Adobe has taken a great leap forward into the mobile space with the release of Flash 10.1.
Indeed, the mobile-friendly version of the platform allows Android 2.2-powered smartphones and tablets to properly render Internet Flash content.
Unsurprisingly, 19 of the 20 largest handset manufacturers – including Motorola, HTC, LG Electronics and Samsung – [...]
Here’s an interesting stat — 26% of the video on the Web is iPad-ready, according to Mefeedia, a firm that supposedly monitors online video around the Internet. You may think that’s low (that means 74% of the web can’t be seen on the iPad), but that number actually represents a good [...]
An ARM spokesperson has blamed Flash and the abrupt emergence of tablets for the lack of smartbooks in the mobile marketplace.
“We thought [smartbooks] would be launched by now, but they’re not. I think one reason is to do with software maturity. We’ve seen things like Adobe slip — we’d originally scheduled for [...]
Who says Flash is dead? Certainly not Adobe, which recently showcased an Android-based prototype tablet running both Flash and AIR at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.
The tablet – spotted by the intrepid ZedoMax – was apparently in its real “prototype” shape with acrylic used as an enclosure.
“It runs Adobe’s Flash [...]
A Microsoft spokesperson has weighed in on the latest Apple-Adobe spat by dubbing HTML5 the “future” of the web.
According to IE general manager Dean Hachamovitch, HTML5 will be a “very important” player in advancing rich, interactive web applications and site design.
“The HTML5 specification describes video support without specifying a particular video [...]
Kevin Lynch has confirmed that Adobe will launch its Flash Player (10.1) for Android smartphones in June.
“From that point on, an ever increasing number and variety of powerful, Flash-enabled devices will be arriving which we hope will provide a great landscape of choice,” the CTO wrote in an official blog post.
“We [...]
Steve Jobs has penned a rather extensive open letter explaining why Apple does not support Flash on its mobile handheld devices.
“Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. [...]
Google today previewed its long-term plans for Chrome with a new developer build that integrates Flash. The new version automatically downloads the latest version of Flash at the same time as the browser and makes Flash updates a part of Chrome’s own automatic update systems. Future development will also extend Chrome’s signature sandboxing design to [...]
