Android Alpha

There were at least two internal releases
inside Google and the OHA before the
Android beta was released in November
2007. For internal milestone in internal
releases, names of fictional robots were
chosen, with various releases code-named
"Astro Boy", "Bender " and "R2-D2 ".[4][5][6]
Dan Morrill created some of the first mascot
logos, but the current green Android logo was
designed by Irina Blok. [7] The project
manager, Ryan Gibson, conceived of the
confections naming scheme that has been
used for the majority of the public releases,
starting with Android 1.5