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As expected, Adobe has announced that the latest versions of Flash and air are packed with APIs for mobile, like multi-touch, gestures, accelerometer, mass storage, peer-to-peer, and UDP networking. Lately BlackBerry has been pretty vocal about their upcoming Flash support, but webOS, Android, Symbian, and Windows Phones are all a part of the Open Screen Project, and will enjoy the same treatment. Using video players in the browser is the big thing, but really only the beginning – Flash opens up a whole new area of native and web apps that we have yet to really see on mobile, outside of the odd appearance in Fennec or Skyfire. iPhone remains conspicuously absent from the party, and Apple may have some catching up to do once all of these platforms get settled in to the new technology. If you’re a developer, you can get started with Flash Player 10.1 from the Adobe Labs here, or air 2 here.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
