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Comment by likeclockwork | Hacker News Reader

I can't tell if this is a joke.

I think the android.com homepage clinches it:

"We’re naming the next version of Android after one of our favorite chocolate treats, KitKat. Look for specially branded KitKat bars in a store near you that give you a chance to win a Nexus 7 or Google Play credit."

This is a tiny bit embarrassing for Google, honestly.

People have criticized Android codenames for the history of those codenames. Jellybean? Froyo? Eclaire? Donut? How are those better than KitKat?

I don't see anything, whatsoever, embarrassing about it. It sounds like they're having a bit of fun with it, and why not?

I guess because it's a bit like they're selling out, even though the BBC article a bunch of people have linked here says otherwise.

But really, imagine if Apple called OS X 10.10 "Pepsi" and you got a free upgrade with every Pepsi you bought. It just feels… I dunno, it feels kinda corporate and sketchy to me, and I think others as well.

I don't really have a problem with it though.

I like it. Thumbs up to Google for the name.

I see that now, but when I first looked I thought somehow I had been tricked!

I'm okay with this.

Android Lion

Android Mars

Android Nuts

Android Oreo

Android Peppermint Crisp

They'll have to introduce their own brand of chocolate after that.

None of those things contain enough cocoa to deserve the name "chocolate".

Honeycomb

Or they could call it Android Quick Bread.

I think Android Quik would be next (and perhaps likely if KitKat goes well given the Nestle connection and the scarcity of "Q" dessert names).

It's called Nesquik.

And another tiny bit of my childhood dies... :(

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