smashiphone: As news of Apple’s win over Samsung has been the headlines of numerous tech venues and avenues – along with how supermodel Kate Upton brought her iPhone with her during a Samsung event – the announced feature set to come with the iOS 6 has somewhat been overshadowed, with understandable cause.
its a mobile version of linux and as such was in development long before ios which is in effect a gui over mac os x which is a gui over a modified unix core..
windows is the only non UNIX os to be its own beast
android mac os Solaris Linux others all share a common ancestry in unix
whos copying who now. as for versions of desert
Linux is a living os as such Ubuntu and android are living designs they evolve and change hence more often updated
however most phones running gingerbread can run jelly bean with no problem its up to android user to find and flash a rom, which by the way is perfectly permitted by some manufacturers