Flash-Adobe’s Flash to ship on new Android phone
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Marking a departure from the world of iPhone, HTC's new Android-based Hero phone will also come with the ability to handle Flash elements that adorn many Web sites and power YouTube video.
HTC新款Android系统手机Hero将内建Adobe Flash播放器。
Adobe Systems announced on Wednesday that its Flash Player will be built into the HTC phone, an important step in the company's efforts to spread Flash to mobile phones. The phone, one of several from HTC to use Google's open-source operating system, is scheduled to ship in Europe starting in July and in Asia and North America later in the year.
Adobe在周三发布了一个公告称Flash Player将内建在HTC手机中，这是Flash迈向手机平台关键性的一步。Hero是HTC使用Google的开源操作系统的其中一款手机，将在7月登录欧洲，并在晚些时候登录亚洲和北美。
However, the initial version won't match Flash Player 10, the current version for PCs, which can run programs written with ActionScript 3. Instead, the Android version will handle ActionScript 2 applications written for Flash Player 9 chores, Adobe said. HTC is participating in the Open Screen Project to bring Flash Player 10 to mobile phones through over-the-air updates, though, so Adobe expects fuller Flash support eventually.
不过，这个内建的版本并不是最新的基于AS3的Flash Player 10，而是基于AS2的Flash Player9，Adobe称会在后续中推出Flash Player10的移动版。
"Flash Player 10 for mobile platforms that include Android is expected to be available in the first half of 2010. We are working on delivering a beta of Flash Player 10 in the fourth quarter of 2009," the company said in a statement.
预计Flash Player 10移动版讲在2010年初完成，将在2009年第四季度完成Flash Player 10的Beta版。
The Flash support will be built into the phone and not available as a download for other Android phone users, Adobe said.
Just having a check mark in a feature list isn't enough to outflank a competitor, but Flash is a significant feature on the Web. It powers many games, streaming videos, and dynamic stock charts, and other elaborate features on Web pages. And Flash is also used for many more dynamic advertisements.
Adobe demonstrated Flash on Android in an online video Wednesday, showing off the technology for watching a trailer at Yahoo Movies, playing the Penguin Swing game, and selecting a region on travel site Expedia. Double-clicking on the Flash element on the Web page runs it full screen.
Apple's iPhone doesn't run Flash, though Adobe would like to see it there and has been developing a version.
Apple's iPhone不支持Flash，尽管Adobe希望开发一个针对iPhone的版本，然后在iPhone上看到她。
"We are developing Flash player for the iPhone. To release software on the iPhone requires Apple's agreement. We have to make it work great, and need to get their agreement to have it released," said Adobe chief technology officer Kevin Lynch in a 2008 interview. "We would love to see Flash on the iPhone."
我们在开发Flash的iPhone版本，但是我们需要征得Apple的同意。Adobe的CTO Kevin Lynch在2008年的一次访谈中说，“我们希望在iPhone中看到Flash。”
个人觉得，Apple为了保持APP的独特性，估计是不会让Flash进入iPhone的，死心吧，Adobe。