Adobe shows off prototype Android tablet running Air and Flash 'flawlessly'

Re:Adobe shows off prototype Android tablet running Air and ... by melling on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @10:30PM (#1320142)

Google is moving to HTML5 on YouTube so there is no benefit here:

http://www.youtube.com/html5

Android should just do h.264 video. There is less overhead.

Also, won't apps written directly for the native (Java) APIs on Android provide better results? Aren't "native" Windows or Mac apps usually better on their respective platforms? AIR is a nice idea but adding one more layer on a phone with limited resources has to cost something in terms of app performance, battery life, and/or usability. It's good that Google is supporting Flash. However, I think they just need to be careful to make sure that there are a lot more "native" Android apps.

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Re:Adobe shows off prototype Android tablet running Air and ... by guelo on Wednesday May 05, 2010 @12:14AM (#1320311)

1. flash != video

2. Android does do h.264 and most Android devices have hardware decoders.

3. It doesn't seem you understand the concept of an open platform. Google doesn't need to "be careful" about anything, the market will decide.

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Re:Adobe shows off prototype Android tablet running Air and ... by andreyf on Wednesday May 05, 2010 @02:14AM (#1320480)

3. It doesn't seem you understand the concept of an open platform. Google doesn't need to "be careful" about anything, the market will decide.

Uh... which market? The cell phone market? I hate to break it to you, but most people don't buy their phones after considering whether or not the apps they might be interested in will be running natively or using an intermediate platform. To most people, phones are about communicating status more than anything else.

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