14 DAY TRIAL // Adobe Systems Incorporated came to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with a new version of Flash Player for mobile devices in it pocket, namely with Flash Player 10.2.
The company announced at the event that mobile application developers around the world can already deliver their Adobe AIR software to a number of over 84 million smartphones and tablets running Android and iOS.
With thousands of AIR application already available in the Android Market and Apple's App Store, Adobe expects the range of devices to support them to increase significantly as well.
According to the company there should be over 200 million smartphones and tablets with support for Adobe AIR applications before the end of the ongoing year. Adobe AIR supports smartphones and tablets running under Android, iOS, BlackBerry Tablet OS.
At the same time, Adobe announced that it is showcasing the new Flash Player 10.2 at the mobile conference in Barcelona, Spain.
“The new release includes support for innovative new features including Stage Video, which delivers much improved video performance through optimizing hardware acceleration on mobile devices, desktops and TVs,” Adobe announced.
The company confirmed that the software would offer lower processor and memory usage and that Stage Video support for mobile devices will be included on Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” and BlackBerry Tablet OS.
Over 20 million smartphones were already shipped on the market, or got upgraded with Adobe Flash Player 10.1. The number should go up to over 132 million units worldwide during 2011.
The software is already available on Android, HP webOS and Google TV. It should arrive on future flavors of Windows Phone, LiMo, Samsung SmartTVs, and more.
The Flash Player 10.1 is among the top free applications in the Android Market, enjoying a number of over 6 million downloads, along with over 150,000 users giving it a 4.5-out-of-5 star rating. It is also distributed directly by device manufacturers and carriers through pre-installs or operating system upgrades.
Note: Fellow editors Cosmin Vasile and Alex Vochin are on the floor at the 2011 Mobile World Congress and are keeping us posted with pictures and live reports on the latest product previews and launches.