Sweet, sweet Android

I’ve never really been into phones news and the whole hype that surrounds a new OS release, but I’ve found it hard to escape the ‘What will Google call its next Android OS?’ craze. One question keeps rattling around my mind: why confectionary?

Coming from someone who has vowed to lose weight (with mixed results), it’s strange that some sects of our society are frantically trying to get people — particularly children — to eat healthy and exercise, while others are still (actively or unconsciously) undoing all that good work.

I don’t want to take on the big confectionary brands (that should be left to the experts), but I wonder whether there should be some kind of responsibility placed on a brand such as Google to move away from naming their immensely popular mobile platform after sweets. Apple happily names editions of their desktop OS after big cats, national parks, beaches and mountains.

Instead of debating, then, whether the next Android OS will be called Pancake, Poptarts, Pez or Popsicle, why not start the conversation about Android Pasta, Papaya, Pineapple or Pepper?

Ha, yeah, who am I kidding? Nobody’s going to buy Android Pasta.

[JOSH MILLWOOD]

Ed replies: Thanks for letting me finish licking my fingers clean of this delightful Twirl before I answer your question. Best guess as to why Google names its Android OS after confectionary? Because it’s fun, a little bit tongue in cheek, and as you’ve rightly pointed out, Android Pasta is a bit of a clunker (I do like the idea of Android Pineapple, though).