This week Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen announced during our earnings call with investors that we will release a beta version of Flash Player 10 for smartphones. Predictably this will happen during Adobe MAX 2009, where mobile will be front and centre.
It will be a developer release and for web browsers, this will enable us to collect feedback, fix bugs and give you a chance to get started and speaking with your customers about this new technology.
So, like I said in my previous post during the slow summer season it’s a perfect opportunity to begin learning AS3 and Flash Player 10 features. I have already started learning more and more over the past few months, and the good news is that life is much much easier with AS3!
I’ve also began to learn Flex, which is such a great product and I can recommend these to get started:
Flex in a Week (very optimistic!)
As we move through the summer you’ll start to hear more about my experiences as I find out new tips and tricks.
#1 by Jermaine Anderson on June 20, 2009 - 10:39 pm
Hi Mark,
Is it possible to know at this stage whether Flash Lite 3.x will be the last version in the series and whether Adobe will continue to support and market the product, say this time next year with AS2?
Could FP 10 be a distributable player in the same way as FL?
JA
#2 by Scott on June 20, 2009 - 11:21 pm
AdvancED Flash on Devices:
Mobile Development with Flash Lite and Flash 10
http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=9781430219040
This book is for Flash Lite developers who want a taste of the Flash 10 world, as well as existing FP10 devs who want to get more acquainted with Flash Lite (plus any other mobile professional who wants to see what’s up with Flash across Mobile and Devices).
#3 by Rell on June 21, 2009 - 2:39 pm
I was curious so flash player lite 10 beta won’t be release? I expected atleast a beta for android and winmo by now. To bad they didn’t do it yet.
#4 by Liz on June 22, 2009 - 9:03 am
I would like to add another good AS3 resource: “Learning Actionscript 3.0: A Beginner’s Guide” by Rich Shupe with Zevan Rosser.
Am cracking the book/web sites now – if anyone cares to join in. We could form a virtual study group.
Thanks for giving us a push in the right direction!
#5 by Mark Doherty on June 22, 2009 - 2:21 pm
Our strategic goal is to align the Flash Player across device platforms, the first player in this category is Flash Player 10. We want to enable richer web browsing on mobile devices to meet the demands of users.
Later we’ll be delivering Adobe AIR for devices and this will be for applications, like the distributable player is today. AS2 and Flash Lite 3.x will remain the dominant player and this will be phased out to become Flash Player 10.
Flash Lite isn’t going anywhere soon, it has shipped on over 1Bn devices and we expect to see it ship (in smaller numbers) until 2012.
#6 by Mark Doherty on June 22, 2009 - 2:23 pm
Hi, We haven’t done this yet because it’s a very complex piece of technology. The progress so far is good though and we are aiming for a beta in October at our MAX conference.
The player will be Flash Player 10, not “lite”
#7 by Jason on July 2, 2009 - 2:14 pm
“For Smartphones” – that’s a pretty broad category of devices – obviously not all smartphones will be supported right? (haven’t heard about iPhone support yet – that’s still being worked on correct?) so what devices is this really for?
Very nice looking blog by the way, first time here.
#8 by Jason on July 2, 2009 - 4:25 pm
I’m going to reply to myself, I found the answer. I listened to the Q2 financial result and seems the smartphones will be: Google’s Android, Nokia Simbian OS, the new Palm Web OS, and Windows Mobile. No Flash player for iPhone just yet.