February 16th, 2010
After writing this very lengthy comment on Brother Chuck Freeman’s (@ChuckStar) blog post responding to Brother Kevin Suttle’s (@kevinSuttle) excelent blog post regarding AIR and Mobile devices, I thought I should really post here on my own blog and #keeptheblogchainalive as Kevin says. There are a great deal of questions regarding AIR and Mobile devices, and I have had a few rolling around in my brain for some time. Be sure to read Kevin’s post then Chuck’s post, and you’ll get all the context.
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February 15th, 2010
Adobe is pushing mobile devices in great new directions. First announced was Flash Player 10.1 concept on devices, then the iPhone packager with the upcoming CS5. But today, Adobe goes one step further with building AIR for Android devices (and quite probably more).
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January 12th, 2010
Back in October of 2009 Adobe showed off the ability to publish Flash files as iPhone applications. That sent the Flash world into a tizzy that we still have yet to come down from. The apps looked like iPhone apps, they installed out of the Apple Store like iPhone apps. In fact, if you didn’t know the people that created them were primarily Flash developers, you would have never known the apps were created in Flash (that is if Adobe didn’t tell you, too).
Then comes the Android Phones, and in particular, the Nexus One. (ok so the image below doesn’t show the Nexus, just the Motorola Droid. The Nexus One is a bit too expensive without service.) Reports are that Nexus One will handle Flash Player 10.1 when Adobe is ready, so too, will the Droid and Palm Pre.
That’s cool. Actually that’s awesome. I can’t wait to be able to hold the Flash Player in hand. But that’s within the staunch walls of the browser.
Maybe this whole Flash compiling to iPhone thing is an even better idea. Compiling an application or game as a device driven app is much more compelling to me than running that same app through the browser and it’s limited sandbox and often ugly UI. I mean, there is a greatly growing number of AIR applications being released into the wild, taking Flash out of the browser. So why is the mobile push for Flash pretty much staying in the confines of the browser? Why not go further than that?
How about a compiler for Blackberry (Storms, Curves, etc) native applications? What about Android?
The Nexus One looks very promising compared to the iPhone. Android OS can certainly handle intensive applications on the Droid, so the Nexus One should be able to as well. If the Flash compiler can perform well enough on iPhone, why can’t we get a compiler to other devices as well? And if Adobe really can’t stand Apple as much as we think they do, then why not push for native apps on devices that could have the potential of bringing this iPhone madness to an end?
We continue to feed the iPhone/iPod tyranny by creating content for them. Instead, we should be trying to focus on making content for those that can match up to the iPhone. It’ll make innovation better. Maybe we’ll eventually see a device that will render the iPhone obsolete.
Simply, I want to be able to compile device driven (non-browser) applications and RIAs to multiple platforms and OS with minimal effort. Please.
