OUYA upgrades to Jelly Bean, gives early hardware details to game developers

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/10/ouya-pcb-coke.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/31/ouya-upgrades-to-jelly-bean-gives-out-early-hardware-details/)If you were one of the many who funded OUYA (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/09/ouyas-kickstarter-funding-is-complete-over-8-5-million-raised/) and have been sitting on pins and needles waiting for tangible progress updates, you just received them in spades. The fledgling console builder (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/ouya-android-based-hackable-game-console/) is on track with its Engineering Verification Test phase (you're looking at a board sample here) and should not only deliver the initial developer kits in December, but include a pleasant surprise in the process -- the Android-based platform will be built around Jelly Bean (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/android-4-1-jelly-bean-review-a-look-at-whats-changed-in-googl/) rather than the originally promised Ice Cream Sandwich. Programmers who just have to start right away have likewise been given a head start on hardware expectations. They'll have free rein over as much as a 1080p screen for their free-to-play games, although they'll have to toss aside familiar Android tropes like back and menu keys, notifications and fallbacks for hardware keyboards. The distinctive trackpad is likewise just a single-touch affair. To us, though, knowing that the console is finally taking shape just might be enough to tide us over until the March launch.
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