Flash coming to iPhone - Its official

I am very sure that,  this is going to be great news for many of us. You know why??? - Adobe developing Flash for iPhone via SDK

Adobe is in the process of developing its own Flash client for the iPhone, company chief Shantanu Narayen told investment experts during a conference call (registration required). The executive revealed that Adobe has obtained the publicly available Software Development Kit and intends to release a version of the animation plugin through the App Store as soon as the software is completed. Narayen stated that analysis by the company suggested a form of Flash could be developed without requiring special access to Apple’s mobile Safari browser and that it would be an important launch regardless of how it arrives. “We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone,” the Adobe head noted. “We have evaluated [the SDK] and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves.” Read More

Two Big annoucements from Adobe

1)  Flash Lite has Shipped on Over Half a Billion Device - It was only a few years ago that Adobe was passing the 20 million unit shipped milestone and the 100 million mark was a much desirable number to reach but, its 500 million my friend. Its a very very impressive number. Flash Lite shipments have experienced 150% year over year growth and are now delivered on devices from every major handset manufacturer worldwide including Nokia, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and many others.

2) Microsoft Licenses Flash Lite 3 and Reader LE for Windows Mobile – Along with this, Adobe also announced that Microsoft has licensed both Flash Lite 3 and Reader LE for inclusion in Windows Mobile devices world wide. Under the terms of this agreement, Windows Mobile OEM’s will ship both Flash Lite 3 and Reader LE with their products world wide.  This is an important win for Adobe and for our developer community and is one more agreement that validates the demand for our technologies in the market.

Read A Developer’s Perspective of this announcement in one of my most respected colleague - Bill Perry’s blog

There is another interesting post at ZDnet - The motives in a nutshell

Read more about both the announcements: Yahoo Finance