{"id":365885,"date":"2010-02-26T09:24:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5480985"},"modified":"2010-02-26T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:24:58","slug":"why-most-current-android-phones-will-never-get-flash-10-1-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/365885","title":{"rendered":"Why Most Current Android Phones Will Never Get Flash 10.1 [Android]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- videoId: vlWOocHwcLo --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/v\\\/vlWOocHwcLo&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22\",\"customParams\":[],\"width\":500,\"height\":412,\"ratio\":0.824,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":null,\"objectId\":null,\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"youtube\"} );\n<\/script><!-- \/videoId: vlWOocHwcLo --> Flash is coming to Android phones, and for this, <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5478573\/name-your-top-sites-using-flash\">some<\/a> of you are grateful. So when is it due? For some new handsets, the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5374115\/flash-101-full-flash-for-everyone-but-iphone-actually-playable-hd-vids\">first half of this year<\/a>.&#8221; But the rest? Probably never.<\/p>\n<p>There are two factors that&#8217;ll determine whether or not your phone is ready and able to run Flash, whenever it becomes available. First, you&#8217;ll have to worry about software: As far as we know, Adobe is only planning on supporting Android 2.0 and up, meaning that unless you&#8217;ve got a Droid or <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #nexusone\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/nexusone\/\">Nexus One<\/a>, you&#8217;re shit out of luck&mdash;unless, of course, your phone gets treated to an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>But even then! Optimized as it may be, at least some older hardware could have issues running Flash smoothly. Answering a question about a specific phone, Antonio Flores, a man posting on Adobe&#8217;s support forums who everyone&mdash;including a community manager there&mdash;seems roundly convinced is a legitimate Adobe employee, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.adobe.com\/thread\/550281?tstart=30\">says<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>No, the HTC Hero will not be supported b\/c it does not have the correct Android OS version and its chipset is not powerful enough. We require a device with an ARM v7 (Cortex) processor. Examples include the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets and TI OMAP3 series.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That Cortex qualifier could be a killer, too. Even if your G1 was treated to an official Android 2.1 update, there&#8217;s a good chance it just doesn&#8217;t have the horsepower. For the time being, this could&mdash;again!&mdash;be a Droid-and-Nexus-only affair. (<strong>Update<\/strong>: To be clear, what we&#8217;re talking about here is Adobe&#8217;s full mobile version of <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #flash101\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/flash101\/\">Flash 10.1<\/a>, not HTC&#8217;s version of Flash Lite.)<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of updates, there&#8217;s actually a <em>third<\/em> factor that could screw your phone out of new Flash: The upgrade path. The Palm Pre&#8217;s webOS 1.4 update helps prep the platform for Flash, but <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5480901\/sprints-palm-pre-and-pixi-webos-14-update-hits-today-with-video-recording-and-flash-10\">leaves it up to users<\/a> to download the plugin as an app. On Android, the distribution system <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5467382\/some-good-news-and-some-bad-news-about-adobe-flash-101\">looks like<\/a> it&#8217;ll be even more dependent on automatic, over-the-air delivery, so if Adobe tells your carrier and handset manufacturer that your handset isn&#8217;t up to the task, that too could keep you from experiencing the rich and wonderful scope of Ads That Move On The Internet, on your smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>For first and second generation phones, in other words, Flash 10.1 probably isn&#8217;t coming to Android at all. Sorry? [<a href=\"http:\/\/forums.adobe.com\/thread\/550281?tstart=30\">Adobe<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/androinica.com\/2010\/02\/25\/flash-10-1-will-not-be-supported-on-all-android-phones\/\">Andronica<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/htmls\/First-gen-Android-phones-to-be-shut-out-of-getting-Flash-10.1-update-article-a_9865.html\">PhoneArena<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=f29fdb2f218b1439ff11736bc06f1885&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=f29fdb2f218b1439ff11736bc06f1885&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=qtzA57qlYpc:9bx0hYPrMd4:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=qtzA57qlYpc:9bx0hYPrMd4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=qtzA57qlYpc:9bx0hYPrMd4:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=qtzA57qlYpc:9bx0hYPrMd4:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=qtzA57qlYpc:9bx0hYPrMd4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=qtzA57qlYpc:9bx0hYPrMd4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/qtzA57qlYpc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flash is coming to Android phones, and for this, some of you are grateful. So when is it due? For some new handsets, the &#8220;first half of this year.&#8221; But the rest? Probably never. 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