ADOBE ANNOUNCES FULL FLASH SUPPORT FOR MOBILE

Adobe has been making some big announcements these days. Not only is Adobe MAX 2009 underway, but Adobe has also just made it official that full Flash Player support is coming to handsets like the Blackberry, Palm (for webOS) and Windows Mobile handsets.Flash Player 10.1 is also going to be hitting several others smartphones  as well as PCs and netbooks.

Adobe has assured everyone that the upcoming version of Flash is made to conserve battery life and keep resource usage to a minimum, which means no lag or freezing up or quickly dead batteries. Another feature Adobe brings to mobile-optimized Flash is the ability to make use of native input methods, whether touchscreen or physical keys, multi-touch, accelerometer and screen orientation.

RIM has planned to join the ranks with Adobe, with the intention of making Flash a seamless experience across all devices. As of right now there is no timetable on RIM’s Adobe support, but a public developer preview for webOS is expected to be out before the end of the year.