Adobe Flash Player on Mobile Platforms (starting with Windows, then onto others)

Adobe's Flash Player is used all over the web to dazzle us into clicking on ads, or just wow as with the creativity of the interface and/or content... But until now, the mobile browsers haven't been able to "come out to play" with the big boy's in the internet playground.

"The company has worked for years on a lightweight incarnation of its Flash technology for mobile phones, but it now is working to bring the full-fledged Flash Player 10 to higher-end smartphones." says Adobe Systems CTO Kevin Lynch at the Adobe Max Conference.

Being that Flash is used on 98% of the entire desktop market, it is obviously a popular tool for all surfers.

Mobile fan-boys (like us) have been waiting patiently for this.  Adobe teased us with Flash Lite, but now they show their commitment to bring the full Flash Player experience, to our pocket sized devices.  :)

Although not everyone will get it at the same time, Windows Mobile will be first in the line-up to Flash 10.  And it will be followed closely by Android and Simbian.

Google Android leader Andy Rubin said. "Today, seeing Flash 10 makes me feel really warm. It was exactly what Android was built for."

No iPhone shown yet though, mostly because of Apple's feelings towards Flash, when it comes to taxing the ARM11 processors that run the iPhone.  As Lynch said, "This needs a little more baking. We need to pass the taste test of Apple's head chef."

Michele Turner (product manager for Adobe) said:

"We are working on Flash on the iPhone, but it is really up to Apple."

"We will be showing the first delivery of Flash on mobile phones, on other platforms. You will see it on Windows Mobile."

It will not ship with Windows Mobile devices until late next year.

But now that it has been demoed on WM, Android, and Symbian we can only hope they can please the Apple boys soon, so we can all play nice together...

[sources for Lynch / Rubin / Turner]