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Jun

10

2010

With Android, Adobe sees a brighter future with Flash

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by Dustin Karnes
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Some of you may have heard this already, but Steve Jobs isn’t too keen on Flash. Apple has been shoving – er, attempting to move the tech world into the direction of HTML5 for awhile now, and they refuse to support Flash on any of their mobile devices. The reason being, supposedly, that Flash is going the way of BetaMax tapes and VHS. However, Adobe disagrees.

On Wednesday, Adobe claimed that we would see Flash support on over 250 million smartphones worldwide by 2012, and it is thought that of the predicted 200 million smartphones to be sold this year, 10% of them will be Flash-friendly. These numbers are a far cry from the analytics coming from Cupertino.

A good percentage of these numbers could come from the recent Android 2.2 release, sweetly named “Froyo”. This will be the first iteration of Google’s mobile platform with full Flash support (via Flash 10.1), and so long as we don’t see many bugs, we should all expect to see full Flash support on every Android version thereafter.

According to Director of Technology Research, Anup Murarka, “You’re going to see Flash not only on Android. Consumers will see devices from Palm, Research in Motion Ltd’s Blackberry, Nokia’s Symbian and Microsoft (MSFT.O) Windows Phone 7 support the full Flash Player.”

Personally, I think that Apple is seriously underestimating the power of Flash, not only for consumers, but for developers as well. Flash has been the an industry standard for awhile, but not nearly long enough for it to be considered old hat. I, for one, cannot wait for full Flash support on my HTC Hero, and all other Android devices I may get after it. My prediction? The industry will not simply give in to the demands of one individual just to spit in the face of those who have learned and breathed this standard for so long.

Although Android maybe third in the mobile market share behind Blackberry, followed closely by Apple, Google’s platform has been picking up steam at an alarming rate. If these numbers continue, and other mobile platforms decide to stay on track with Flash support, Adobe’s predictions could very well come true.

[Via Gadgetell]

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