Chances are, if you've been online lately, you would have seen news of Steve Jobs releasing his 'thoughts on flash' on Apple's website, in which he described the many reasons why Adobe Flash was not allowed on the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad - he pointed out that "Flash has not performed well on mobile devices. We have routinely asked Adobe to show us Flash performing well on a mobile device, any mobile device, for a few years now." Adobe later responded that day to defend these claims.
Yesterday, Engadget reported that Adobe had published what seems to be a direct response to this, by releasing photos and videos of an Android Tablet running Flash and Air "flawlessly". The videos show YouTube and Wired's Adobe Air magazine application running in full swing with no lag or performance issues.
The tablet that was shown off is a very early prototype, with nVidia confirming that the flash performance is thanks to the Tegra 2 that it's packing inside. Other details were sparse, but the tablet appears to be running with multi-touch and the current flavor of Android - 2.1.
NVIDIA pointed out that the Tegra 2 tablets should be on sale "this summer" and there will be "plenty on the way way in the third and fourth quarter of the year".
If you still can't believe your eyes, more hands on reviews, pictures and videos can be found over at Zedomax.
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There is a "like this" button, guys
Anyway, for once, it's nice to be pointing out that link rather than the "Report a problem" one.
Neat-o
Saw this a few hour ago. Cannot wait!
That's the first "Like This" button I've ever used. After going through the process, I give it five stars.
Yeah... 65 likes? Wow... good going Owen
My first like ever.
Ooooooooh
I love Android
Droid Does. Heh
So how is the performance on devices that do NOT have Tegra chip?
Good speed, what is that FLASH. . .looks pretty nice.
Google should buy Adobe already. Its like a young couple who always flaunts their love and always snuggles with each other whenever they have the chance.
This is more that Adobe is showing the finger to a certain Cupertino-based company, since they can't play nice together.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend", and all that jazz.
Interested.
It apparently crashed after the video. How is this impressive though? Show me a flash heavy website or game. Video is pretty weak.
I like the fact that they displayed it works. It doesn't show much in terms of performance though as it was only a small video. I'd like to see it working a little harder to see how well it works too. Looking good though.
In your dreams it is but not in reality. You dont know the specs, battery life, manufacturer, or name of this device but have the nerve to say that it kills something that is currently on the market. Get real!
In your dreams it is but not in reality. You dont know the specs, battery life, manufacturer, or name of this device but have the nerve to say that it kills something that is currently on the market. Get real!
Might not be the case now but when released we'll see what happens. Current Android phones are just as good, if not better than the iPhone so if they go head to head with the slates than what makes you think that it won't be the same? It'll be just as good, if not better just like with their phones.
How someone can say this without know final design, specs, battery life, cpu performance, etc is beyond my comprehension. Playing a YouTube video isn't something that will kill the iPad. Especially since YouTube videos are going to HTML5 anyway. Lets get some cold hard facts before using the term "iPad killer". We've seen what has happened with the terms "iPod killer" and "iPhone killer".
I love how we are recursively watching a Flash video playing within Flash right now.
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Suck it apple.
Now that is the "full web" in your hands.
Hmmm, and didnt Jobs state recently that Flash is not designed for touch devices?
It's not.
It's not.
I don't think you read the article
You also might find this video about HTML5 games on the iPad interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfmbZkqORX4
Adobe are making hardware now?
Take that Steve Jobs!
The browser crashes playing flash... still a lot to do...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hqFTx8rLsg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hqFTx8rLsg
Yes saw that on engadget, still crashing good old flash LOL
Yes saw that on engadget, still crashing good old flash LOL
Its is not even Beta yet guys.
My God! I hope it's not as huge as it looks in the picture. (It's a prototype but still!)
I want to know the energy consumption on this!
After all those hypes bout HP slate and MS courier, its time for some hard facts.
Now if only flash worked well on Ubuntu...
Now if only flash worked well on Ubuntu...
Im getting to the point that I dont even want to read neowin anymore. The comments made by the Apple fanboys are just so... Well the rest of you know.
Anyways, Android + Flash = Win. I cant wait to get my hands on a nice tablet running Android, its like the iPad only useful.