Android 5.0 Jelly Bean already in the works. Why?

Why should they start working on a new Android OS so early? Is Icecream Sandwich bad? Or has too many bugs? I haven't tried it yet. I think an update would be most suitable but a whole new OS. I think it's too early.

Why did Microsoft begin work before Windows 7 even came out? It isn't a matter of it not working as it is a matter of making huge updates for OSs takes a long time. But looking at what is happening with Android, it doesn't seem like a good idea to have Android 5.0 come out THIS early. Starting work is fine, the latest rumor is it is coming out this year unless this is going to be like Honeycomb again (which was a bad idea in the first place).

We have apps popular third party apps that still don't suppport push notifications because people still have phones (2.1? I think) that don't support it.

So now we'll have people on 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.0, and now 5.0. Each of these having some feature that will limit third party apps with compatiability. It's frustrating having a new phone where only the Google apps seem to be "up-to-date" with my Android phone.

Why should they start working on a new Android OS so early? Is Icecream Sandwich bad? Or has too many bugs? I haven't tried it yet. I think an update would be most suitable but a whole new OS. I think it's too early.

DeadMan1290

uh

First off, no one knows in Jelly Bean is 5.0, 4.1 or what. Second, its an update, not a new OS. Third, android is on a yearly update schedule now, do you really honestly think that google is going to wait until a week before they reveal it to start work on it? These things kind of take time.

And no, theres nothing wrong with ICS, quite the opposite. Companies have to continually work on their OS's to remain relevant and competitive (see: RIM) and as soon as ICS was finalized, there were two new teams: matinence update team for ICS, and the Jelly Bean team. It is literally required for a never ending cycle. How this can come as a surprise to anyone kind of baffles me.

Product life cycle?