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02.17.08 Did Adobe Give Apple The Shaft With Flash 10?  By
Robert ScobleJust now Adobe announced lots of mobile phone news. More on that in a second. But what wasn't announced? No iPhone support for Flash yet. What else was announced? FlashPlayer 10 will ship on the Palm Pre. I was briefed on the rest of this stuff last week and they were holding out on this news. Now THAT is the way to poke Steve Jobs and crew in the eye. Apple has famously not put Flash on the iPhone, which keeps a lot of Web experiences from working. There's a TON of news, though, including a $10 million development fund. Here's what the PR folks sent me from Adobe - I will be updating this post all night long with more news, so come back frequently and often. UPDATE: Tons of other blogs are writing about this: Venture Beat: Mobile Flash apps get better distribution, more money. Press Release from Adobe: Adobe Announces New eBook and PDF Support for Mobile Devices. Press Release from Adobe: Palm Latest Mobile Industry Leader to Join Open Screen Project. Press Release from Adobe: Adobe Announces New Flash Lite Distributable Player. More news on TechMeme (funny how other blogs totally missed the Palm Pre news). Flash Player 10 for Smartphones • Browser plug-in for smartphone-class devices with full desktop web compatibility and access to rich applications, interactive content and web videos. • First operating systems expected to be supported: Android, Windows Mobile, and Nokia S60/Symbian. • Flash Player 10 for Smartphones expected to be avail to OEMs: End of 2009; Devices expected in market: 2010
Flash Lite Momentum • According to Strategy Analytics (Jan ‘09 Report), more than 1 billion devices shipped with Flash Lite by the end of Q1 '09 - one year ahead of schedule. Additional 1.5 billion expected to ship within next 2 years. • According to Strategy Analytics (Jan ‘09 Report), close to 40% of all new mobile phones and devices worldwide shipped with Flash Lite in ‘08. Also, Flash Lite shipments experienced a 100% year-over-year growth. New Flash Lite Distributable Player • Adobe Flash Lite Distributable Player is a new, over-the-air mobile runtime based on Flash Lite 3.1. Enables developers and content providers to create and directly distribute mobile apps. • Player is automatically installed and updated as apps are downloaded. (WiMo and Nokia S60 first OSs to be supported) • First step for direct distribution of mobile player; similar to the distribution of Flash Player on the desktop. Distributable Player launches as a beta in the U.S., Spain, Italy and India, and is supported by dozens of content aggregators and developers. (see separate quote sheet) • Player is part of a larger solution for developers that includes Flash CS4, Device Central CS4 and a mobile packager. Continue reading this article. About the Author: Robert Scoble is the founder of the Scobleizer blog. He works as PodTech.net's Vice President of Media Development. Go to Scobleizer ... |
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