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Bsquare to Debut Flash on Android |
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Written by Mark
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 16:06 |
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Despite the fact that Apple’s iPhone has been around quite a bit longer than Google's Android, it now appears that Android will be getting Adobe's Flash technology first.
Bsquare, a Bellvue Washington company which claims to be the premiere authorized distributor of Adobe Flash Player for embedded devices in North America, has announced their intentions of porting a version of the Adobe software onto the Android platform.
Interestingly enough, Bsquare’s customer in this endeavor is not Adobe, nor Google, but rather an unspecified third party carrier. While conjecture abounds as to the identity of this mystery carrier, most industry watchers agree that it is likely T-Mobile, since they are currently the only North American carrier to adopt the Android OS.
The news is welcome among the early adapters of high end smart phone technology, who have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of flash. Many content providers, most notably, YouTube, use Adobe Flash to stream video.
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Android's Open Handset Alliance Gains 14 Members |
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Written by Mark
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 00:07 |
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The Open Handset Alliance, the group of industry partners who are the driving force behind Google’s Android operating system has increased its membership by 14 members in the last few days. The new members of the technology consortium include big names like Sony Ericson, Garmin and Toshiba just to name a few. A statement released by the alliance said in part: |
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Google Offers Unlocked Android Phone to Developers |
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Written by Mark
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Tuesday, 09 December 2008 12:43 |
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On Friday, Google announced that it would be offering a fully unlocked android device to aid programmers and developers in their efforts to create android applications and updated firmware versions. The phone comes with both SIM and hardware unlocked and a boot loader which does not restrict the device to running only officially signed versions of the firmware. Developers previously were forced either to attempt hacks to the T-Mobile G1, or to attempt porting the software to devices not specifically designed to run android. Koolu.com began selling an unlocked version of the Openmoko Freerunner in November which is also targeted at developers. |
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