Android 5.0 -"Jelly Bean" in June? Will Dual Boot-ability Help Google Re-Enter Notebook/ Tablet Market?

[Jailani]

Even before Google's Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system has
managed to live up to all of its hype, rumor mills have already begun
announcing the launch of Android 5.0, nicknamed Jelly Bean, sometime
in June 2012.
According to a Digi Times report, Jelly Bean will target tablet/
notebooks and is supposed to have a dual booting system. It is also
expected that the new version will bring in some updated features for
mobile platforms as well.

Although it looks too early for the release of a new Android OS
version, it makes sense for Google to release the updated version,
considering that Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) does not seem as
successful as they had hoped. The much hyped operating system is yet
to penetrate the smartphone market in a big way. In fact, as per
recent estimates, Ice Cream Sandwich's application to Android devices
is just 1 percent.
Ice Cream Sandwich was officially launched inside Samsung's Galaxy
Nexus series at the end of last year. Today, although there are
confirmed reports of major manufactures releasing high-end mobile
devices with the Ice Cream Sandwich software, customers will have to
wait for the next quarter to get a clear picture... or at least till
the Mobile World Congress to be held in Barcelona from Feb. 27 to
March 1.

Another reason cited for the early release of Jelly Bean, according to
the report, is that Google would like to time the release with the
launch of Microsoft's Windows 8. Windows 8 is expected to be released
in the third quarter.

Google will provide dual boot-ability in its Jelly Bean and will
integrate Google Chrome system functions to it. The dual boot system
will allow suppliers to build devices that can easily and instantly
switch between Android and Windows Operating Software, without
shutting the system down.

Google, with the new version, will also hope to re-enter the notebook
and tablet market. According to the Digi Time report, Taiwanese
suppliers are already manufacturing tablets and notebooks with the
dual booting system. A final word of caution... some of Google's old
partners do not seem overly impressed about the new version.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/301480/20120220/android-5-0-jelly-bean-windows-8.htm