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Can you guess the codenames for these famous products?

The only place where you can get names like Perestroika, Jaunty Jackalope and Weed-Whacker.

WHEN NEW PRODUCTS are in development, the makers usually give them codenames since the official name hasn’t been decided upon yet.

This is prevalent in the tech industry where names like Houdini (Adobe Acrobat), Oktoberfest (iOS 1.1.2) and Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.0) are a common occurrence and sometimes have no real link to the actual product.

But can you guess what the codenames are for these famous products? Only one way to find out.

1) Let's start with an easy one. Kitkat was the both the codename and official name for which major mobile OS?
Android
iOS

Windows Phone
Blackberry
2) 'M68' was the codename for which influential product?
Sony Walkman
Playstation 2

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The original iPhone
Google Maps
The M6 motorway from Dublin to Galway
3) What originally had the codename 'Project Reality'?
Facebook
Nintendo 64

Oculus Rift
Playstation
4) True or false: The Amiga was was given the codename 'Lorraine' when it was in development?
True
False
5) What had the name 'Tactical Domestic Simulator' at one point before it was released?

Metal Gear Solid: Tactical Espionage Action
6) 'Chicago' was the codename of which iconic Microsoft product?
Windows 95
Hololens

Windows Phone
Surface
7) What console had the codename 'Revolution' before it was released in 2006?
Nintendo Wii
Playstation 3

Xbox 360
Dreamcast
8) True or False: the phone Facebook released with HTC back in 2013 was codenamed 'Buffy'?
True
False
9) What was 'Dulcimer' (this instrument) the codename for?
Spotify
Xbox Music

The original iPod
Keytar
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The best of the best. Go have your martini, you deserve it.
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You did well, but you couldn't quite make it to the end (much like all of Sean Bean's roles).
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"Oh yeah, I remember him" said nobody ever.
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    Mute bopter
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:05 PM

    Good. She was a tarot card reader ffs.
    Judge should have thrown it out when he heard that fact.

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    Mute Deborah Behan
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:48 PM

    @bopter: yeah she lost me at tarot cards!!

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    Mute Nigel Healy
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    Sep 6th 2017, 11:18 PM

    @Deborah Behan: what about the whole “we need to trust women”.

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    Mute Mark McGarry
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:34 PM

    Bet she didn’t see this coming

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    Mute Paul Mc Manus
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:35 PM

    I’m delighted with this result. I was following the story a bit and could tell she was just a chancer. Lolol back to the card readings for you

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    Mute Lord Clanricarde
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:08 PM

    She must have brought fairly strong evidence to get an exhumation in the first place!!..So the state retains his fortune!

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    Mute Patrick J. O'Rourke
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    Sep 6th 2017, 11:49 PM

    I’d say that they took the opportunity to get his DNA sampled and mapped for any further cases like this which could be blown away a lot quicker.

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    Mute O Swetenham
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:21 PM

    Ah sure, it was worth a shot. She deserves a consolation prize, give her the the lobster telephone.

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    Mute Fiona deFreyne
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:52 PM

    I wish that they had not disturbed Dad.

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    Mute Mary Murphy
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:56 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: Lol

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    Mute Darach Malone
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:47 PM

    Surreal!

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    Mute Pat O'Brien
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:04 PM

    Daaaaaaannnnggggg!! Who’s the Spanish Jerry Springer?

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    Mute Martin Flood
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    Sep 7th 2017, 12:37 AM

    @Pat O’Brien: Geraldo Primavera

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    Mute DarkHorse
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    Sep 7th 2017, 1:20 AM

    @Pat O’Brien:

    Espringer Espanyol

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    Mute Oisín O'Connor
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:25 PM

    The Jon Snow of Spain

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    Mute Deborah Behan
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:51 PM

    @Oisín O’Connor: PMSL!!

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Sep 6th 2017, 11:08 PM

    @Oisín O’Connor: Wouldn’t that be Sand?

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    Mute Shawn O'Ceallaghan
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:22 PM

    So she lied?

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    Mute Deborah Behan
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:52 PM

    @Shawn O’Ceallaghan: maybe her mother lied to her grandmother and it got out of hand.

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    Mute Shawn O'Ceallaghan
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    Sep 7th 2017, 7:37 AM

    @Deborah Behan: stile a gold digger.

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    Mute Emmet Dillane
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    Sep 6th 2017, 10:41 PM

    No doubt she has engendered a lucrative increase in business as a result of the publicity surrounding the story.

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    Mute DarkHorse
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    Sep 7th 2017, 1:24 AM

    @Emmet Dillane:

    I suspect her clientele will be taking their business elsewhere after this

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    Mute Dave Allen
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    Sep 6th 2017, 11:05 PM

    I knew it wasn’t true. I read it in her tea leaves.

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    Mute oliverjumelle
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    Sep 7th 2017, 12:03 AM

    There was only supposed to be one in every pack!

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    Mute Anthony Gallagher
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    Sep 6th 2017, 11:03 PM

    Pure Dali theater .he would come out of his grave for this one .

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    Mute Diana M.
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    Sep 7th 2017, 12:12 AM

    What a beautiful bit of Surrealist performance art.

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    Mute Donal O Dubhagain
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    Sep 7th 2017, 2:34 AM

    She might still appeal..if she has an ace up her sleeve

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    Mute Cathal Mac Einri
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    Sep 7th 2017, 12:46 PM

    She does look a lot like him though

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    Mute Lord Clanricarde
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    Sep 7th 2017, 2:28 PM

    @Cathal Mac Einri: I thought she was the head off him!!

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    Mute The_Prince_of_Fire
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    Sep 7th 2017, 3:50 PM

    @Cathal Mac Einri: Similar moustaches…???

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    Mute Diarmuid O Dubhlainn
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    Sep 9th 2017, 12:05 AM

    If she was an artist, well maybe, but con-artist doesn’t count?

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