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Adobe has announced that the browser based Flash player 10.1 will soon be running on every major mobile platform (Windows Mobile, Android, Blackberry, Symbian, WebOS) except Apple's iPhone. (See my opinion on Apple here). They also announced that although Apple...

It has been known for quite some time that as part of the open screen project Adobe has been working with chip manufacture ARM on getting the Flash Player onto many devises including mobile and set top boxes.

Mark Anders, Senior Principal Scientist at Adobe, joins us to discuss upcoming versions of Flash Player for mobile devices, the Open Screen Project, Ashton Kutcher's appearance at Adobe's offices, and Adobe's magical rings of power.

Android have officially joined the Open Screen Project with the announcement of Flash support on the upcoming HTC Hero device....

HTML 5 has been the topic of buzz lately in the Internet/RIA world. With new features like Canvas, offline local storage, etc. many have been suggesting (including a recent article from infoworld) that HTML 5 could steal market share from...

As we all know, Flash on mobile devices is nothing new. Flash Lite is on 400+ different mobile device models and 800 million total devices. It's hard to argue with those numbers. However, with the advent of the iPhone, netbooks, and new mobile operating systems such as Google's Android and Palm's WebOS, users are demanding an experience that mirrors the desktop. Others, as in Adobe and the Open Screen Project, want to take that notion a step further, and bring desktop Flash to mobile devices. The SkyFire mobile browser aims to do just that.

This one is merely for fun as I have no knowledge of which mobile OS will be the first to get Flash Player 10. My gut tells me it is probably Android (especially since Adobe had a very early demo...

Facebook is an absolute monster with a tremendous audience. Facebook also has public APIs allowing developers to create applications for the Facebook platform, So, we would like to know if you currently develop or if you plan on developing for...

Funny how the perception of mobile can change almost overnight. In a flurry of announcements from Adobe in the lead up to the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the worlds of RIA and mobile were placed on a collision course.

Flash Player's display API offers three different tools for hiding display objects from the screen: the visible variable, the alpha variable, and the removeChild() method. All three tools achieve the same end result—hiding a graphic—but each tool serves a different structural need. Hence, there is no single answer to the question "Should I hide graphics with visible, alpha, or removeChild()?" Instead, developers must choose the approach that suits the task at hand based on a variety of factors. Before we consider those factors, let's take a look at visible, alpha, and removeChild() in action.

Adobe has officially announced the immediate availability of Adobe Flash Player 10. I am also happy to announce a new Flash Player 10 application named FotoBooth (web edition) that utilizes the new features of Flash Player 10.

Adobe Flash Camp is a free event in the “unconference” style, focused on developers creating rich interactive experiences using the new Flash Player 10 features. Ad this event, developers can build content and applications using an advance copy of the...

If you don't follow Lee Brimelow's blog, you should. Lee posted the full Flash Player 10 API on his blog yesterday and has had some great posts on FP10 and how to use it lately. Lee works for Adobe as a Platform Evangelist and seems to be just full of great developer information.

Ryan Stewart just sent me some information on compiling for the Flashplayer 10 in Flex. You can read the full report here on Adobe's open source site. It involves getting the latest nightly build of Flex 3 and updating your compiler to use the new PlayerGlobal.swc - not too difficult.

It's official folks - Flash Player 10 was announced about 4 minutes ago and is in Beta up on Adobe Labs. New features include native CPU and GPU acceleration for better performance, better graphics, native support for 3d, and much more. Read this entry to find a full list of new features and links to all the official release info.

Flash Player 10 public beta is now publicly available for download. This next generation player has added some outstanding new features. Many of these new features were first demonstrated at MAX 2007 in Chicago last year. If you didn't see these demos, here is a quick recap of these new features.