Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: adobe, flash, iphone, smartphone | Themes: 3GSM, Smartphones, The Internet
Adobe Flash is an essential part of the modern web browsing experience. Video websites such as YouTube and College Humor rely on Flash to deliver content, but even the most basic sites may utilize Flash to some degree.
Flash, however, hasn’t made its way successfully into mobile device browsers, despite the great strides taken in modern handsets to deliver the Internet experience on-the-go.
Adobe today detailed in a presentation at MAX 2008 its efforts to bring Flash to mobile platforms.
"We are midst of evolving Flash Player 10 for mobile," Lynch said in a CNET report. "We’re taking the full Flash Player and making that run on the higher end of the mobile market."
The adapted version of Flash Player 10 was demonstrated on Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android. The most popular mobile browsing device out there, the iPhone, wasn’t a part of the show as Lynch explained that Flash 10 had yet to pass Apple’s “taste test.”
Adobe wouldn’t give a set date of release for any of the platforms, but it’s nice to know that our smartphones will soon be able to play all those ridiculous Internet videos.
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Thats great, now if only they make a native 64 bit player they would shock all of us to hell.
Actually, the mobile browser Skyfire for Windows Mobile does support flash so much so that you can view YouTube videos just like you can on a regulat PC.
Thats great, now if only they make a native 64 bit player they would shock all of us to hell.
heh, they do for Linux. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?p [...] &px=Njg1OQ
* cruise hates flash
Actually, the mobile browser Skyfire for Windows Mobile does support flash so much so that you can view YouTube videos just like you can on a regulat PC.
True. I use it myself and you get full flash and full youtube on my Winmo. How come skyfire makes this possible . . what is the trick?
^ copyright infringement?
True. I use it myself and you get full flash and full youtube on my Winmo. How come skyfire makes this possible . . what is the trick?
I believe they have a server that processes the flash data then streams it to the mobile phone in a usable format, but I'm not 100% sure of that.
I was looking into the HTC Touch Pro or Blackberry Storm as my next phone (as it will be a while before the Samsung Omnia is adopted by US carriers) - alas, Skyfire does not work on the Blackberry OS and it does not work on full VGA (only half and quarter). *sigh*
More frustrating, Opera Mobile 9.5 beta still does not have its flash support yet either.
Opera Mobile 9.5 DOES support flash if you have flash lite from adobe installed. check out forum.xda-developers.com