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Flash 10.1 NOT Coming to Windows Mobile 6.5
Last Updated on Friday, 26 February 2010 12:02
Written by Carla
Friday, 26 February 2010 12:02

Adobe apparently sees Windows Mobile in it’s current state as a platform that it isn’t worth investing time or money in.  It was revealed earlier this month by an employee of Adobe that they will not be releasing Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5.

Officially Adobe is making the claim that Windows Mobile 6.5 doesn’t support a number of APIs that are critical in making Flash work.  The decision made previously by Adobe committing itself to providing Flash 10.1 to current generation Windows Mobile devices has obviously been dropped in favor of the upcoming Windows Phone platform.
This doesn’t seem like much of a shock seeing as how Windows Phone 7 is now around the corner.  What is interesting is that at launch, Windows Phone 7 won’t have official Flash support from Adobe either.  It shouldn’t take long, as it is expected to have Flash 10.1 in late 2010 or early 2011, well behind Android 2.1 and Palm webOS 1.4.  This seems like a long gap of Flash-less mobile browsing for WinMo faithfuls, especially when most of the other platforms are ready to start enjoying Flash 10.1 plugins any day.

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3 Comments
  1. CommentsURANIDIOT   |  Friday, 26 February 2010 at 12:16 pm

    THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FLASH TO COME OUT ON OUR BELOVED TOUCH PRO 2 FOR A YEAR. BEING TEASED WITH VIDEOS AND NOW THEY GIVE UP! WHAT IF EVERYONE GAVE UP! ADOBE SHOULD RECEIVE SOME INQUIRES FROM MICROSOFT SOON BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STOP BUYING APPS FROM THE MARKET PLACE UNTIL THEY CAN GET A WM7 PHONE, IF THEY EVEN DECIDE TO STAY WITH WINDOWS. AS SOON AS ANDROID COMES OUT WITH SLING PLAYER, IM JUMPING SHIP AND LEAVING ALTOGETHER AND I SUSPECT ALOT OF US WILL TOO. WM6.5 IS HERE TO STAY FOR THE LONG RUN! WE DON’T LIKE WP7 & IT’S RESTRICTIONS! SO ADOBE PROVE TO US THAT YOUR NOT LAZY LIKE STEVE JOBS SAYS AND RELEASE IT, HELL RELEASE THE BETA LIKE ADOBE PROMISED FOR AT LEAST THE TOUCH PRO2 AND DIAMOND2 AND LET XDA OR PPCGEEKS DO YOUR HOMEWORK FOR YOU!

  2. CommentsALLCAPS   |  Friday, 26 February 2010 at 4:10 pm

    Whoa, got the caps lock stuck down there. It’s ok, happens to the best of us.

  3. CommentsHermelinda Doersam   |  Saturday, 10 April 2010 at 8:11 am

    Many thanks to the really good article, that must have consumed a while to build with wonderful info.


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