> Ahead of the event, some observers speculated that RIM would announce a new smartphone that includes support for Flash. In an April [interview with Fox News](http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4148785/adobe-ceo-on-creative-suite-5-and-apple), Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said RIM would bring Flash support to its devices in the second half of this year. > > At the event Tuesday, RIM executives declined to provide a specific date for when BlackBerry devices would include Flash support. A spokesman however said that work was under way with Adobe to optimize the multimedia platform for…

> Adobe hasn’t given any signs that it’s close to porting Flash to webOS, Palm said in an AT&T online app development seminar on Thursday. When asked about the multiple delays, a representative said that Palm didn’t ‘know what the hold-up is’ with getting it ready. Adobe itself hasn’t commented on the state of the webOS version or of other platforms. > > The absence of updates on the status of Flash for webOS casts some doubt on Adobe’s plans. Officially, devices from all platforms should have…

> **Developers jump ship?** > > There’s another reason the iPhone is losing its edge. Developers may be switching to Android. > > The iPhone’s appeal is in large part tied to the hundreds of thousands of applications available in the App Store. But Apple’s controlling nature has frustrated developers. Its esoteric App Store rules mean that applications can be rejected for all manner of reasons, creating a strong disincentive to develop on the platform. > > Apple has earned enemies, too, in its battle against Adobe Flash. By essentially banning Flash from the…

> Goodbye, Apple. I’m ditching my [iPhone](http://photo.newsweek.com/content/photo/2008/1/apples-seeds-of-innovation.html). Seriously, I’m gone. via [blog.newsweek.com](http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/techtonicshifts/archive/2010/05/20/sayonara-iphone-why-i-m-switching-to-android.aspx)So Google made some announcements yesterday, and the Fandroids are jumping for joy. Oh, boy. Where to begin. For starters, you can read Daniel (Fake Steve Jobs) Lyons’ rant about how he’s switching to Android now, because Apple got “lazy”. Whatever. Never thought the Fake Jobs thing was funny. Always knew this…

> I hope for Adobe’s sake that he’s being disingenuous about these issues; otherwise the co-chairman of their board is completely ignorant of how their flagship products are perceived by many Mac users. via [daringfireball.net](http://daringfireball.net/2010/05/paczkowski_geschke)This article is a very interesting read. Gruber reacts to an interview of Adobe’s Chuck Gescheke by John Paczkowski. My take is that Gescheke is toeing the company line here. He can’t possibly believe a lot of what he’s saying about Flash being…