Adobe announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress that Flash Player 10 will be available on smartphones running Windows Mobile, Google’s Android, Nokia S60/Symbian, and the new Palm operating systems by early 2010.

What does this mean for Flash and Flex developers? It means that we can finally use the same tools that we use to develop our Flash and Flex applications, be it the Flash IDE, Flex Builder, FDT/Eclipse or Flash Develop, and writing Actionscript 3 code to build apps that will run on mobile handsets that support Flash Player 10. No longer are we restricted to the limited features of FlashLite and the Actionscript 2 language. I expect to see an explosion of developers from within the Flash and Flex communities jump on board the mobile bandwagon in 2010.

In addition to the Flash Player 10 announcement, Adobe in partnership with Nokia, also announced the $10 Million Open Screen Project Fund. The Open Screen Project Fund encourages the use of Adobe tools and existing developer skills to create exciting and unique Flash applications for millions of Nokia devices. With the widespread adoption of Flash Player 10 in the mobile world, this should help solidify Flash as the ubiquitous platform for mobile development.

Naturally, there will always be the Flash haters who prefer to run native apps and live in a Flash-free world. And then there’s the iPhone, which is a subject better left for another day.

Tags: Adobe, Flash Player, mobile, Open Screen Project Fund

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