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Adobe has revealed some of the details regarding Flash 10 support for Android and the information is not very promising for those who purchased an Android device with older hardware or software. According to Adobe, an Android device must have both Android 2.1 and an ARM v7 (Cortex) processor which includes the Qualcomm Snapdragon and [...]

Even for those that only casually follow the smartphone news wire, it is well known that one of the most contentious topics for debate as a missing requirements of any smartphone is native Flash support from Adobe. We’re heard before that things are set to change. Flash 10.1 is set to become available to Android [...]

Last week we showed you a video from Adobe showcasing  Flash 10.1 running on the Nexus One.  Since then, another video has surfaced, but this time Adrian Ludwig from Adobe is showing Flash 10.1 running on the Motorola Droid with 2.0 software.  It’s been unclear whether a device would need to upgrade to 2.1 before [...]

Today, amongst a barrage of Nexus One announcement news, Adobe demonstrated its Flash 10.1 player on the very device receiving all of the attention.  Due to the Snapdragon processor and Android 2.1 OS, the demo actually runs surprisingly well.  As you will see in the video after the jump, this demonstration is professionally put together [...]

Today Adobe announced that it plans on releasing developer versions and, later,  open beta versions of its Flash Player 10.1 for Windows Mobile and Palm webOS smartphones by the end of this year, but that Android won’t even get a beta until sometime next year – 2010.
That’s a far cry from what we heard from [...]

Adobe and HTC today announced that the new HTC Hero is the first Android powered smartphone to feature Adobe Flash support.  From the press release:
“As the first Android device with Flash, the new HTC Hero represents a key milestone for Android and the Flash Platform. With close to 80 percent of all videos online delivered [...]

Good news everyone. Shantanu Naraye, CEO of Adobe, recently announced during Adobe’s ‘earnings call’ with investors that they will release a beta version of Flash Player 10 (FP10) for smartphones. The release will come during October at Adobe MAX 2009. We knew this was coming but now we have a set date and confirmation.
“We are [...]

We’ve already posted on the possibility of Dell shipping mobile phones sporting Android as the OS of choice. However, rumours are running rampant on the interwebs at the moment, with various sources reporting that BSQUARE may in fact be porting Flash Lite to Dell netbooks, and a big cover up from WSJ reporting that [...]

So BSQUARE made it official, as expected.  It has announced that it has been hired by a “global tier 1 carrier” to port Adobe’s flash technology to Android.  The thing is, we still don’t know exactly which carrier hired the company.
“Global” and “tier 1″ bring two carriers to my mind, at least:  T-Mobile and Vodafone.  [...]

My friend Peter Rojas, famed former editor-in-chief of both Gizmodo and Engadget, has posted to twitter a couple of statements that indicate that a major carrier has hired BSQUARE to port Adobe Flash to the Android platform.
Presumably the carrier is doing so because Adobe seems unable to get the job done itself.
According to Pete, we [...]