Flash 10.1 for nearly every mobile device except the iPhone

By Damian Koh on 08 October 2009

(Credit: Adobe)

Flash on smartphones, or the lack of, has been talked about for a long time, but this will all end soon as Adobe has just unveiled its latest Flash Player 10.1 built for "smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other internet-connected devices". In pedestrian terms, that basically means everything in your typical household.

The first to reap the benefits with a public developer beta latter this year are Windows Mobile and Palm webOS mobile software. Google Android and Symbian are next for 2010. BlackBerry smartphones are on the cards, too, as the Waterloo-based company has just inked a joint collaboration with Adobe, though no dates were mentioned in the press release.

Apple was noticeably missing from the list of members in Adobe's Open Screen Project. Anyone surprised?

The Flash Player 10.1 takes advantage of the graphics processing unit for better performance and includes support for multi-touch, finger gestures, mobile input models and screen orientation as long as the device comes with the necessary hardware.

Via CNET Asia

Topics: mobile phone, flash, 10.1, adobe, flash player, smartphone, reap, pedestrian, press release, long

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Comments (1)

  • Scyleung commented on 08/10/2009 20:44 Report abuse

    Well, a lot of game on the app store are just flash game, they are just made into iPhone version and charge people for money, the trust is, apple is making money off it, so why would apple was to stop that source of income by introducing Flash player in?

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