Adobe confirms Flash Player is dead for mobile devices... sorta...

So read the title to a new Engadget article. But this is a bit misleading...

Right now you can get Flash Player 11, which is fully optimised for hardware acceleration. Adobe is also soon to release Flash Player 12. What Engadget failed to do, was actually link to the full story by Adobe. What Adobe was basically saying is, they want to concentrate on HTML5 and Adobe Touch Apps (AIR) for use on mobile devices. Flash Player for mobile devices will still be supported with updates for security and big fixes. They will also continue to develop the desktop Flash player.

I for one welcome this focus on HTML5... hopefully it will mean we will have the tools to do next year what Flash has been doing for ten years! Now we just need IE to die too!  :-)

It should have read:"Flash to Focus on PC Browsing and Mobile Apps; Adobe to More Aggressively Contribute to HTML5" - http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html

Port Flash to iPhone App... Apple caves in!

OK... Flash is back on the menu at iTunes.
Apple has caved in and decided to allow Flash built apps to be ported and distributed on App Store.

Tutorial here.