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Adobe to finally pull Flash from Android

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Aug, 2012

We've heard this more than a few times, but today Adobe looks to get serious and actually do it. Starting tomorrow Adobe will no longer be allowing users to download their Flash Player for Android. It has officially reached the end of its life. Adobe has been a part of Android for a long time, but they are finally dropping support.

Firefox for Android beta updated with new UI and Flash support

By Cory Gunther
on 15 May, 2012

Mozilla has just released another update to their popular browser for Android today. This was just released this afternoon and is actually the Firefox for Android beta. If you're using the standard release you'll want to check out the newest beta because of its redesigned user interface and more. Check out the details below.

Adobe: Flash support not included in Chrome for Android

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Feb, 2012

Just like many of you, I downloaded the new Google Chrome for Android this morning and quickly realized that Adobe Flash was not supported. I had a feeling it wouldn't be, and now after confirming its lack of support Adobe has made an official announcement basically following up on earlier announcements that they weren't supporting Android moving forward. That was fast!

Firefox 10 update hits Android Market, Flash still missing

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Jan, 2012

For all those users of the popular Firefox browser for Android we have good news today. Firefox 10 has just landed in the market and the update is available now thanks to Mozilla. Along with tons of improvements to overall stability and performance we have a faster and easier set up and sync, but Adobe's Flash Player is still missing.

Android Community Weekly: November 13, 2011

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 13 Nov, 2011

We hope everyone had a great Veteran's Day and made a giant wish during 11:11AM/PM 11/11/11! I'm sure some of you were wishing for an exact release date for Samsung's Galaxy Nexus - because we sure were. This week in tech news HTC's entire upcoming device codename list dropped, the DROID RAZR launched, Adobe announced that it will no longer support Flash for mobile devices, and much more.

Adobe Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 available tonight for download

By Cory Gunther
on 3 Oct, 2011

Today Adobe is rocking the news with their MAX conference. They have just announced the much anticipated Adobe Flash Player 11 will be available starting tonight for multiple platforms, including Android. Same rules apply for Air 3.0 and they will be available tonight at 9:00 PM PT or early morning for you East Coast folks. The latest Flash updates will bring significant changes that were detailed in-depth back in September.

Adobe Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 Announced, Promises stable Flash, 3D and more

By Cory Gunther
on 21 Sep, 2011

Today on the official Adobe Blog Adobe has outlined plenty of what we will see in the future. With Flash Player 11, AIR 3, 3D and console quality gaming and more all across multiple platforms and especially mobile, all thanks to Flash 11 and AIR 3. According to Adobe these updates will bring the “next generation of immersive apps across platforms including Android, iOS (via AIR), BlackBerry Tablet OS, Mac OS, Windows, connected TVs and other platforms.”

Adobe Flash 10.3 and Air both have updates in Market

By Cory Gunther
on 18 May, 2011

It looks like Adobe hasn't wasted any time adding some fixes or updated to these two popular apps in the Android Market. Just last week Flash got updated to 10.3 and brought some welcomed changes and updates for Android 3.1 and Honeycomb tablets. This update today doesn't say much, but updates must be good right.

Adobe Flash for Android updated to 10.3 focuses on Android 3.1

By Cory Gunther
on 12 May, 2011

It looks like today Adobe has silently rolled out Flash 10.3 for Android today, available in the Android Market now. It was recently updated to 10.2 and there was comments about the next Honeycomb update in the release notes that were quickly removed. This time there seems to not be much for release notes or a changelog except for 10.2 stuff.

ViewSonic GTab update adds Flash and USB peripheral support

By Chris Davies
on 16 Apr, 2011

ViewSonic has pushed out a firmware update for the GTab, which adds Adobe Flash support among other things. The new software - available as an OTA update - also adds to the GTab's productivity abilities, as it throws USB keyboard and mouse support onto the Android slate. There's also support for an external docking station, the addition of new international cities in the Weather app, and a few new languages supported. The OTA update should be automatically offered in the notification area. Meanwhile, if you're more into raw speed then it's worth checking out the 1.4GHz/1.6GHz overclock we wrote about yesterday. [Thanks n900mixalot!] Press Release:

gTablet Software Update April 14, 2011 A software update has been released and is available by Over-the-Air (OTA) update. Highlights of the upgraded software include: Adobe Flash support External docking station support USB keyboard and mouse support International cities available in Weather Spanish and French language support Energy saving screen lock A notification will appear next time you reboot or power on the GTablet. Simply tap the icon in the notification area to proceed. The update will download and install automatically. To install the update manually, select the Updates icon from the program launcher.