Bluestreak has been flooding the Internet since last month with their “press releases”. I discarded those as quickly as they came; but I made a recap today and I just strikes me that they have nearly won the game.
Bluestreak, a company located in old Montreal, has a new partenrship since yesterday with ACCESS. To understand the impact of this partnership, you have to know that ACCESS Linux Platform or ALP is the new name for Palm OS. Last week, Bluestreak also announced a partnership with Symbian; and last month, MachBlue was made avalaible for java phones. This means MachBlue is avalaible on most cell phones, except on Blackberry and Windows Mobile phones.
Bluestreak enables flash version 7 (as in Adobe Flash) on cell phones and TV boxes. Usually, applications are programmed with Java on cell phones, development takes then a lot of ressources and time. With machblue enabled, carriers and content providers can create services and applications with standard Flash programming. (by the way, if you know flash, bluestreak is recruiting as fast as they can read CVs). Main features of the bluestreak technology are:
- flash 7.0 features +
- video on demand
- digital video recorder
- broadcasting
- dynamic loading
It doesn’t take long to imagine the whole new array of applications made possible with it. Videotron uses it on their boxes to offer games, chat, email and most importantly the video on demand feature. Orange, in Europe, uses it to offer TV and chat to their UMTS subscribers. Time Warner has entered the game, and BlueStreak is pushing hard to enter the Chineese market.
Now, I am researching if they received new fundings (to get their so-called “partners” to sign), a brand-new CEO or if they signed in a genius salesman/business developer. Keep tuned in for more info!
