Adobe Announces Flash Player 10.2 for Mobile

According to the company there should be over 200 million smartphones and tablets with support for Adobe AIR applications before the end of the ongoing year. Adobe AIR supports smartphones and tablets running under Android, iOS, BlackBerry Tablet OS.

At the same time, Adobe announced that it is showcasing the new Flash Player 10.2 at the mobile conference in Barcelona, Spain.

“The new release includes support for innovative new features including Stage Video, which delivers much improved video performance through optimizing hardware acceleration on mobile devices, desktops and TVs,” Adobe announced.

The company confirmed that the software would offer lower processor and memory usage and that Stage Video support for mobile devices will be included on Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” and BlackBerry Tablet OS.

Over 20 million smartphones were already shipped on the market, or got upgraded with Adobe Flash Player 10.1. The number should go up to over 132 million units worldwide during 2011.

The software is already available on Android, HP webOS and Google TV. It should arrive on future flavors of Windows Phone, LiMo, Samsung SmartTVs, and more.