Adobe Systems Makes Update Versions for Flash Player and Adobe AIR Technologies

Adobe Systems provided beta versions of updates to its Flash Player and Adobe AIR technologies.

According to Justin Everett-Church, senior product manager for Adobe Flash Player it is possible to make good Web content for the browser when running the Flash Player and for the desktop when using Adobe AIR. He also said that Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2 would be available in the market in the first half of 2010.

The Flash Player 10.1 is equipped with media delivery that uses HTTP streaming and content protection from Adobe Flash Access 2.0. It can also use a maximum hardware decoding of H.264 video on Windows PCs devices that help to keep battery life and provide a good quality of video playback.

Flash Player 10.1 will be compatible with a number of devices, i.e. smartphones, netbooks, and other Internet-connected devices. Such files as SWF are also possible to use on devices that will require limited processing power.

AIR 2 is made for offline running of Web applications and it backs up for mass storage devices, native application processes and peer-to-peer and UDP (User Diagram Protocol) networking. Users have an opportunity to open a document with the help of an AIR application.

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