Attendees of Microsoft's Windows Phone Summit 2012, on Wednesday June 21, had a bowl of Jelly Beans placed on their tables. The choice of candy was so odd that The Verge's live blogger pointed it out. Considering the information announced at the event and the fact that Google's I/O conference takes place next week its easy to see how this was Microsoft's way of saying, "Hey Google, WP8 is going to eat your "Jelly Bean" mobile operating system for lunch" (maybe literally as the event was scheduled for 12PM EDT).

Whether or not Microsoft will succeed at this implied claim remains to be seen but the jab at Google here is unmistakable.