Adobe Flash 10.1 For Android Available For Download In Batches

Adobe has pulled out the beta out of their Flash 10.1 for Mobile devices making the public version of the multimedia platform now available for download from the Android market. The new update will allow any user with a handset running Android 2.2 to upgrade to the latest version.

But before you get all excited, here’s the disclaimer. The update is at present being made visible only to Nexus One owners. But in all probability, users of other handsets must also start seeing the update option becoming available on their handsets.

If you are wondering where to go looking for it, Adobe Flash 10.1 is available in APK format – that’s the Android app format. You can install these apps from Android market using Apps Installer.

Download Adobe Photoshop For iPad And iPhone

Adobe has released a newly rebranded mobile version of their Adobe Photoshop software for iPhone and iPad. The app, named Adobe Photoshop Express is a free to download utility available from the iTunes App Store that will provide all the basic photo editing features that will one will require on the move. Of course, this application is a far cry from the comprehensive list of features that you may access from the actual Photoshop software, it is still a good app if you want to adjust color, crop, rotate pictures, etc.

Though this is a universal iOS app, there are a few features unique to the iPad including those like the ability to edit multiple photos at any given time and also to work on pictures in both landscape and portrait mode. Also, the app does not include support for the retina display on the new iPhone 4. But you should expect them to become available shortly.

If you are interested, click here to download this free app from the App Store.

Install Flash On iPhone 4 Using Frash Jailbreak Application

The tussle between Apple and Adobe will potentially never get resolved. That means Flash lovers will never be able to access Adobe Flash on their iDevices for quite some time to come. That’s if you are not willing to jailbreak your iPhone.

Popular iPhone hacker, Comex, has announced that he has successfully ported Frash – the jailbreak utility that lets users run Flash 10 on the iPad – to the new iPhone 4. Of course, as you guessed it, the process will require you to first jailbreak your iPhone. Do remember that though jailbreaking has been made legal in countries like the US, the procedure can still void your Apple warranty and can also potentially slow down your device performance.

Nevertheless, if you have made up your mind, you can first proceed to JailbreakMe.com, the website that provides a browser-based jailbreaking utility to break into your iPhone OS. Once you are done with the jailbreak, you can follow these steps below

• Launch Cydia and open the ‘Manage’ tab. Tap on the ‘Edit’ option
• Add the following repository : http://repo.benm.at/
• Now navigate to the the ‘Search‘ tab and key-in Frash. Tap on the Frash app and tap ‘Install‘ to install the application
• Reboot the iPhone to complete the process

You are done. Flash content can now be accessed from the websites on Mobile Safari. If you need more help with the installation, watch the video below.

New Adobe Technology Seeks To Make Rich Media Applications Search Engine Friendly

It is common for publishers to choose textual presentation of content over rich media format simply to make their content more search engine friendly. A new patent application filed by Adobe Systems back in March of this year and made public only recently describes an annotation-based functionality that will make such content discoverable by search engines.

In the application, Adobe writes (text in bold for emphasis) ,

“According to embodiments of the invention, a developer annotates portions of the procedural code of a rich Internet application to facilitate exposing particular content to a search engine. Such annotations may comprise information describing the content to be identified by a Web crawler. Additionally or alternatively, such annotations may comprise a state name, or other identifier and/or information, facilitating direct, or semi-direct, access to the identified content.”

Embodiments of the invention provide a translation module for interfacing between a Web crawler and a rich Internet application annotated according to an embodiment of the invention. For example, a translation module may interact with a Web crawler to respond to Web crawler navigation instructions and access declarative code associated with different states of a rich Internet application, providing responsive information identifying content in a structure that is compatible with a search engine associated with the Web crawler. According to embodiments of the invention, the structure of the content provided by the translation module comprises declaratory code, such as HTML page code or pseudo HTML page code.”

The patent application is interesting because a successful implementation of this technology will incentivize more publishers to take the RIA format to create beautiful websites that can consequently make Apple’s war against Flash all the more difficult.

Your thoughts?

Video Calling On Android Devices Using Adobe FlashTime

Video calling has, so for long, not been popular primarily because of two reasons – it was supported on very few devices to start with and also because it could be costly. Now with bandwidth becoming more affordable with an increasing number of Wi-Fi hotspots and also because many carriers now offer unlimited 3G data plans, video calling is slowly picking up traction.

After Apple debuted the FaceTime video calling functionality on the iPhone 4, Adobe has now demonstrated a similar functionality for Android devices. The new feature, cheekily called FlashTime by Adobe, is built over Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) 2.5 interface that is presently in beta. Android handsets are however likely to term this featute simply as P2P video calling.

The functionality is at present in prototype stage and we hope a working beta application is soon released on the Android platform.

Adobe Lightroom 3 Introduces New Features

Adobe has launched Lightroom 3 – the photo editing and management tool targeted at photographers. The software has been in beta for quite a while and hence those of you who have tried it may have already have had a hang of most of them. Here are the most important features that are enhanced in the latest release

• Lens correction and profile gallery
• Perspective correction
• Improved noise reduction and sharpening
• Streamlined importing
• Streamlined publishing
• Tethered capture
• Video support
• Easy slideshows
• New adjustment preset system

The new Adobe Lightroom3 is available for download from the Adobe website for $299. It will only cost $99 if you need to upgrade from Lightroom 2.

[via CrunchGear]

Adobe To Sue Apple Over Flash Fracas

If Apple’s stand on an ubiquitous platform like Flash was ridiculous enough, its recent modification of the iPhone license agreement to ban app developers from submitting apps compiled from Flash is definitely the heights of it. Quite evidently, Adobe is not happy with whatever is happening. While the official word has been measured, unofficially though Adobe has asked Apple to “screw” itself.

Following up on the word, Adobe is now reported to be contemplating a legal action against Cupertino. Folks at IT World have revealed from inside sources that the company might be filing a lawsuit against the company in a few weeks from now. The company has denied any official statements on this.

[via IT World]

Adobe Flash On Google Chrome OS

My enemy’s enemy is my best friend. After Apple and Google have been competing against each other on several fronts, Mountain View has befriended Adobe, the company that Apple loves to hate to offer its much maligned multimedia platform by default on its Chrome browser without the necessity of any plugin. Rumors are that this will extend to Google Chrome OS when that launches.

Technically, this will not matter much considering that Adobe Flash is pre-installed on most desktops and laptops today (except for the Apple makes). However, this announcement is sure to bring the limelight back on Apple’s criticism of the Adobe Flash platform in the past which has been speculated to be over Cupertino’s need to keep its multimedia platform closed.

[via ZDNet]