

The HTC Hero delivers powerful, compatible video playback performance using Flash technology, and interactive content enabled by ActionScript® 2.0. “We look forward to continuing our close collaboration with Adobe and to bringing Flash Player 10 support to our phones in the future.” “Adobe Flash is an important core technology for people interacting and experiencing the Web, it is only natural to be offering it on the new HTC Hero first,” said John Wang, chief marketing officer, HTC Corporation.
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People can also view YouTube videos using Flash technology, and enable full screen viewing mode by simply double tapping the screen. Users can browse and discover a broad set of Web content and applications not supported by mobile phones in the past. The new HTC Hero is a key element of the HTC experience and a new generation of HTC mobile phones and devices. “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.” 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. “As the first Android device with Flash, the new HTC Hero represents a key milestone for Android and the Flash Platform. The new phone delivers a more complete Web browsing experience and provides access to a broad variety of Flash technology based content available on the Web today. and LONDON - JAdobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and HTC, a global designer of mobile phones, today announced that the new HTC Hero is the first Android phone to ship with support for Adobe® Flash® Platform technology. New HTC Hero Delivers More Complete Web Browsing Experience with Adobe Flash Technology There is no information on whether this implementation will be available on other handsets – the G1, for example – at this time.Īdobe and HTC Bring Flash Platform to Android A demo of the user experience enabled by the Flash Platform on the HTC Hero and the Android operating system can be viewed at Not official word on availability right now but it should arrive with the new Hero handset this summer and in the US later this year on, it is assumed, T-Mobile’s version of the Hero device. Support for Sorenson and On2 VP6 codecs enables higher quality video and playback of existing Web content.

With progressive streaming of large MP3 audio files from a Web server and the local file storage, the HTC Hero provides a seamless audio experience. Users can enjoy and navigate through Web videos using intuitive video controls. The implementation will support video and audio codecs familiar to users of Flash on the desktop. Adobe and HTC are bringing Flash to Android on its new Hero smartphone.
