Last week Adobe did a (self admitted) terrible job of communicating their future strategy for Flash, HTML5, AIR, and FLEX for mobile and desktop. To be fair RIM didn’t do much better. They made three main announcements but everybody focused on the last one where they are “no longer going to be actively developing the Flash Player for Mobile Browsers.” Their clearly still focused on Flash for desktop browsers while they realize the Flash will not be as big of a ubiquitous plugin for mobile browsers. They still fully intend to use Adobe AIR on mobile platforms.
If you are a Flash, AIR, or FLEX developer you really should read these two articles from Adobe on the future of the technologies:
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Adobe just dropped an interesting bomb this morning. They have decided to relegate Flash to PC browsing and mobile apps while giving up on flash in mobile browsers to focus on HTML5. They plan on releasing Flash 11.1 for the PlayBook and Android and from then only continue to offer critical bug fixes and security updates.
Alec Saunders from RIM confirmed to me that RIM is a Flash source code licensee which means they can continue to release their own implementations even when Adobe stops. RIM has confirmed as much on their official blog saying that they are committed to “support a full web and app experience today and tomorrow” whether it be Flash, WebWorks, or HTML5 websites. This also sort of makes sense since RIM is just trying to attract developers though they mentioned at DevCon that HTML5/WebWorks and Native development are the future.
RIM is committed to delivering compelling user experiences so you can stay connected and take action wherever your life takes you. Often, that action is enabled by a BlackBerry® smartphone or BlackBerry® PlayBook™ app, and other times it’s through your BlackBerry device’s web browser. We’re able to deliver a full-featured web and app experience because BlackBerry embraces and integrates a variety of developer platforms to make it possible for you to experience and consume the content you want, while you’re on the go – whether that’s powered by the BlackBerry native applications, BlackBerry PlayBook OS, Open Source, superior Flash integration, Adobe® AIR®, Web Works, or websites that use HTML5 to deliver cutting-edge graphics and video.
Earlier today, Adobe announced plans to stop investing in Flash® for mobile browsing, and focus more efforts on HTML5. As an Adobe source code licensee, we will continue to work on and release our own implementations, and are looking forward to including Flash 11.1 for the BlackBerry PlayBook.
The strategic direction announced by Adobe today further validates RIM’s decision to launch the BlackBerry PlayBook with a full-powered and uncompromised desktop class browser supporting both Flash and HTML5. We are pleased that Adobe will focus its efforts on next generation Flash-based apps delivered via AIR and BlackBerry AppWorld as well as the great opportunities that HTML5 presents for our developers as we discussed at DevCon Americas.
“The PlayBook browser does a great job of supporting both HTML5 and Flash, including industry leading HD video streaming. Adobe and RIM are focused on HTML5 innovation for mobile browsing and believe it is the best solution for developers to deliver rich web experiences on RIM’s BlackBerry products and other mobile devices. RIM has the ability to continue working on and releasing its own implementations of Flash Player 11 and beyond,” said Danny Winokur, VP & GM, Interactive Development, Adobe Systems Inc.
RIM is also energized by the powerful, open standards-based development platform that HTML5 delivers through our BlackBerry products. To us, this means working with thousands of talented BlackBerry developers to bring new gaming, entertainment, and video experiences that deliver depths of experience we had only dreamed of a few years ago. That’s progress we support, and we look forward to seeing the innovation soon in BlackBerry App World™.
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RIM launched a brand new HTML5 development site to highlight their focus on BlackBerry web development as a platform. The new site is actually very nice and clean which really impressed me. You can check out the new site at:
The other interesting thing is that RIM has integrated Ripple into their dev lifecycle and are really talking about it as a way to build and package your applications from Ripple. Very slick I have to say!They have also released WebWorks v2.2 for both smartphones and tablets. Some nice features in there that you can find in the release notes.
Salesforce is working on adding an HTML5 mobile app for their service and it looks like its coming. They just gave a demo of it running in the PlayBook browser and it looks great. They are working on a WebWorks version of it but they need to find a way to wipe it remotely. They also stood up with Groupon and showed off BBM integration with their apps. Groupon let you chat or share a deal over BBM and Salesforce is adding it to Chatter.
Here is the Groupon BlackBerry app with BBM integration:
YouTube’s website on BlackBerry devices has been pretty pitiful since it first launched. Google has slowly been updating their mobile sites but iPhone and Android versions have always come first. It seems like Google techs are starting to pick up BlackBerry 7 devices because more of their properties are now showing higher end mobile experiences for newer BlackBerrys.
The latest is YouTube getting an HTML5 mobile version for BlackBerry 7 devices spotted by Bla1ze @CrackBerry. Nothing crazy new but hopefully Picasa will also get an overhaul. You can check out the new YouTube HTML5 experience at www.youtube.com from your BlackBerry 7 device.
I am not sure exactly when this happened but I remember checking earlier in the week and Twitter was still sending me to the subpar mobile site. Brian let me know that Twitter is now forwarding BlackBerry PlayBook users to their HTML5 tablet site which is way more usable. I am absolutely loving it now and it sort of makes a PlayBook Twitter app semi redundant except for notifications. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this one.
La respuesta a la pregunta si BlackBerry soporta Flash es: si… pero no
Si porque BlackBerry PlayBook soporta Flash, y no porque es el único dispositivo BlackBerry que hasta la fecha lo soporta.
Parecía que tras un anunció que realizó la misma RIM hace ya algún tiempo tendríamos soporte de Flash en nuestros dispositivos BlackBerry, pero tras el anuncio no llegó nunca dicha disponibilidad.
Se hablaba de que no había suficiente velocidad de dispositivo para soportar la sobrecarga de Flash, con el PlayBook y debido a su procesador dual-core no hay problema para ello.
¿Que si habrá soporte de Flash en los próximos dispositivos?…. habrá que esperar. Quizás con la llegada de BlackBerry 7 y los nuevos dispositivos anunciados, léase 9900, y los previstos no anunciados pero si previsto 9810, 9860, … y la sus nuevas velocidades de procesador, que en algunos casos casi dobla a los actuales, tendremos al fin Adobe Flash, el tiempo dirá.
Con la siguiente hornada de dispositivos, esto es con los terminales con QNX, tiempo falta para su disponibilidad, igual aquí las probabilidades de tener Flash sean más grandes, casi con toda seguridad.
Dicho sea de paso, que RIM tiene ganas de que tengamos Flash en nuestros dispositivos (no como Apple con su iPhone que no hay ganas de que tenga Flash), lo único que problemas técnicos y de rendimiento no lo permiten. Vaya que igual si que correría Flash en los actuales dispositivo, pero ¿a que velocidad? y ¿de que manera?. Así que para no tener una decepción en ello y tener una pobre experiencia mejor no tener.
Pero… aunque los actuales dispositivos no soportan Adobe Flash no todo está perdido.
Google tiene el servicio de Google swiffy, y el miso permite la conversión de archivos Flash SWF a HTML5.
He probado con los ejemplos de la galería y un dispositivo con BlackBerry 6, concretamente con una BlackBerry Torch 9800 y ¡¡¡funcionan!!!
Si alguien prueba con otros dispositivos y sistemas y archivos convertidos ya comentará que tal.
La respuesta a la pregunta si BlackBerry soporta Flash es: si… pero no 
Google tiene el servicio de 