Even though I already have FP10.1 installed on my Nexus One (one of the many perks of working at Adobe ;-)), I’m very happy to see that we will be releasing a public preview of Flash Player 10.1 for Android on my birthday… eh I mean… at Google I/O on May 19th/20th.

Ever since I switched to the Nexus One as my main phone I’ve been using Flash Player on the Android browser just about every day. I already told you a while ago that I am a news junkie and that I like to keep up with the news wherever I go. When something happens in the world, I usually visit a number of different news sites to see what they have to say. A lot of news outlets use Flash to deliver their videos. With Flash Player 10.1 installed on my device I can just open up a browser window, type in the URL that I am used to browsing to on my desktop machine and then just click on the video which starts playing instantly. No need to (purchase) download and install an app. The same content that I am used to seeing on my desktop machine is just right there.

I can’t wait to see and read your experiences with Flash Player on your mobile device. Google’s Android may be first but RIM, Palm (soon to be HP), Microsoft, Nokia and others will follow soon.

We have been talking about Thermo for a while now and here’s the first question everyone I showed it to asked: When can I
get my hands on it? Well… Here’s the answer: MAX 2008.

I don’t think we’ve ever done something like this before but all MAX
attendees will be able to go home with a preview release of Thermo. I’ve been playing with this version for the last few days to get ready for the hands-on sessions and I have to say that the Thermo team has done an amazing job. Thermo rocks!

We’re also going to reveal the new name for Thermo at MAX. People have already started the guessing game over at g-unix.com. You could win a copy of the Flex 3 In Action book if you guess it right.

See you at MAX!