Android week: Tech blogs about Flash Player 10.1 on Android
Tech journalists always get to play with the coolest gadgets before everyone else. Luckily one of the benefits of working at Adobe is that I also had access to the early bits of Flash Player 10.1 for Android. I’m sure you’ve all seen us blog and tweet about how great it is to have Flash Player running on mobile devices. I’m also pretty sure that some of you also didn’t believe us ;-). I don’t blame you… I agree… I admit that I did indeed drink the Kool-Aid. Heck… I’ve been drunk on Flash Kool-Aid for at least 13 years now :D.
So… If you have a hard time believing us Flash junkies evangelists then hopefully these tech bloggers/journalists can convince you. Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices rocks!
Financial Times: “I have been impressed with the fully featured experience of 10.1 after trying it for a few days on a Nexus One review unit running Android 2.2. Flash now not only plays video on websites flawlessly and enables full-screen gaming, but it also responds to touchscreen gestures so that objects in a game can be manipulated with a finger stroke. It also taps into accelerometers, meaning automatic adjustment to portrait or landscape mode.”
J/K On The Run: “Pretty reasonably impressed with Flash Player 10.1……[...] Yes, it rocks!”
CNet: “Unsurprisingly, the best performance came from Web sites that have already been optimized for mobile phones; that is, they’ll render the page with hardware accelerometers and trackballs in mind. When we off-roaded from Adobe-suggested sites, we found that Flash Player worked as it would in a desktop environment.”
Engadget: “It’s getting there, it works, it works surprisingly well.”
Mashable: “Adobe Flash 10.1 is also serious about performance. It includes hardware acceleration with H.264 video decoding, advanced memory management (which can decrease RAM usage by 50%), and a sleep mode that slows down the Flash player if an Android-powered device enters screensaver mode.”
Forrester Research: “I’ve been testing a Froyo-based Nexus One for the last week side-by-side with my iPhone, and I think it’s great to not have to deal with “little blue cubes” on the sites I visit every day. The Froyo Nexus is fast, the multitasking is excellent, and contrary to assertion, I have not noticed a significant difference in battery life when I view Flash enable content (I barely get through a full day with my iPhone 3G even with a Mophie juice pack at full charge). When it comes to Flash apps running on Froyo itself, it’s also pretty clear to me that they can deliver an engaging mobile experience.”
Flash on!
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Thank you for the good news… I hope to be able to see this running on my Desire by the end of this year ;-) I ordered a nexus one this morning and hope to get the upgrade soon.
Did you think about the Problem that about more than 50% Android users will never get the 2.2 upgrade? Another Problem is that there are ARM 11 Phones around. The Air prerelease is not running on ARM 11 devices. I hope this is only a beta Problem.
I’ve seen demos on Adobe TV with the Droid running web pages with flash content. Do you know if in the Droid is still hardware capable to handle the current version of flash player 10.1?
I’m really excited about these announcements. FP 10.1 rocks.
Incredible work Adobe!
Now we put the hammer down and close the deal. I say to Steve Jobs…
When you’re ready – if you’re still relevant, Flashers will be there for you too.
Very cool news. I can’t wait for the new Android. There was a lot of cool tech news from Google this week. You know they are trying to give Apple a run for their money.