The official release of Flash Player 10.1 has been announced by Adobe. Flash 10.1 will be compatible with any or tablet device which runs on 2.2 Froyo, which isn’t officially available as of yet on most devices, although it is already available to download from the Android Market on the . Adobe Flash 10.1 enables your device to access the full web - which includes all your favourite videos, games, interactive media and web applications.
Android Froyo will be coming to the , and just to name a few, however details of when still need to be confirmed.
Adobe have stated that Flash 10.1 has also been released on a variety of different mobile platforms including BlackBerry OS, webOS, LiMo, MeeGo and , however this has not yet been seen in action on any devices running these platforms.
For users, you will not be able to take advantage of this upgrade to Flash 10.1 – Adobe have announced that it will only run on future versions of Windows Mobile devices.
It seems as though the timing of this release has been thought through – falling in between the launch of the and the iPhone 4 itself. Apple have recently declined the opportunity to have Flash on its devices - maybe now we will see if this was a wise move.
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Whether you’re a frequent visitor to the , an fanboy or a lover, chances are you’ll be all too familiar with . For those that aren’t, Flash content transforms your web browser into a video player, gaming device and much more. If you’ve ever played a game on a website or clicked on a video banner or advert, chances are, you were enjoying Flash. Adobe, the people behind Flash are so confident in the technology that they are keen to make bring it to the world over, with Android users already enjoying Flash content and several other operating systems also in the pipeline.
The problem is, not everyone is quite as positive around the subject of Flash as Adobe clearly are. And, of the objectors, no one has been more outspoken than Apple and specifically their ubiquitous CEO Steve Jobs. Amidst accusations that Flash content drains resources, is unreliable and lacks security, Apple have outright refused to support the multimedia platform for their iPhone OS, ruling out Flash content on the iPhone, iPod Touch and recently released . But fear not, this doesn’t rule out online multimedia content on your coveted Apple device; the Cupertino outfit are betting the farm on HTML5 as the future of the web.
Much like Flash, HTML5 brings advanced graphics, animations and more straight to your web browser. Unlike Flash, Apple are confident these web standards are reliable and efficient, highly secure and perhaps most importantly of all, open. And, despite the fact that HTML5 is being touted as the web standard of the future, you can start using them today. If you want to check out what HTML5 is all about, to check out Apple’s website for a showcase of what the web standard can do. Every single new Apple mobile device and every new Mac (along with the latest version of the Safari web browser) supports HTML5. Which is great. The problem is, at the moment only a handful of sites support the new web standards so getting web designers on board is imperative.
The positive for Apple is, with millions of iPhone’s, iPod Touch’s and now iPad’s in hands and pockets across the globe, the potential target audience for HTML5 is huge which should provide more than enough incentive for web designers. The question is, will they jump ship or stick to the tried and tested surroundings of Adobe Flash content? For the time being we don’t know the answer to that question but what is becoming more and more apparent is the importance and popularity of mobile web browsing. Whether its Flash or HTML5 enabled or the new wave of web browsing tablets the iPad and , the days of browsing the web on your PC could well be numbered.