Flash on Android – evidently some people like it
I was installing Flash Player on a new Android device today and noticed that the number of user ratings is quickly approaching 200,000 and those ratings are VERY good — 4.5 stars! Screenshot below from https://market.android.com/details?id=com.adobe.flashplayer – as of 3/31/2011 4:38PM EDT.
Evidently, some users like having Flash on their mobile devices.






well android needs something to crash the browser just like the PC world.
well a blog post needs a stupid comment to become relevant.
Flash Player has never crashed my Android browser. What an ignorant comment, “dan”.
And why not?! Flash is great, and so is AIR.
I agree with Joseph!!
Well, Dan should be one of this Apple Maniac who would change his mind for what ever Stve jobs would say.
My experience on Android has been completely unreliable. I think having Flash on it would just compound it even more. (Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro, Android 2.2).
Hi Mark, sorry for the unhappy experience on that nice little credit-card sized phone… Sony Ericsson itself doesn’t advertise that its 320×240 display can handle Flash content, and it’s not among the list of certified devices either:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/corporate/products/phoneportfolio/specification/xperiax10minipro
http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/
http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/4858/sony-ericsson-x10-mini-pro
Hardware, OS, and applications are all growing rapidly together. Gear purchased towards the beginning of this cycle may or may not be able to be upgraded. One thing’s for sure though… the next phone you get will be much more capable, at better price, than the earlier transition devices.
jd/adobe
Flash on mobile is great, biggest problem is that there are so many Android 2.2 devices on the market without flash support
(I mean Flash Player and AIR not Flash Lite) Users with devices like HTC Wildfire, LG P500 Optimus One, Samsung Galaxy Ace . . .
are in truble. This could be changed in the future.