Bsquare Corp. has announced that it will port Adobe’s Flash technology onto Google’s Android platform for a global Tier 1 carrier. Flash ships on more than 800 million devices worldwide while more than 1 million designers and developers use it to build video and rich media applications. According to industry analyst firm Strategy Analytics, Android will take a 12% market share of global smart-phone shipments by 2012. The analysts also expect Android to gain traction on other types of smart devices used in a range of industries.
“Integrating Adobe Flash technology with the functionality of Google’s Android platform will afford consumers the rich content and unprecedented applications they demand and is key to achieving success for our OEM and ODM customers,” said Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley. “We believe that our value-added products and services can improve the Android experience for users and help our customers get their devices to market faster.”
In the last 12 months since its acquisition of NEC America’s Adobe Flash Technology Consulting and Distribution business, Bsquare has worked on more than 40 different customer devices, including handsets, set-top boxes, digital signage, consumer devices, and netbooks. The company also says that it has built an Android competency in its professional engineering services group through several customer engagements.
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