Bluestreak Technology Partners with Symbian to Bring Rich-Media Applications to Global Smartphone Market
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o Company Joins Symbian Platinum Program
MONTREAL, Canada, March 22 -- Bluestreak Technology, developer of the award-winning MachBlue(TM) platform for mobile and television, today announced it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program, a move that signals its continuing support for the growing market of Symbian smartphones. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS(TM), the market-leading operating system for smartphones. Symbian OS is licensed by the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers and to date, more than 110 million Symbian smartphones have been shipped worldwide to over 250 major network operators.
Smartphones represent the fastest growing segment within mobile, growing at 46.6% compared to mobile at 21% year on year growth Q305 to Q306 reported analyst firm IDC. With IDC's forecast of cumulative global shipments of smartphones due to pass the one billion mark by 2011, Symbian OS represents one of the biggest commercial opportunities in mobile.
MachBlue, which enables rich-media applications, runs Flash®-formatted(x) files on mobile phones and digital TV set-top boxes. "The open standards and flexibility of Symbian OS are driving the kind of innovation that allows Bluestreak to fully demonstrate the power and value of MachBlue," said John McCalla, CTO of Bluestreak. "By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, we can expand the reach of our platform and further cement our relationships with network operators, device manufacturers, and Symbian smartphone users."
"With the accelerated worldwide adoption of Symbian smartphones , we are always looking for new ways to enrich the user experience through the development and provisioning of rich-media content and applications that deliver appreciable value to handset manufacturers, operators and end-users," said Jerry Panagrossi, vice president of US operations, Symbian.
"Bluestreak's MachBlue technology enables operators to launch fully integrated triple- and quadruple-play solutions that offer unified, branded user interface experiences across both smartphone and digital television networks."
(x) MachBlue Mobile implements a subset of the Flash® 7 specification, supplemented with the MachBlue Mobile API, which enables enhanced handset control and integration.
About the Symbian Platinum Program
The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of mobile computing technology surrounding Symbian OS. As part of the program, Platinum Partners benefit from a range of commercial services, including technical support and joint marketing opportunities as well as privileged access to Symbian OS source code and a dedicated Partner Support team. For more information please see http://symbian.com/partner/platinum/platinum.html
About Bluestreak Technology, Inc.
Bluestreak Technology, formerly known as Bluestreak Network, is the creator of the award-winning MachBlue(TM) platform, which runs Flash®-formatted files on mobile phones and television set-top boxes.
MachBlue powers sophisticated applications and user interfaces, allowing operators and device manufacturers to create engaging, rich-media user experiences (UX). Customers and technology partners include such industry leaders as ACCESS, Orange, Symbian, Time Warner Cable, Thomson, and OpenTV.
Bluestreak won top honors in the 2006 Orange Partner Innovation Contest, an accolade awarded to the "Best of the Best" in innovative mobile products, services, or technology concepts. The company is headquartered in Canada, with offices in France, Hong Kong, and the US. For more information, please visit www.bluestreaktech.com
About Symbian
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones.
Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. During 2006, 51.7 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped up to 31 December 2006 to 110 million.
Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, England and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan).
For more information, please visit www.symbian.com
Source: Bluestreak Technology, Inc.
Media contacts:
Cathy Baker,
Band & Brown,for Bluestreak Technology
T: +44(0)20-7419-7336,
M: +44(0)796-9918-071,
E: cathy@bbpr.com
Martin Carrier,
Bluestreak Technology,
+1-514-295-4840,
martinc@bluestreaktech.com
Valerie Breslow,
Breslow Communications for Symbian,
+1-858-337-4217,
valbreslow@earthlink.net
