iOS version code-names

While Android's dessert-derived code-names like Cupcake and Ice Cream Sandwich are publicly pitched by Google and used by media, Apple's iOS code-names don't get anywhere nearly as much attention. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith, however, gave them some Twitter love this morning.

• 1.0: Alpine (1.0.0 - 1.0.2: Heavenly)
• 1.1: Little Bear (1.1.1: Snowbird, 1.1.2: Oktoberfest)
• 2.0: Big Bear
• 2.1: Sugarbowl
• 2.2: Timberline
• 3.0: Kirkwood
• 3.1: Northstar
• 3.2: Wildcat (iPad only)
• 4.0: Apex
• 4.1: Baker
• 4.2: Jasper (4.2.5 - 4.2.10: Phoenix)
• 4.3: Durango
• 5.0: Telluride
• 5.1: Hoodoo
• 6.0: Sundance (rumored)

Nowhere near as sweet as Google's, or even the big cats Apple uses, very publicly for OS X releases, including the latest 10.7 Lion. Maybe they could spice things up a little. What do you think, Star Wars planets? Pasta shapes? Tasty caffeinated beverages?

Source: @stroughtonsmith, iOS Forensic Analysis