Adobe and HTC announced today that the just unveiled HTC Hero will be the first Google Android-powered device to ship with support for Adobe Flash Platform technology.
“As the first Android device with Flash, the new HTC Hero represents a key milestone for Android and the Flash Platform. With close to 80 percent of all videos online delivered with Adobe Flash technology, consumers want to access rich Web content on-the-go.” said David Wadhwani, vice president and general manager, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “The collaboration with HTC offers people a more complete Flash based Web browsing experience today and presents an important step towards full Web browsing with Flash Player 10 on mobile phones in the future.”
Adobe has a demonstration of Flash running on the HTC Hero. A variety of Flash content, including video, games and components of web sites, are all shown to work in the video.
An effort called Open Screen Project, is also underway to bring Flash Player 10 to a number of other mobile devices, including other Android-based smartphones and other mobile computing platforms and devices.