Rumors are bouncing around regarding Androids next OS upgrade, named Jelly bean. Apparently Jelly Bean will be released in the second quarter of 2012. This may seem to be a strange move since most of us are sill anxiously awaiting our ticket to Ice Cream Sandwich land. But is there method behind this madness..?

Background

Windows are currently making a strong push into the smartphone space and as a follow through they also plan a push into the tablet market. 2012 will see Windows tablets hit the markets. Apparently Google is pushing the idea of shipping devices with the capability to dual-boot Jelly bean and Windows.

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Its hard to say how founded these rumors are at this stage. It seems very early after the launch of Android 4.0 ICS for Google to be making this move. I would imagine a more likely release date to be towards the back end of 2012, so as usual we play the waiting game…..