Adobe has reconfirmed that it will be developing Flash Player 10.1 for Windows Phone 7. This is great news for those who are dependent on flash heavy web sites, but it remains to be seen how well the player will run. Many other developers have decided to hold off developing software for the platform due to restricted access to low level system functions, and there have been no announcements whether Microsoft has been working closely to ensure the player runs smoothly. Hopefully this is the case, because a smooth running flash player is just of on the many deficiencies currently facing the platform. Adobe has not committed to a specific release date for the player.
Adobe has reconfirmed that it will be developing Flash Player 10.1 for Windows Phone 7. This is great news for those who are dependent on flash heavy web sites, but it remains to be seen how well the player will run. Many other developers have decided to hold off developing software for the platform due to restricted access to low level system functions, and there have been no announcements whether Microsoft has been working closely to ensure the player runs smoothly. Hopefully this is the case, because a smooth running flash player is just of on the many deficiencies currently facing the platform. Adobe has not committed to a specific release date for the player.
by dave on May 7th, 2010 /
Category: News
Last week veteran PC maker HP announced – much to everyone’s surprise – that it was scooping up beleaguered Palm and their snappy webOS for a cool $1.2-billion.
HP is the biggest PC manufacturer out there, which puts some serious clout and a massive install-base behind webOS, Palm’s new-ish and fairly well-received mobile OS. Todd Bradley, executive vice president, Personal Systems Group, HP, says:
“Palm’s innovative operating system provides an ideal platform to expand HP’s mobility strategy and create a unique HP experience spanning multiple mobile connected devices”
What does this all mean? Will there be Windows Phone 7 devices from HP? HP’s VP of Strategy and Corporate Development Brian Humphries says yes:
“We intend to continue to be a strategic partner for Microsoft. They’re a huge piece of our business today, and will continue to be so.”
Well, HP’s ‘mobile strategy’, as Todd puts it, has been absent for a while, so this is a solid step an one direction. The question is, is it the right direction!? Only time will tell what HP has planned for Palm and webOS, but it will at least give the fledgling mobile platform a temporary reprieve.
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