Review: Ubuntu for Nexus 7
We take a look at Ubuntu for Nexus 7, made possible with the new one-click installer promoted by Canonical. What we found certainly surprised us…
Google Confirms Flash Unavailable for Android 4.0 (For Now)
Following up, reports have surfaced from the UK release of the Galaxy Nexus that have confirmed that the phone is shipping without mobile Flash capability, with no way to force compatibility via earlier versions, as the mobile Flash players for Honeycomb, Gingerbread and Froyo have also been confirmed to be incompatible with Ice Cream Sandwich.
Breaking: Adobe to Cease Development of Mobile Flash, Moving to HTML 5/AIR
The following announcement was sent to Adobe’s internal developer mailing list and was confirmed by ZDNet earlier this evening: Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores. We will no longer adapt Flash Player for [...]
Adobe to Integrate Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming, Gives Up On Flash for iOS
Adobe confirmed during the National Association of Broadcasters Conference that it would integrate Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming protocol for iOS into its latest build of Adobe Flash Media Server 2011. By doing so, the Flash platform developer has conceded its position on seeing Flash being integrated on iOS and quietly admitting defeat. The new version [...]
Motorola Xoom To Launch Without Flash, Support in Spring Update
Verizon’s dedicated page for the Motorola Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet has confirmed via the fine print that it will launch without Flash support, instead being deployed in a future update later this Spring. The lack of initial support for Flash content suggests that Motorola is working on deploying Flash 10.2 with Stage Video hardware video [...]
uZard Flash-Enabled Mobile Browser Beta for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry
Another entrant in the nascent Flash-enabled mobile browser scene has surfaced in uZard with its take on the idea pioneered by SkyFire. Like SkyFire, the uZard browser uses a dedicated proxy server to process Flash-based content with the addition of blocking to conserve bandwidth and support for all major Web functionality such as file uploads [...]
Report: Apple to Face Federal Inquiry Over Adobe iPhone Compiler Ban
According to a report filed in the New York Post citing unamed sources, Apple is set to face a federal inquiry from either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission, dependent on inter-agency negotiations regarding Apple’s recent moves to ban Adobe’s iPhone Flash-based iPhone app compiler in its latest developer terms of service. [...]
Apple, Adobe At Odds Over Adobe CS5 iPhone Compiler
Not long after the iPhone OS 4.0 release yesterday, Apple made a change to its developer agreement that fired a shot across the bow of Adobe and its Flash platform: Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally [...]
Adobe Kills Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, Focusing on Windows Phone 7
An official Adobe employee has confirmed on the official developer forum that the Flash platform developer has decided to end development of Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, citing the lack of “support [for]some of the critical APIs that we need”, despite having previously committed to deploying Flash 10.1 on current generation hardware running Windows [...]
Flash 10.1 on Palm Pre in First Half of 2010
The mobile placeholder page for the Flash plugin provided by Adobe has confirmed a 1H 2010 timeframe for the rollout of Flash support on the Palm Pre. This follows previously announced plans for a public beta of the plugin last October, but no further details regarding the beta have been available since then.
