News October 9, 2010

Adobe Air Android Arrives … Apps Already Arriving

If you hear ‘Adobe Air’ and think ‘huh?’, you are not alone. Unlike Flash, which is a pretty high-profile content-enabler (and computer disabler if you listen to Steve Jobs), Air is a much smaller and lighter component which has become more popular recently, and is used to fuel things like TweetDeck, the Good Old Games downloader, and the corporate Twitter-alike Yammer. There are a ton more, as evidenced by this article pointing out 60+ Air applications you should know.

About a month or so ago Adobe announced that they would bring the Air platform to Android smartphones, and today they have done just that! You can now grab it from the Android Market, though it is a relatively chunky 5.7MB (not clear if you can move it to the SD card).

As for the Apps – there are already a bunch showing up on AppBrain, so you can keep an eye there and see when your favorite comes to Android!

What is your favorite Air app for the desktop?

Sources: Geeky-Gadgets, Engadget, AppBrain

Tags: Android Apps

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About Michael Anderson

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I have loved technology for as long as I can remember - and have been a computer gamer since the PDP-10! Mobile Technology has played a major role in my life - I have used an electronic companion since the HP95LX more than 20 years ago, and have been a 'Laptop First' person since my Compaq LTE Lite 3/20 and Powerbook 170 back in 1991! As an avid gamer and gadget-junkie I was constantly asked for my opinions on new technology, which led to writing small blurbs ... and eventually becoming a reviewer many years ago. My family is my biggest priority in life, and they alternate between loving and tolerating my gaming and gadget hobbies ... but ultimately benefits from the addition of technology to our lives!

Francis Scardino

I’m pretty excited about Adobe Air for mobile platforms. Development is free for anyone to use to even Apps for Apple devices means you shouldn’t have to pay royalties to Apple like you do with the iPhone SDK. Adobe also says that publishing to the App store is much easier than before. Hopefully we can get some feature rich Adobe Air apps soon.
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