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BlueStacks a small company backed by Ignition Ventures, Radar Partners, Helion Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz recently scored a $7.6 million Series A financing round from these companies based on its new software, which ports Android applications over to any x86 device running Windows.
According to BlueStacks
This softwatre is meant to help people access both the work and personal applications and/or data that’s stuck on their smartphones from their PC. The software supports mouse and keyboard input, as well as multi-touch input. BlueStacks said it also thinks the software will help breathe new life into the PC market because it gives “PC manufacturers the chance to take advantage of the growing consumer demand for Android-based mobile enterprise applications
There’s no doubt that Android is a hot mobile platform right now, and there are a growing number of business applications that run on Google’s popular platform. But the idea didn’t start with business apps, it started with games.
“The idea is very simple,” Chief Executive and co-founder Rosen Sharma said. Sharma said it was born when a colleague’s daughter was playing games on an Android phone. “She went to a netbook, and she wanted the same apps on it,” Sharma said, but she couldn’t find them.
Porting Android apps from a phone to a tablet, laptop, or desktop has definite appeal for those who really enjoy their mobile applications.Businesses see the use case, especially given the number of companies that are developing their own, in-house Android applications
Sharma noted that, initially, the application will be available as a free beta via the Amazon.com Android store. It hopes to have a final version ready to ship by the end of the year, though pricing on that is still unclear. It also hopes to distribute the software through deals with PC makers and handset makers. It is also working with Citrix.
“Our vision is for an entirely new type of experience that supports the consumer interest in Android and also allows them to access some of the most valuable enterprise applications, enabling them to use their device of choice for work and play,” said Sharma.
We are currently working with a number of OEM and strategic partners and look forward to bringing our product to market in Q3 of this year
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