Flash 10.1 For Mobile The Extended Wait Continues

Adobe announced Tuesday it released Adobe Flash 10.1 to its mobile platform partners, with hold up coming to Android, Blackberry, WebOS, Windows Phones, Symbian, MeeGo and LiMo. What does that mean for you? Nothing, if not you have a Nexus One with Android 2.2 (serendipitously conventional over the air or installed manually).
Some day, Flash 10.1 will be obtainable on all kinds’ mobile devices, but you may desire to grab a Snickers, as it's not happening for a while. Everyone else will have to wait.
Android phone owners, who require Android 2.2 to run Flash 10.1, can check out this upgrade guide; the gist is that Motorola's Droid will be next in line -- date unspecified - and some other Android 2.1 phones will go Froyo within the next six months, or by year-end. It was once reported that Flash 10.1 would work on Android versions 2.1 and senior, but Adobe's statement only mentions Android 2.2.

As for those other mobile platforms, think late 2010, early 2011. "We may not observe a massive number of these devices available on Tuesday, but the pipeline for Christmas, CES, and Mobile World Congress next year is actually exciting," Anup Muraka, Adobe's director of technology plan, told IDG News Service.
Folks eagerly waiting to play Farmville on their phones or watch video from the lots of content providers who use Flash should be used to the long wait. We started hearing several chatter about Flash 10 for mobile phones in 2008, with Adobe aiming for a late 2009 release. The thought was to have a beta out to developers by October of last year. The beta release window slipped to late 2009 for several devices and early 2010 for others. Reviewers lastly got to try Flash 10.1 on the Nexus One last month.
With Flash 10.1 still months away for all but the Nexus One and perhaps the Motorola Droid, today's news of a let go to partners is worth noting, but not worth receiving excited about as a customer. Proving Steve Jobs wrong will require a bit extra patience.