Flash comes to Android

The Android 2.2 Operating System now has full support for Adobe's Flash player. Will this be a key manoeuvre in the Android vs iPhone battle, seeing as there are no plans for the iPhone to support Flash.

See it in action here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10947784

Adobe vs Apple - the next step

In the next chapter of the Adobe vs Apple saga; Adobe have teamed up with Greystripe to land their next move. Together they'll be trying to deliver Flash based ads to the iPhone!
Well is actuality Greystripe will be converting Flash ads into HTML5, which will work on the iPhone. Additionally the ads will work on Google's Android smartphones.

It will be interesting to see if this conversion, almost by hand, by Greystripe and Adobe will work and where it will take us in the Apple vs Adobe ever-continuing war.

Read more:
http://mashable.com/2010/06/07/adobe-flash-ads-iphone/

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100607/adobe-tries-creeping-back-onto-the-ipad-with-help-from-greystripe/

Flash is dead, long live Flash!

Flash is under fire from all corners at the moment:

• The release of HTML5 and subsequent testing by Google of a Flash free YouTube. HTML5 will play video without the need for any extra plugins such as Flash.
• Apple won't be supporting Flash in the iPad or on the iPhone. So that's a mobile barrier.
• Apparently you can now play Flash videos through JavaScript thanks to some clever bod's coding skills and perseverance.
• SilverLight is a competitor and has the weight of Microsoft behind it.
  

Personally I don't think Flash is under any imminent threat. HTML5 won't become standard until 2022, iPads and iPhones will only count for a tiny percentage of mobile devices. The performance of running Flash through JavaScript isn't there yet and it requires some deep technical knowledge, that your average Flash designer won't have. SilverLight never seems to have taken off and we all know that even with MS behind something it doesn't mean it's successful - Vista anyone?

I think that Flash is established on enough people's browsers and is standard enough that even if they were to stop work on future versions of Flash today it would still be around for a few years to come. I mean people are still using IE6! As it is Adobe are on the ball and I have no doubt will keep Flash relevant in the future for web developers.


Read more:
http://www.flashmagazine.com/community/detail/everyone_to_their_bases_-_flash_is_under_attack/

Flash in JavaScript:
http://ajaxian.com/archives/gordon-flash-runtime-implemented-in-javascript

Flash comes to mobile (properly)

The full version of Flash is coming to SmartPhones (although the iPhone isn't playing ball). The next version of Flash will be designed to work on SmartPhones as well as PCs. Advances in the software mean that is can be used with HD video and touch screens.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8287239.stm

Adobe UK price raise

Adobe is increasing the price of its software. Creative Suite Premium 4 will rise £123 to £1,372 (all ex. VAT). This means that it will cost £1,578 incl. VAT a total of £480 more than in the US.

Quick summary:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/254173/adobe-hikes-uk-prices-by-10.html

Lots more here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jun/01/adobe-price-rises-pound-dollar-exchange

Flash on your TV

Adobe have signed deals to get their Flash player software in many televisions and set-top boxes. The software, which secured its place in the online arena, after it became the de facto standard for streaming videos online, as used by Google Videos, Youtube and more recently iPlayer.

This is a move that makes sense, with the world moving towards everything being online, it is only a matter of time before all televisions are linked up to the internet. To have Flash on your televsion is the next logical step.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8008070.stm


Flash player homepage:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer