The "gPhone" that was all the buzz has turned out to not be a phone at all, but rather a new O/S named Android and the SDK for it is now available for download from the Open Handset Alliance. It's an "early look" release and it doesn't have Earth shattering new features. One thing it doesn't have is support for the Flash Player (at least not that I've seen or heard about). Adobe isn't on the list of Alliance members. Hmm..
No flash on Android.. but you can get the SDK now Monday, November 12, 2007
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12 Nov 2007 at 05:39 pm | #
No flash on iPhone, no flash on google's phone...how come all the cool new phones don't support flash? Adobe needs to get their act together...
12 Nov 2007 at 06:00 pm | #
I'm just hoping Adobe thinks more about the Flash Player for Linux. The OS is totally open source so I don't know whats stopping Adobe, or anyone else for that matter, from making a Linux module to support Flash.
12 Nov 2007 at 06:16 pm | #
What do you mean about the flash player for linux? they've had the latest flash player on linux for quite some time now, and new features from the main win/mac player seem to be implemented in linux quite soon after. It's much better than the old days where the linux player would come a year after the windows version.
12 Nov 2007 at 06:42 pm | #
Different scopes. Google is proposing a standard Linux distribution for mobile, with its applications (and data services) built on top. It's not distributing anything.
The actual implementators of this proposal will customize it as they see fit, adding and subtracting applications and capabilities. Most of the actual handset partners listed already see great success with putting Adobe Flash Lite capabilities on their phones.
Summary: Look at the various implementations of the specification, rather than the OS SDK itself.
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