"Because the platform has evolved so rapidly, there are some significant challenges associated with developing a streaming video application for this ecosystem," said Netflix product manager Roma De, according to GigaOM. "One of these challenges is the lack of standard streaming playback features that the Netflix application can use to gain broad penetration across all available Android phones.

* Google adds more input into Android Market: Google is trying to create a lot more visibility for a wider variety of apps on its Android Market by ranking the top mobile applications by country, by having a "trending apps" section featuring apps whose downloads have grown rapidly and an "Editor's Choice" list with picks from various members of the Google staff. In case you're curious, the top trending app as of this writing is Tetris Deluxe while the top "Editor's Pick" for this week is Air Attack HD.

* Flash 10.3 out for Android 2.2 and above: And finally, Adobe released the 10.3 version of its Flash Player for Android this week, thus patching some of the in earlier versions of the software. Supporting Flash has been one of the key features that both Android and Research in Motion's BlackBerry OS have touted to differentiate themselves from 's smartphones and tablets, which don't currently support Flash.

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