Flash 10 for smartphone beta coming this October

by Ross Miller posted Jun 22nd 2009 at 6:44PM

It's been a while since we've heard a peep about Adobe's Flash 10 for smartphone initiative, but according to a slide from its Q2 Fiscal Year 2009 earnings presentation, the platform's on track for a beta release this October at the company's MAX conference. Prime mobile OS candidates for the beta include those from Adobe's Open Screen Project, which at last count included Nokia, Palm, Google, and Microsoft -- and unless there's been some behind closed doors meetings, the two glaring omissions on that list are still gonna be bugging you come this Halloween.

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Kamal, BestBoyZde @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:50PM

yeah - at least adobe really present a version for android...

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IvanP91 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:47PM

this is great. Since im getting tired of my "Like Mac OS X" aka iPhone OS. Im thinking about going Android.

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Atlantian @ Jun 24th 2009 1:41AM

in the hero build of android im running on my G1 right now has flash player

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Steve @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:53PM

I can hear my phone's battery crying.

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murmermer @ Jun 22nd 2009 7:00PM

One step closer for the iPhone to be the ULTIMATE internet tablet!!!!

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Kraize @ Jun 22nd 2009 7:53PM

Uh. I don't see Apple listed anywhere. Do you?

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Evil Genius @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:09PM

Fail!

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IvanP91 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:42PM

Apple aint listed. Thats the omission together with BB/RIM. Sucks kinda

But then i've been looking to switching to an Open-source platform (Android)

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Matt S @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:31PM

what about for blackberry?

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IvanP91 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:44PM

Even though BB together with iPhone was ommited for the Flash 10 beta, Im sure RIM will come up with something in order to support this.

They are probably gonna need more processing power for this, so Storm 2 could be compatable

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Evil Genius @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:10PM

I really hope they do something for Blackberries

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Heavytoka @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:48PM

Agreed

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NickPDX @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:19PM

It's only taken Apple two years to figure out picture messaging ... why would they want to rush to get Flash working on the iPhone.

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JimboJones @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:35PM

little correction ... iPhone MMS won't work on AT&T (yes I blame Apple here since any other phone even imported can send MMS on AT&T) till the end of summer so it's 2 years and 2 months

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JimboJones @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:38PM

How many security holes is this going to open?

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Greg @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:31PM

Am I the only one not really excited about this? All that Flash stuff slows down my DESKTOP computer, why would I want it on my phone?

Good for streaming audio and maybe video, but other than that, I really don't have a use for it.

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IvanP91 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:46PM

there really isnt any other use than Audio/Video streaming.

And how is it slowing down ur PC? U mean like significantly and all O.o

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Greg @ Jun 23rd 2009 8:24AM

My local newspaper's site, for instance. It's loaded to the gills with flash crap all over the place and takes forever to load even on a fairly high end pc over a cable connection.

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Ben @ Jun 23rd 2009 6:21PM

If flash slows down your desktop then you need a new desktop

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mingkee @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:44PM

finally for WM...
damn that Skyfire doesn't work with non-phone WM

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Deinfinityx @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:04PM

At long last; i slap to iphone; i really don't care to much to see flash in my phone but i could open the door for open source os to more types of better applications, since flash programming is popular. Other then that my youtube app on my android takes care of all my video watching needs.

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M @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:29PM

skyfire FTW!

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ryan @ Jun 24th 2009 2:13AM

I concur! Skyfire was the best thing my HTC Tilt running WM6.1 had to offer. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to keep me from converting to the iPhone 3GS. And the fact that a company offering the software FOR FREE has a more versatile browser than what Microsoft, a multi-billion dollar conglomerate, has bundled on their phones, boggles my mind.
I also couldn't deal with the sluggish manner of the WM OS anymore. It was so frustrating having an amazing phone with such a terrible OS. I was missing calls because my phone was too slow to register me hitting the answer button. I looked like I was playing Mortal Combat on my Genesis trying to get some combos moves when I would answer my phone...

The fact that 6.5 doesn't look much better doesn't surprise me, but what surprises me is that they've been developing mobile OS's for the better part of a decade and still have a sub-par product compared to what's out there. Blackberry, Android, Nokia, and Apple all have better OS's than MS's. And half of those are only in their second or third build.

I'll deal with not being able to listen to Myspace music pages over having a terrible product, one advertised as a phone and can barely accomplish that very task.

My question is, where is this money going? It's obviously not going into development...

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celz @ Jun 23rd 2009 10:49AM

lmao @ the people who dont think this is big.. you think youtube is all you need until you start streamin live laker games on the road with justin.tv, or watchin unrealesed movies on your tv with quicksilverscreen.com and a tv out cable, or catchin up with your favorite tv shows on hulu.com..

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cashmonee @ Jun 23rd 2009 11:33AM

Who says those sites will serve video to a mobile phone? Take a look at the Hulu/Boxee issues.

I still do not believe they will be able to ship Flash 10 that plays audio/video smoothly and decent quality. Plus, I do not think the battery on most phones would last much longer than a television episode using Flash. I don't think most people understand how much they have to tighten up the desktop version to make it usable on a mobile platform.

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