Adobe promised us Flash support for phones by October this year, and while it’s fallen behind scheddy a tad, there’s still good news: we’ve got more definite release windows for the online video streaming software for just about every smartphone OS there is, and this time, that includes BlackBerry OS. But, er, the forecast’s not looking so good for iPhone users. Read on to find out why.
It was back in June that Adobe announced full Flash support for mobile would be out by October, to let you watch the likes of 4oD Catch-up straight from your blower’s browser, and while that’s slipped, Adobe has re-affirmed that Windows Mobile and Palm webOS versions of Flash 10.1 will arrive before year out.
Flash 10 due October – but for which phones?
There’s more though: not only will Android and Symbian versions of Flash arrive in early 2010 now, but BlackBerry cobbler Research In Motion is now officially onboard too (the rumours were spot on), joining the Open Screen Project, the industry group to promote universal access to rich web applications like Flash across desktops, tellies and mobiles.
But guess what? There’s still no sign of Flash support on the iPhone. If you own Apple’s mobile, it looks like you’ll be stuck with YouTube clips and not much more, as Adobe has even said that “not much progress” has been made there.
Flash 10.1 is great news for desktop and laptop video grazers though too, as it now allows for GPU acceleration, meaning netbooks and nettops with NVIDIA Ion kit stuffed in will actually be able to make use of that dedicated graphics hardware and stream BBC HD. Desktop versions of Flash 10.1 beta arrive later this year: look for the mobile versions to follow suit shortly after.
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