If Android 5.0 does debut next week, it will be interesting to see if Google comes up with a solution to getting Jelly Bean to compatible Android devices as quickly as possible. Despite releasing Android 4.0 , only about 7 percent of active Android devices are using the new OS, according to . That's a pretty slow adoption rate when you consider was introduced in October and now accounts for more than , according to Apple's numbers.

The problem for Android is Google doesn't control software releases to devices and Apple does. Several major Android hardware vendors have to update their user interface overlays before rolling out new versions of Google's mobile OS to existing users. Samsung only released its in April while HTC was still modifying its in May. So if you're an Android user, look forward to a possible Jelly Bean introduction next week, but don't count on seeing the new OS on a handset near you any time soon.

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