Privileged developers, apparently, are getting early access to the 2.0 SDK and test hardware under non-disclosure agreements. Google did this before, with Android 1.0.
Since we’re talking about 2.0—a huge release—it’s possible this is a glimpse of what the development cycle for Android will look like: Big, full-version releases developed like a traditional OS, in-house and privately, with update branches like 1.5 more out in the open in between, with public code drops and the like. Maybe — it’s hard to tell with just two releases, you know, it is what it is. [Phandroid]