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Video Demo: Flash Tools and Support Coming to BlackBerry

by Kevin Michaluk on 10 Nov 2009 10:59 AM
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[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ]

One of the big announcements at the BlackBerry Developer Conference yesterday was the new partnership between Adobe and BlackBerry. When it comes to flash on a mobile device, RIM is going way beyond just being able to play an animation or flash movie on a BlackBerry but is working with Adobe to really BlackBerry-ize Adobe's creative tools to make it that much easier to make rich BlackBerry app experiences. Heck, I'm pretty sure that even with just my circa 1999 web skillz that I could build a BlackBerry widget with the new BB plugin coming in Adobe CS5.

You can check out the video above to get a first glimpse of some of the flash dev tools and experience. Great things coming to BlackBerry Smartphones soon!!

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Posted by eastfamily Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

I can't believe this! This is gonna be huge. And with RIM's acquisition of Torch Mobile, both of these combined will be awesome. Let's hope they integrate this into this generation of handsets!

 
 
Posted by pkn068 Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

I almost wish I had never seen all this new stuff coming out! Now I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas!

 
 
Posted by blutricky Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

Can't wait till this is available. It's a beautiful thing.

 
 
Posted by kevin5377 Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

This was the one thing I was missing with my BB!!!!

 
 
Posted by 1magine Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

These are annoucements only. Nothing new was deployed yesterday. Even the 5.0 tools are still beta. Great to play with but no commercial developer or distributor is going to spend allot of time developing until they are finalized. 2 years ago we were told by RIM that they were working on getting Flash to BB, working the kinks out of Java to make it so. Same thing last year. Its not that I don't trust RIM, but I sure as heck am gonna make them shuffle the deck before they deal.

 
 
Posted by eastfamily Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

You know 1magine, I would tend to agree, but when RIM made these announcements before, did they have something working on screen to show at a developer conference? I don't see this in the next few months, but I can easily see this within the current generation of smartphones and not waiting until OS 5.1 or 5.2

 
 
Posted by gwtiff54 Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

Still way behind. But they are starting to do a LITTLE something. Happy for you bb users.

 
 
Posted by hudss Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

Well I'm sure one day apple apple will get flash..maybe even google voice..guessing 2012 since it takes a couple of years for them to catch up..In the mean time, I am happy ATT is working on their service. They spent millions upgrading their towers in NY this year...FInally I have 1 bar on the West Side.

 
 
Posted by jessep28 Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

Will these Adobe products be bloated on Blackberry smartphones like they are on PC workstations? :)

 
 
Posted by blueskyjunkie Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

Can't wait to see all the great things that come out of this!!!

 
 
Posted by Iceman83 Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

Before I switch to another phone!!

 
 
Posted by TamCat Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

So instead of simply bringing out a flash plugin asap they are going to go way beyond and spend far too long developing something more advanced. I dunno about you but I would just like to get some basic flash functionality on my BB first!
Probabably gonna be another year before they finally release this in OS6 maybe?

 
 
Posted by alan8385 Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

I think i just cried a little inside. I can't wait for this to become implemented across the BlackBerry world!

 
 
Posted by jlb21 Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

I am so excited I am doing a Hulu dance.....

 
 
Posted by smoothwis Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

so i guess fv on my 8520 will soon be possible and also you tube

 
 
Posted by korp Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

SICK.

 
 
Posted by and.dats.dat Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

Is there a release date?

 
 
Posted by and.dats.dat Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

How come the announcer says at the very beginning "As of today you can......." if it isn't today??

 
 
Posted by helofast Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

finally! cant wait

 
 
Posted by jasonc624 Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

I don't think its gonna take till os 6 for this to be implemented. It will be here sooner then we think.

 
 
Posted by ChuckH0308 Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 927 days ago

OK, last week I was ready to ditch Blackberry and now they come out with all this exciting news! Question is, WHEN are we going to see all this stuff? I can't wait forever! And I hope we get Flash before the iPhone!

 
 
Posted by KyleStormSure Monday, Feb 22, 2010 823 days ago

The iPhone will NEVER have flash. Steve Jobs hates it. And also they're worried about sales from the App store.

 
 
Posted by photoeditor Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 926 days ago

Point-and-click developer tools that not only work but don't require coding ability. This ought to actually get things moving.

 
 
Posted by bentzen Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 925 days ago

this i definitely a step in the right direction. i sure hope this is going to be implemented in just a couple of months, 'cause it really would make bb the ultimate smartphone. the hazzle of going back and forth between the browser and media player is just plain annoying, and only being able to browse web pages old school style, well yeah...

 
 
Posted by beGun86 Monday, Nov 23, 2009 913 days ago

Yes!! Another reason to love Blackberry!

 
 
Posted by Dafowl1 Monday, Feb 15, 2010 829 days ago

I need this like yesterday