
Content publishers are said to have begun customizing Flash content to proffer the best possible experience in context of small screens, which enhances interactions with larger buttons, adjusting the layout for mobile screens and more. These consist of ARM, Brightcove, Dell, Google, HTC, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung, Texas Instruments and more. On switching back to the browser, the player resumes work from where it stopped.ĭevice and technology partners have annunciated more specifics around their support for Flash Player 10.1. The Flash Player immediately pauses when there is an incoming phone call or the user switches the browser to other functions of the handset. The software bundles up features like Advanced Out-of-Memory Management that enables Flash to appropriately take care of non-optimized content that absorbs excessive resources and the automatic memory reduction, which reduces content usage of RAM by up to fifty percent. As the handset activates the sleep mode, the Flash Player slows down when the device enters screen saver mode. The Smart Rendering feature of the software further ensures performance optimization as it reduces CPU and battery consumption. The software efficiently utilizes CPU and battery performance of all major mobile silicon and platform vendors in order to augment the device’s performance.

The Smart Zooming enables users to scale content to full screen mode which produces an experience similar to that of an application from a Web page. Flash supports accelerometer that endows users to alter their view of the Flash content from landscape to portrait suiting their convenience. The software comes revamped and optimized for mobile phones, it brings along a new interaction method with support for mobile-specific input models.

It is also anticipated to be released through over-the-air downloads and come pre-installed in tablets, smartphones and other devices in coming months. The Flash Player 10.1 was made available to mobile platform partners, so that it could support handsets running on Android, BlackBerry, webOS, future versions of Windows Phone, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian OS. Handsets which are anticipated to support “Froyo” and Flash Player 10.1 include Google Nexus One, HTC Evo, HTC Desire, HTC Incredible, Dell Streak, Samsung Galaxy S, DROID by Motorola, Motorola Milestone and more.

The Flash Player 10.1 can be availed as a final production release for smartphones and tablets as soon as users can upgrade to Android 2.2 “Froyo”. Flash is already quite popular in the Android Market.
