Adobe Flash 10.2 for Honeycomb dated

Adobe has announced on their blog that Adobe Flash 10.2 for Android 3.0.1 (Honeycomb) tablets will be available on Friday, March 18th. They state that they have been working very closely with Google to integrate Flash 10.2 into the new OS and browser capabilities of Honeycomb. Currently the only Honeycomb tablet available is the Motorola XOOM.

Hardware accelerated video presentation for H.264 (Android 3.0.1+ only)

Flash Player 10.2 leverages the Stage Video rendering pipeline to enable users of Android 3.0 tablets, like the MOTOROLA XOOMT, to enjoy smooth playback of high-definition Flash video content on the web.   Users will experience reduced CPU usage and higher frame rates for existing H.264 video content.

Deeper integration with the Android browser rendering engine (Android 3.0.1+ only)

Deeper integration of Flash Player and the enhanced Android 3.0 browser delivers faster and better rendering of rich, interactive web content resulting in a browsing experience similar to the desktop.

Flash Player can now render content as part of the web page along with other components such as HTML, images and gif animation. As a result, users will experience:

• Improved scrolling of web pages;

• Uncompromised viewing of rich, immersive content in the way intended by the page designer, including support for instances where HTML and other web content is composited over Flash Player rendered content.  Flash Player rendered content will continue to be placed in a separate window on top of HTML in the Android 2.2 and 2.3 browsers, as these browsers do not support the new Android 3.0 browser rendering model.

Enhanced performance for the latest smartphones and tablets

Experience performance improvements designed to take advantage of the current generation of multi-core, GPU-enabled processors to deliver Flash videos, games and other interactive Web content on the latest smartphones and tablets.  For a list of upcoming Flash-enabled devices which show off the latest performance improvements, including the MOTOROLA ATRIXT 4G, MOTOROLA XOOMT and LG Optimus 2X, please click here.

Automatic soft keyboard support

Users of touch screen devices will enjoy a more optimized experience interacting with rich content that requires keyboard input.  This feature simplifies the development of multiscreen applications that require keyboard input, making it easier for developers to optimize desktop applications for mobile devices. A new ActionScript API enables developers to automatically launch and display the soft keyboard.

In addition to its availability on Android Market, the production GA release of Flash Player 10.2 will also be available pre-installed on many upcoming tablets and smartphones or delivered as an over-the-air (OTA) update to existing devices in market.

ALL SUPPORTED DEVICES

Acer

• Acer Liquid
• Acer Liquid E Ferrari Special Edition
• Acer Stream

Dell

• Dell Streak
• Dell Streak 7

HTC

• HTC DesireT
• HTC Desire HD
• HTC Desire Z
• Droid Incredible by HTC
• HTC EvoT 4G
• HTC InspireT 4G
• Nexus One with Google
• T-Mobile® G2T with Google
• T-Mobile myTouch®

Logitech

• Logitech RevueT

Motorola

• Droid
• Droid 2
• Droid 2 Global
• Droid Bionic 4G by Motorola
• Droid Pro
• Droid R2-D2
• Droid X
• Motorola AtrixT
• Motorola Cliq 2T with Motoblur
• Motorola XoomT
• Motorola MilestoneT 2

RIM

• BlackBerry® PlayBookT

Samsung

• Nexus S with Google
• Samsung EpicT 4G
• Samsung FascinateT
• Samsung Galaxy TabT

Sony

• Sony® Internet TV
• Sony Internet TV Blu-ray

Posted by Gareth