It has been a major concern for Adobe of late that their grip on the mobile phone market is somewhat slacker than they would hope. This problem is the result of Adobe falling down in a few key areas as they have sought to make the transition into widespread mobile use. Adobe has certainly had a hard time, with suggestions that it is going the way of the dodo as other newer technologies such as HTML5 look intent on usurping Flash from their mantle of dynamic internet content provider. However, with the impending release of Flash 10.1 the game could be about to change.
Rotten Apple’s
Their main adversary is of course Apple. Steve Jobs has made it blatantly clear on several occasions that the weaknesses in Flash such as power usage, proneness to crashes and it’s outdated setup, means it will probably never grace the screens of Apples popular products. Of course this isn’t through a lack of trying on Flash’s part as they have sought to develop Flash for mobile platforms.
Flash Lite
Unfortunately, previous versions have not had so much success with mobile phone adoption as Flash Lite certainly showed. A stripped down version of Flash not only floundered on release, it worked on a platform that meant Flash developers had to rework how they created applications due to the variance from the original version.
Flash 10.1
This is why back in 2008 Flash started work on a unified Flash setup which encompassed usage on all platforms. The soon to be available Flash 10.1. The new version was clearly developed with progression onto mobiles in mind, as it has vastly reduced memory consumption and processor requirements which as an added bonus will also benefit desktop users.
One of Adobe’s main plugs for the desktop versions of Flash, was the option to install it online. But this isn’t an option that immediately transfers over to all phones. While some smart phones sporting the Android will be able to install it from online sources, others won’t be able to use flash unless it comes preinstalled. That’s why Adobe are planning ahead and are looking to strike up deals with a variety of mobile phone manufacturers for Flash to come preinstalled.
With Flash 10.01, the main strength is in its development for both mobile and desktop applications. Flash can be developed for use on both, as well as on multiple mobile platforms without the issue of some kind of Flash apartheid. Of course there will have to be some consideration for the control methods such as touch screen in comparison to mouse and keyboard when developing apps for multiple platforms.
With Flash clearly offering something fresh for developers, there seems to be some fight in this old dog yet. The Beta of Flash Player 10.1 should become available from Monday and Flash for Android phones looks to coincide with the release of the updated version of Froyo.
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