Adobe gave up on mobile Flash.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/09/us-adobe-apple-idUSTRE7A84NO20111109
Now it is even more obvious that HTML5 is the technology of choice. HTML5 originated from the grudge of companies that wanted to break free from a dysfunctional consortium, W3C. It is not every day that an open standard comes out winning. Nokia/Symbian used to be the major licensee of mobile Flash. But Symbian is no longer a viable platform. Windows Mobile is going with Silverlight. Google has been a major champion for HTML5. It is up to Adobe to work on various hardware compositions with Android licensees. I don't know whether Adobe had planned for all the factors or whether Adobe has done its best to meet the challenges head on. The consequence of the announcement is that Adobe has not just given up on mobile Flash, it also sent a disturbing signal to its developer community.
Developers invest in technologies that they can leverage upon. When Adobe stopped the development of mobile Flash, it means all the technical know-how and the digital assets invested in Flash are not going to be applicable on mobile devices. Mobile devices are the new frontier. If developers have no Flash but HTML5 on mobile devices, the future investment of their money, time, and brain power will go to HTML5. The death of mobile Flash is not just the end of Flash on mobile devices. It will soon drag down the desktop Flash with it.
Developers invest in technologies that they can leverage upon. When Adobe stopped the development of mobile Flash, it means all the technical know-how and the digital assets invested in Flash are not going to be applicable on mobile devices. Mobile devices are the new frontier. If developers have no Flash but HTML5 on mobile devices, the future investment of their money, time, and brain power will go to HTML5. The death of mobile Flash is not just the end of Flash on mobile devices. It will soon drag down the desktop Flash with it.
