
IN fact more or less everywhere except on Apple devices.Īdobe was at pains to point out just how many people, not counting Apple, are supporting the release, and listed ARM, Brightcove, Dell, Google, HTC, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nvidia, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung, Texas Instruments. So what tablets would that be if not the iPad? Well it’s likely to be all the Android tablets that are in the works and Adobe made a point that Flash Player 10.1 is already one of the top free apps on Android Market.Ī new final production release for smart phones and tablets will come out once users are able to upgrade to Android 2.2 ‘Froyo.’ Devices supporting this combination include the Dell Streak, the Google Nexus One, HTC Evo, HTC Desire, HTC Incredible, Droid by Motorola, the Motorola Milestone and the Samsung Galaxy S.įlash Player 10.1 has already been released to mobile platform partners to support devices based on Android, BlackBerry, webOS, future versions of Windows Phone, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian OS, and will be made available via over-the-air downloads in the coming months.



‘We are thrilled that more than three million Flash designers and developers are now able to unleash their creativity on the world of smart phones, tablets, netbooks, televisions and other consumer electronics,’ the company said of the announcement. The company says this means that games, animations, data presentations, ecommerce, music, video, audio can all be triggered with Adobe Flash, as a helper app from a mobile browser. It’s not clear how all of the content companies listed above will cope with the complete absence of Adobe Flash on the iPhone and iPad, but we’re fairly sure they all have separate deals with Apple and sell different versions of their content in HTML 5.0 format, through the App Store – or at least most of them.Īdobe Systems said that Flash Player 10.1 has been redesigned from the ground up with mobile specific features, and is the first version to bring the full web experience to phones. We’ve been waiting for Flash video optimized for a handset for the past three years or so and while it has been available in beta, Adobe says that the product is now ready for widescale deployment. Adobe has now formally shipped its Flash Player 10.1 to the mobile handset market and made a big fuss about the enormous support that top content producers have for the technology ‘ including HBO, Sony Pictures, Turner, USA Network, Viacom and Warner Brothers who are all readying Flash video content for handsets.
