Following a three-month alpha phase and a well-received CES 2012 demo, BlueStacks has launched the beta version
of its innovative Android emulator for Windows XP, Vista and 7. Using a
patent-pending binary-translation technology, BlueStacks allows
x86-based PC users to access the growing wealth of apps designed for
devices powered by ARM's processing architecture and Google's mobile OS.
On the flip side, BlueStacks provides developers with a massive secondary install base without having to port their software. "A billion PCs is a huge potential market for any developer," said HandyGames CEO Markus Kassulke. "There is the potential to make good money from the additional app discovery and usage. The best part is, we don't have to do any work. Our apps run without any modifications."
During alpha, BlueStacks was downloaded more than a million times in over 100 countries. Users ran over 4.5 million apps with multi-protocol IM applications Kakao Talk and WhatsApp being the most popular in Korea and the US, while the multi-player game Wordfeud was the most used app in Germany. Games appear to be the beta's largest attraction, as they weren't widely available in the previous build.
Credits:http://www.techspot.com/news/48002-bluestacks-hits-beta-runs-android-apps-on-your-windows-machine.html
On the flip side, BlueStacks provides developers with a massive secondary install base without having to port their software. "A billion PCs is a huge potential market for any developer," said HandyGames CEO Markus Kassulke. "There is the potential to make good money from the additional app discovery and usage. The best part is, we don't have to do any work. Our apps run without any modifications."
During alpha, BlueStacks was downloaded more than a million times in over 100 countries. Users ran over 4.5 million apps with multi-protocol IM applications Kakao Talk and WhatsApp being the most popular in Korea and the US, while the multi-player game Wordfeud was the most used app in Germany. Games appear to be the beta's largest attraction, as they weren't widely available in the previous build.
Credits:http://www.techspot.com/news/48002-bluestacks-hits-beta-runs-android-apps-on-your-windows-machine.html
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