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VoIP Call Center Provider Talks Chrome for Android

By Jamie Epstein TMCnet Web Editor

Back In February, Android users had a huge reason to rejoice and that came in the form of Google’s (News - Alert) Chrome browser being introduced to the Android market which brings many bountiful advantages such as increased speed, the ability to sync everything your little heart can desire, an intuitive interface for easily browsing through tabs, and even transition effects.

In fact, a pretty interesting feature to me is the synching function which lets users open Chrome on their phone, and then allows them to see all of the tabs open on the computer’s version of Chrome. This could come in might handy if you’re in a situation where you trying to follow a recipe to cook a meal for large dinner party.

 First making its debut in 2008, Chrome continues to rake in the positive marks from critics as the fastest browser around.   However there are two huge drawbacks to this new solution: it is only available for Android (News - Alert) 4.0 versions and up and doesn’t support Flash.

 Due to the fact that Chrome is only available for Android 4.0 and higher, this is essence blocks a majority of Android users who want to begin to leverage this browser. At this time, the only devices that support 4.0 include the Galaxy Nexus, Transformer Prime, Xoom, and the Nexus S. According to a recent article, this was done purposely to enable Google to better leverage the new features unveiled in the most updated version of the OS. 

PowerNet Global (News - Alert), a VoIP call center provider recently issued a blog post on this topic that delves into second major disadvantage of this new offering, the fact that it won’t be powering Flash Player for the browser. The reasoning behind this limitation? According to the post, “Adobe (News - Alert) has had problems innovating flash for mobile devices in the past and Apple doesn’t allow Flash.”

The blog concluded, “This may pose a concern for tablet users, but then again it obviously doesn’t phase iPad owners. I am sure when the time comes there will be another solution.”

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