Adobe offered eWEEK a beta version of Flash Player 10.1, loaded onto a Nexus One smartphone running the prerelease version of Android 2.2, dubbed "Froyo." Testing was limited to WiFi, thanks to the devices lack of SIM card. While Flash Player 10.1, at least in beta, seems to offer solid battery life and smooth streaming video and animations, long load times on many Websites led to frustration. Adobe likely hopes that an effective mobile version of Flash, paired with Android, will allow it to counter criticisms leveled against it by Apple, which had barred Flash from the iPhone and iPad due to supposed bugginess and excessive battery drain. – Flash Player 10.1 will offer smartphones and other mobile devices the same
Web browsing capabilities as desktops, complete with streaming video and
Website animations. Thats what Adobe officials claim, at least, and they
were willing to support that assertion by sending eWEEK a Nexus One smartph…