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Adobe had a bunch of announcements to make this week, starting with the most exciting one (for anyone but Apple) that Flash Player 10 will soon be introduced on high-end mobile phones. While the company still seems to be working on the old iPhone problem, developers should be happy to know that new possibilities are opening up.
This is bound to happen in early 2010 on most smartphones, according to Adobe’s own estimations during the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. However, the full Flash Player 10 version (which also runs on PC) should become available as soon as this year on Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian S60 and Palm OS smartphones.
For the time being, Adobe had nothing much to add regarding the iPhone problem, except that they would like to see it deployed on the iPhone as well, (with Apple’s (hard to get) blessing).
In addition to the Flash Player 10, Adobe had some more announcements to make, such as Palm’s decision to join the Open Screen Project, which will also help them deliver the Flash Player on the Palm webOS platform.
Furthermore, together with Nokia, Adobe announced a $10 million Open Screen Project Fund meant to help developers create applications and services for mobile, desktop and consumer electronics devices using the Adobe Flash Platform.
Adobe also announced today the availability of the Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player, an over-the-air mobile runtime which is available immediately as a public beta. It initially supports Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile devices, Adobe added.
The company also brought to light the Adobe Reader Mobile SDK, which will enable smartphone producers to deliver mobile phones and handheld devices that can download, manage, and display PDF content and eBooks.
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