Google Android Netbook for Dell Includes Adobe Flash Lite from Bsquare

Bsquare Corporation has announced that the company will port Adobe’s Flash Lite 3.17 technology onto Dell netbooks running Google’s Android (News - Alert) platform.

 

Although traditional laptops provide mobility, they also can be bulky to carry around. Dell (News - Alert) claims that its Netbook and Nettop computers are much lighter and they provide the functionality and efficiency of traditional laptops. This will increase the sales of Dell’s Netbook even as overall PC sales fall, according to analysts at Gartner.

 

More than 1 million designers and developers use Adobe Flash to build video and rich media applications. Adobe is well known among developers and designers who create user interface technology for mobile devices. At the same time, according to the industry experts, Android is expected to eat into the market of smart devices, such as the ultra-portable Dell Mini Inspiron 910, which are used in a range of industries.

 

“Integrating Adobe Flash technology with the functionality of Google’s (News - Alert) Android platform on the full range of Netbook devices will allow our OEM customers to meet the high expectations their customers have,” said Bsquare CEO Brian Crowley. “As the Netbook and Nettop market segments expand, our Adobe Flash Lite port to Android is just one of the software products we will offer our OEM and ODM customers.”

 

Bsquare recently acquired NEC (News - Alert) America’s Adobe Flash Technology Consulting and Distribution business and the company has worked on over 40 different customer devices since then. This includes handsets, set top boxes, digital signage, consumer devices and netbooks. Through customer engagements and by hiring top talent in the field, Bsquare has built an Android competency in its professional engineering services group.

 

The company recently launched the TestQuest Collaboration Server which enables mobile application developers, silicon vendors and device manufacturers to develop and deploy test automation across multiple geographies. BSQUARE customers who have purchased the automated testing tools to reduce cost and deliver high quality products include the top ten semiconductor vendors worldwide including Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Intel, Samsung, Freescale, Marvell, AMD (News - Alert) and ST Micro.