The software has been in public beta since Google's I/O conference in May, but it wasn't available in the Android Market until about two months ago.
We heard that Flash would be coming to Android back in February, when Adobe unveiled its mobile offerings at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. At that time, the Open Screen Project, a consortium of more than 70 web and mobile companies from around the world, was hoping to make Flash a consistent part of mobile platforms.
Google confirmed that Froyo (a.k.a. Android 2.2), its latest and greatest mobile operating system, would support Flash back in April, and so the stage was set for a smooth collaboration. This interaction represents a 180-degree difference from the relationship that Adobe has built with Apple; iPhones , iPads and web-connected iPods won't be supporting Flash anytime soon.
We're still waiting for AIR apps on Android phones. The AIR runtime is currently available for the Android market, but AIR's SDK for developers won't be available until later this year.