An official Adobe employee has confirmed on the official developer forum that the Flash platform developer has decided to end development of Flash 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, citing the lack of “support [for]some of the critical APIs that we need”, despite having previously committed to deploying Flash 10.1 on current generation hardware running Windows Mobile 6.5, such as the HTC HD2.
The more cogent reason is due to the recent introduction of Windows Phone 7, many developers now view Windows Mobile 6.5 as a dead end in terms of investment and resources. The new platform will not be commercially available until the end of the year, leaving a noticeable gap in Flash support once Flash 10.1 rolls out later this year, beginning with Android 2.1.
With the recent confirmation of HTC’s HD2 Windows Phone 7 upgrade later this year, current owners and future owners on T-Mobile in the US will now have to wait until the end of the year for Flash 10.1.
Way to screw over Win 6.5 mobile users Adobe, no wonder why Steve Jobs don’t have any faith in you. I guess they didn’t get the newsflash that said Microsoft was continuing keeping BOTH platforms around and 7 wasn’t actually replacing 6.5 but providing a different user experience. Maybe you should should buy Skyfire as they did what you seem not able to! What kills me the most about this is I just want flash video on my phone, the hell with the application side of things. I hate seeing the flash box where a video should be on EVERY website I go to for news and fun. If I want to play a flash game or application, I can move to the desktop. I guess we are just too dumb as a culture to pick things out for ourselves. We still need to be told what to do much like my 4 year old…
I agree Adobe does suck, by doing this Adobe is basically saying screw all people with phones running winmo 6.5 when phones running the winmo 6.5 OS are still being sold, some haven’t even been released yet, such as the HTC HD2. Let’s just hope that the upgrade to winmo 7 late this year for capable phones like the HD2 is in fact accurate, or there would be no point in even buying the phone. A love how Adobe treats this as Windows Mobile 7 is replacing winmo 6.5, with this new development, if other companies follow suit with Adobe and decide that it isn’t worth making apps for winmo 6.5 anymore, then we might as well consider winmo 6.5 obsolete….it wouldn’t matter if flash wasn’t on like 200% of all websites, but it is, thanks Adobe, for causing the inevitable.