Adobe Flash support coming to Android OS!
By Will Park on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at 1:20 PM PST In Android, Announcements, Applications, Developer
With a smartphone, browsing the “mobile web” is nearly indistinguishable from browsing the “real web.” Most smartphone users are used to browsing the same webpages that they’d be exploring on their desktop, and the mobile experience is fast catching up to desktop browsers. But, if you’re looking to interact with any sort of Flash-based content, you’re mostly out of luck. Adobe has spread its Flash technology to almost all corners of the web, but viewing that content using smartphones based on the Android OS, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm (NSDQ: PALM) OS or the iPhone OS is nigh impossible.
But, not for long. The software boffins at Bsquare are apparently working to port Adobe’s Flash technology to the Android OS. Bsquare has announced that it has “been tapped by a global tier 1 carrier to port the Adobe Flash technology to the Android platform.” With Flash technology in tow, Android users should be able to roam the internet with full-featured interactive webpages – Flash-based advertisements included. It should be noted that Bsquare is working to port Flash technology, not the actual Adobe Flash player, to Android.
Adobe had already announced that it will be bringing Flash to the Android OS, among others, at Mobile World Congress Barcelona. But, it remains to be seen how Adobe’s mobile Flash will perform. All eyes are on Bsquare to deliver full Flash support to Android!
[Via: CNET]
When will outsourcing ever end!!!
Will the people who already have the Android OS have to pay to have their phone upgraded to get Flash?
Will it ever happen…???
Everyone has been talking rampid about Adobe Flash coming to
the T-Mobile G1 since Novenber 2008, now (8 months later) it
still has not happened!
So why not I wonder? With the Beta version on Youtube running
since November 2008 why has it not hit the market?
I guess I’ll continue to wait, maybe I’ll check back in a few
years to see if they got it figured out…
When will come ?
Flash is suported on these operating systems if your phone works with the skyfire browser. I think browsing on my old moto Q is better than many newer phones because I have Skyfire.