Flash on Android limited to high-remainder Android phones
Feb 26, 2010 india, story, telecom
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Can’t wait to get Flash 10.1 on your smartphone? Well, the causa whitethorn not be in your favor if you’re carrying around a first base multiplication Android phone. Even if your device is still up to snuff today, it’s said that the new variant of flash volition only support specific processors.
Last workweek at Mobile World Congress, Edgar Douglas Adrian Ludwig, Adobe employee, stated that Flash 10.1 volition tally on phones with ARM Cortex-A8 (in the ARMv7 –A family unit) or better processors and a minimum of 50MBs of RAM is required. So that means if your carrying around a G1, MyTouch 3G, Sprint Heron, Droid Eris, Moment, or the Cliq, you’re out of luck. This leaves pretty much the Nexus One and the Motorola (New York Stock Exchange: MOT) Droid, as far as Android devices go. The Sprint Heron, along with the Droid Eris, and upcoming Motorola Devour all support flash lite, but that’s all you should be expecting at this point.
If you don’t own an Android gimmick, your gimmick choices are distillery slim, as there ar few handsets that actually carry such processors. The iPhone 3GS has what it takes to support Flash, but that doesn’t mean value we’ll see it, if Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has anything to do with it. Other supported devices, (computer hardware wise) include the Samsung i8910, the Sony Ericsson (New York Stock Exchange: SNE) Satio, and the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N900. The Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre also sports single of the supported processors, and should actually be receiving some Flash love tonight.
While it may be upsetting to some that Adobe is putting such limits on their new variant of their multimedia runtime, it only makes horse sense. In ordering for the flash experience to remain somewhat consistent between handsets, standards mustiness be made. Adobe is opening a new door to the means we whitethorn interact with our smartphones everyday, and I’m glad I carry a Nexus One.
[Via: PCMag, Softpedia ]
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