• Adobe Showcases Flash on Motorola Droid 2

    Adobe Showcases Flash on Motorola Droid 2

    Techtree News Staff, Aug 11, 2010 1751 hrs IST

    Flash Player 10.1 on the Droid 2 is hardware accelerated

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Folks over at Adobe have released an interesting video showcasing Motorola Droid 2, the company's upcoming Android smartphone running Flash.

While we all know that updating your Android phone to Android 2.2 Froyo will endow it with Flash support, the sad part here is that not many devices have been given the Froyo update treatment so far. Apart from that, Flash support in Froyo in other handsets like the Nexus One, the HTC Desire and HTC EVO 4G is enabled using a downloadable Flash application. That's not the case with the Droid 2 which gets Flash right out of the box, without the need for any installation.

Also, it is pertinent to note is that Flash Player 10.1 on the Droid 2 is hardware accelerated. This means that should you have a Droid 2, all you need to do to view websites in their full glory is to visit them!

Take a look at the afforementioned video here.






All this when Apple continues to stay away from Adobe because Flash supposedly "slows down" the systems makes the Cupertino based company look stupid right now.

The Motorola Droid 2 will be available soon in U.S.

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(10) Comments
sekar
,chennai, on Sep 22, 2010 04:29 PM
hi guys pls help me im try to install the adobe flash but not installing
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Mustafa
,Hyderabad, on Aug 12, 2010 11:43 PM
Move over flash already... HTML5 canvas is the way to go!
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Frustrated Droi
,Boston, on Aug 11, 2010 07:10 PM
I just got my droid x... damn them.. droid 2.. wth. I waited after the droid incredible came out to get the droid x, and soon after news about droid 2 started coming up everywhere... So.. about 3 days after droid 2s release I'm guessing they'll come out with "droid 2 incredible" or some crap like that. Damnit, let a product be relevant for MORE than a couple days PLEASE.
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john
,lynwood, on Aug 11, 2010 08:13 PM
The droid 2 does not come close to the droid x check the specs.
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Eric
,Laurel de, on Aug 11, 2010 07:32 PM
Yeah. It works so well.....I'm on a Droid with froyo now and can't watch the damn video. Its incomplete and the app doesn't work yet
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John
,Lapeer, on Aug 11, 2010 07:26 PM
Ive been running flash on Droid(1) and it does ok...At least it works...why are they saying it wont work on Droid(1)....????
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Dar
,Pekin, on Aug 11, 2010 06:53 PM
Watch the video carefully. The flash is sluggesh and the demonstrator has to make multiple touch attempts many times. The flash is noticeably slow on a very fast droid so I don't really thing it makes Apple look "stupid". Plus, we still have no independent tests of battery life with flash running.
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Anonymous
,USA, on Aug 11, 2010 07:19 PM
What does making multiple touch attempts have anything to do with how flash runs on the device?
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Ozoneocean
,Perth, on Aug 11, 2010 06:48 PM
Flash runs perfectly smoothly on 2.2 on my Desire, just the same as on a PC or Mac. and Flash Lite worked pretty well on it when it was 2.1. The whole Flash fiasco was created by Apple and the sensation hungry press.
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LimRickNews
,Chicago, on Aug 11, 2010 06:39 PM
Verizon has released its Droid 2. For Droid 1’ers, its 2 good 2 be true. With a speedier chip And a keyboard more hip, A smartphone can get smarter? Who knew? For more, google "LimRickNews".
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