Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Thu 26th Mar 2009 01:10 UTC
BSQUARE is reportedly porting Adobe's Flash to Android on behalf of "a global Tier 1 carrier." It's still unknown whether or not Flash on Android will be restricted to only those contracted under this global carrier's service, but it's an advancement in the field nevertheless. Details at this point are few and far between, but it's assumed that Google and Adobe condone this action or else BSQUARE wouldn't go waving it about; BSQUARE also has "built an Android competency" not to mention that they purchased NEC's Adobe Flash Technology Consulting and Distribution Business back in December, so they seem to have the skill to do the job well.
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Member since:2005-09-27
Member since:2008-12-12
Not quite as relevant as it may first seem....
Although youtube is owned by google, android has an app called 'youtube' that streams the video and so no flash is actually needed.
This app automaticly launches if one clicks a link that goes to a youtube.com address.
Sam
Member since:2007-09-22
Member since:2006-12-14
I would love a world without flash. But of the streaming video sites I use only youtube and joost have provided non-flash alternatives in all the time the iphone's been around. New sites might, but existing ones have shown very little concern for updating for support of mobile devices.
Member since:2005-07-06
We need more platforms and architectures out there that don't support Flash to get these web sites to provide alternatives or better yet...no flash at all.
While that would be nice, it hasn't really worked out that way - not yet, at least. Take the iPhone for example. It's popular enough that sites like youtube and ustream want their content to be accessible to iPhone users - but they've done that by writing iPhone-specific clients. And that doesn't help anyone else who's running a device that lacks Flash support.
Personally, I think that Flash is the lesser evil of the current video delivery methods. It would be great if Flash video were replaced with something a bit more open/standard - but I don't believe that the big content producers are even considering that option. They're choosing between Flash and Quicktime, Windows Media, or (God help us) Real Media.
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2006-07-26
It's still unknown whether or not Flash on Android will be restricted to only those contracted under this global carrier's service, but it's an advancement in the field nevertheless.
This seems like a step back instead of an advancement. We need more platforms and architectures out there that don't support Flash to get these web sites to provide alternatives or better yet...no flash at all.
I was hoping that Android, and these ARM based netbooks would force websites to stop using it.
This is garbage.