VIDEO: Flash Running on Tegra 2 Android Tablet
As part of its decision to show increased support for Android (and, you know, stick it to Apple), Adobe has demonstrated Flash running seamlessly on a tablet running Google's mobile OS.
At the Web 2.0 conference, Adobe is cheering for Android with demonstrations on Android devices, free Android phones for its employees and now, a demonstration of Flash running on an Android tablet powered by Nvidia's Tegra 2.
Zedomax reports seeing a range of devices running Flash at the Adobe booth at Web 2.0 but among them was a tablet running Android 2.1.
Zedomax:
"It runs Adobe’s Flash and Air apps flawlessly. That was the first time I saw Adobe’s Air apps running on a tablet and totally impressed by how it ran. And now I can understand why Apple wants to ban Flash and other Adobe products completely from their iPhones and iPads, because it’s rather incredible technology.
The prototype that was demo-ed at the Web 2.0 Expo show was showing the current workings of the Wired magazine’s Google Tablet app. Certainly, it looks like Google Android tablet will make a big impact on worldwide tablet sales."
Confirmation of the Tegra 2's presence inside the tablet shown in the video below comes via Engadget:
"It is indeed Tegra 2. We worked closely with Adobe to show how next-gen Tegra can bring the complete web to tablets at Web 2.0," Nvidia said in an emailed comment."You can expect to start seeing Tegra 2 devices appearing this summer, with plenty on the way in the third and fourth quarters of the year."
Check out the video below!
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As long as Android does not go down the apple "control freak" route then it will be nice to see some slates on it, otherwise it will jsut be the same old. I hope it goes well ^^
It's all well and good Adobe "sticking it" to Apple, but a large part of this comes from Flash Player being buggy as hell on OSX - Apple didn't want something outside of their control breaking their "glorious" closed ecosystem, but Adobe refused to invest the manpower to fix it because Apple's user base is only a fraction of the overall Flash Player market.
But then it's just turned into bickering children, and quite frankly it's pathetic.
Of course Flash Player works on Tegra - Adobe WANT it to, so they invest the manpower. Of course Flash Player works on Android - Adobe WANT it to, so they invest the manpower.
Adobe may want Flash Player to work on Apple devices, but in the grand scheme of things Apple are only a portion of a bigger market, so Adobe don't think it's worth the time and money. I'm sure if Lord Jobs said "OK Adobe, we would like Flash on the iPad but ONLY if you can get it working properly first" I'm sure Adobe will make the investment.