smoothly and with more features, but without installing the full code.
Gee! What could POSSIBLY go wrong with THAT???
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A sweet [or candy] name starting with N. Hmm. I too agree with Nougat but suggest as runner up Noffee as in Banoffee - Slurpable but not a natural taste.
Also their new messenger, Allo. A nod and a wink to Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople and a salaam to Mick Ronson. "Once bitten, twice shy".
Isn't this like that Sainsbury's story where they wanted an artist to paint their canteen for free? The naming website just slurps suggestions without a submission form, and the T&Cs take ownership. This is branding, and branding is valuable. Surely Google could afford to, and should pay?
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Well, it has to start with 'N' of course. It has to be something sweet. The only suggestion here that works so far is "Nougat". But, as a Canuck, and a fan of the Christmas favourite, I think "Nanaimo Bar" is the winner. It's minor downsides are that its hard to spell for some, and it may not be well know outside of Canada. Whot??? There's no nanaimo bar icon???
A new 3D engine? Will it run OpenGL or DirectX games? Not as good as Windows then.
"windows in windows"? What about Windows(TM) in Windows(TM)?
"able to run two screens simultaneously" Pft, Windows supports as many screens as you want.
"the five most-used notification tabs will be displayed at the top of the screen" - Copied from Windows customisable quick actions.
"Instant Apps"? Windows did that last century - it's called ActiveX.
"download an updated image of the operating system in the background"? Windows 10.
"file-level encryption"? Bitlocker.
"allow people to write messages on their phone using fingers"? Windows does handwriting recognition already.
1) Obvious Troll is obvious.
2) That'd be the Vulkan graphics API, also coming to Windows to shame both Direct 3D and OpenGL.
3) "Done first" doesn't matter. "Done best" does. Ask Apple and their huge pile of money.
4) Android N is wanted by its users. How's Windows 10 working out on that key metric? Oh, looks like it's having to use most of the slimy malware tactics to make any headway against XP. Aw, diddums.
I suspect its true name will not get past Google marketing anyway.
In the same manner as sweatshop never made it past Nike marketing, I suspect that things like "No more privacy", "No right to privacy" or "No secrets for you" will not even make it into the list to vote on.
Apart from the "obvious" Nutella, only a couple of others spring to mind: Nesquik (milk shake) and Neapolitan (ice cream, but they've already done Ice Cream Sandwich...).
I hope they go for another brand name and associated promo like they did with Kit Kat - I won in their Kit Kat/Android compy after consuming a fair number of them (but to be fair, Kit Kat is one of my favourite choc bars).
"As for saving data, Android N will allow users to cap the amount of data that individual apps use. This is good news for someone on a tight data plan, and should help rein in talkative apps."
So for anything that doesn't actually use the internet for functionality, set it to zero to avoid adverts?
I was predicting for work recently, and put forward a view that mobile *hardware* development has hit barrier. You can't make phones much smaller. Screens are as hi-res as possible, and processor grunt and memory seem to be able to handle 80% of everyday life.
But then, you read that Android Pay is to join Apple Pay, and you see a trend of concentrating peoples lives into a digital device.
At which point you realise that said digital device is only as useful as it's battery life.
So my predictions are:
1) phone development for the short term will concentrate on less sexy - but more useful - tweaks which help keep peoples digital assistant alive.
2) There's definitely a market for someone to market a "get a spare phone when you buy one" package so that you can charge one while using the other (almost like a return to the days when people bought matched pistols).
Given point (2) if there are any firms working on software to clone phones - legitimately - then your hour may have come.
OK, I've seen the Boaty McBoatface incident described variously as a fracas, row, and various other terms implying there was a big argument and fuss about it, but I'm just not seeing it. The whole conversation went basically:
NERC: We'd like people to think of names for our ship.
People: Boaty McBoatface is a funny name.
NERC: Yeah, we're not calling it that.
People: OK, how about Attenborough?
NERC: Done.
People: Hooray!
No-one ever thought it would actually be called boaty, and no-one complained when it wasn't. They were even sensible enough to make it clear from the start that the poll wasn't in any way binding so there couldn't be grounds for complaint. All that happened was a few people had a bit of fun voting for a silly name and everyone ended up happy with the result at the end (or just didn't care in the first place). It's only now that the media keeps trying to insist there was some big argument about the whole thing, when for once the internet was actually nice and restrained and allowed a little joke to run its course without making a big fuss over it.
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Well, to follow convention it should start with N and be a type of sweet food...
I'm not going g to make a suggestion... instead I am going g to ask a question? Who took the time out of their life to create the Wikipedia list of deserts page? Seriously, alphabetical and categorised by type.. And not a complete list..
they missed sausage, and aardvark!
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