Earlier today, Adobe revealed Flash Player 10.1 for smartphones, the company's fastest and most efficient form of flash for mobile phones yet. Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, webOS, BlackBerry...all of these phones will support Flash Player 10.1 by mid-2010. But the iPhone was nowhere to be found.
The problem: Adobe and Apple have been playing a painful game that has resulted in a lack of Flash support for red-hot smartphone. Apple doesn't seem enthusiastic about adding Flash support, Adobe isn't pushing hard enough. But at the Adobe MAX Conference, the rich Internet application software company announced support for Flash. Sort of.
It's actually a new addition to Adobe Flash Professional CS5. Adobe has added the ability for Flash developers to export their work into iPhone app format, without the need to rebuild the entire app from scratch. You could soon see your favorite Flash games and web apps in the iTunes App Store.