ADOBE EVANGELIST Serge Jespers reckons that the company's Flash Player for mobile devices will be out on time, despite what his boss was thought to have said.
We reported yesterday that Flash Player, which will work on Android smartphones but not Apple's Idoorstop, was delayed, but it turns out that we got it wrong. Well we didn't, but someone did.
"There seems to be some confusion around whether or not Flash Player 10.1 for mobile devices (including Android) will ship in the first half of 2010 like we promised," said Jespers.
"The confusion started when an interview with Adobe's chief executive Shantanu Narayen was misinterpreted. He said that Android devices with Flash Player 10.1 preinstalled will start shipping in H2."
Jesper added that he wanted to set the record straight, saying "Flash Player 10.1 for mobile devices (including Android) is still on track for an H1 2010 release!" And yes, that is an exclamation mark.
This, we observe, is what can happen when you let the desk jockeys do all the talking. Next time the firm should leave it up to its evangelists and bloggers to give us the real story. µ
You can't bring up their use of exclaimation marks, you sign every article off with a mu!
Adobe's CEO should bring support for WinMo 6.5 back, so we can install to our current smartphones.
Who is going to run WinMo 7, or have an upgrade path to a phone that uses WinMo 7? Its Android 2.x from here on out!
It's the iDoorstop, get it right.