Adobe to distribute Android handsets to its employees?

By on May 2, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Rumor May 2, 2010

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It is a good time to be an Adobe employee; not only are you drunk with euphoria over the successful launch of Creative Suite 5, but you may also find yourself rocking a hot, new Android handset courtesy of your employer. In a public show of support for Android and a large scale example of dog-fooding, Adobe may be handing out Android handsets to it employees. The distribution is expected to coincide with the highly anticipated launch of Flash for Android at the upcoming Google I/O conference. No details on which handset will get the Adobe blessing or whether these handsets are destined for all employees or just the development team. Hopefully, this rumor pans out as the folks at Adobe need a little pick-me-up right now.

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  • http://www.break.com Jonas Bro.

    Pow. That’s what I’m talking about. Why not give everyone a phone that works with their own software. Great idea.

  • Android 2003

    That’s right folks! Bring on the free phones running Android for my peeps making FarmVille and YoVille possible on our 3.5-4.3 inch screens. In between checkin’ up on my crops I can view flash based ads floating on my screen as I try repeatedly to close them out. Apple who!!! Suck on that MAC losers!!!

    • QuickWeevil

      Ha! I see what you did there!

    • itin

      It is not the technology’s (or Adobe’s) fault that people use so much Flash to produce annoying ads. HTML 5 might someday be able to replace Flash, but from what I have seen, Flash is way easier to develop an advanced app in than creating it in HTML/Javascript.

  • JFA

    VERY LUCKY Adobe employees. They’ll most likely be getting a Nexus One since it is THEE Google phone, and also works with flash. The Droid or Droid Incredible is also a possibility, but i’m betting more on the Nexus One.

    • Android 2003

      Exactly. You would definately want to give your emplyees a phone that Google gave up trying to fix just three months after they released it.

      • Roman

        If your talking about the hyped up 3G fix, then yes they did stop supporting it.

        BTW, 3G problem was blown out of proportion. Many have the nexus one reporting not a single issue with the signal. Some needed the update and some didn’t. I heard the iPad 3G is getting bad signals along with the wifi only model. Care to refute those claims?

        If your talking about the nexus one being left out of future updates, then your off your rocker. Why spread FUD, what does it do for you or anyone else for that matter

        A bad thing to observe. The misinformed leading the misinformed and getting a “kudos” for it…

      • …

        *definitely. rookie mistake

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/Strodtbeck.C Charles

    There’s a youtube video of flash on the nexus one doing some tests and flash is outperforming video (codecs or whatever they are using) big time. Maybe Apple’s stunt is just what Adobe needed to relight their fire.

    Now I wonder, if Adobe gets flash “right” on mobile devices. . . will Apple then ask for it on their mobile idevices? If so, will Adobe accommodate?

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/Strodtbeck.C Charles

    Found the youtube vidoe for anyone interested. . .

    Flash Vs HTML5 on the nexus one

  • Matt

    who cares… Adobe is the past. Here’s me raising a glass to the sinking of that ship (preferably with sprint on it)….

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

    • itin

      I am no Adobe fan, but I welcome anyone standing in the way of MS(desktop) or Apple(mobile) becoming dominant. Independent software vendors are very important. Same reason I continue to hope that soon Corel will knock something outta the park to give Adobe some graphics competition soon.

  • Chad

    Give em the Evo!!

    • Rachel Ray

      Give em the EVOO!!

      • Rich

        i lol’d

  • Perspective

    “if Adobe gets flash ‘right’ on mobile devices. . .”

    If my aunt were male she’d be my uncle. Besides, why would Adobe get Flash right now? Wouldn’t that be an admission they’ve been mailing it in all these years?

    • http://www.google.com/profiles/Strodtbeck.C Charles

      Not necessarily. Google has done a lot for web programs to access hardware acceleration and act more like a installed app and it’s possible that may help Adobe’s flash. There has also been a lot of progress on the GPU side of things for mobile devices.

      Besides. . . Flash seems to work fine on my Win7 laptop. Comparing CPU usage of flash to say WMP flash actually does better.

      FYI, I’m not a flash fan. I think it has been overly used and abused by web developers but it may still have a place in cross platform programming similar to runtime revolution. Nor am I an Apple fan or hater. I am a fan of choice and freedom though ;)

      Like everything, things evolve and what we ultimately end up with no once can be certain of today.

  • pat

    They should give everyone attending Google io a free cs5 suite too!

  • Suckers

    It’s amazing how Apple says Flash is dead and all of a sudden the fanboys agree and are starting to spew their venom online. Weren’t you fools wetting your panties over the potential release on the iPod/iPad?

    • http://www.google.com/profiles/Strodtbeck.C Charles

      Even more interesting is that now the statement is, you had your chance Adobe and didn’t produced, because of Steve Jobs letter stating that Adobe couldn’t produce flash for his idevices. However, from what I’ve read, Adobe was clear with Apple about needing a certain level of access to the OS and hardware that Apple consistently refused.

      So how was Adobe supposed to produce flash for the iPhone when they couldn’t get the access they needed?

      • Android 2003

        @ Charles,

        A better question. How does HTML 5 work so well without that “needed” access? Surely it couldn’t be that HTML 5 provides more efficient tools for the mobile space? Could it be that the CEO’s of large tech companies (Apple, Google and Microsoft) have a better idea of where the Internet is headed than people posting comments online?

      • http://www.google.com/profiles/Strodtbeck.C Charles

        “How does HTML 5 work so well without that “needed” access? ”

        That’s a “future” question because HTML5 isn’t even set yet. So how do you know it works better without the needed access and doesn’t have the access? Doesn’t the browser have the access?

        The only thing I say about HTML5 is a video on youtube. And that is a test by Adobe. Whether or not HTML5 produces more efficient tools has yet to be seen since it isn’t even set yet.

        As for Apple, Google, and MS. . . well, do we really believe they have our best interests at heart 100% of the time if at all? Jobs wants H.264 (see this post about that: http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Culture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA ), and interestingly enough MS jumps on that wagon?!? Could it be that both Apple and MS are part of MPEG-LA and stand to gain significantly if H.264 is implemented across the web? If H.264 is so great then why is Mozilla refusing to support it? And if MS & Apple have our best interests at heart why don’t they open H.264 up to the entire community and open source it under GPL/GNU?

        Who has the better idea where it is headed? Apple says no to Flash, Google supports it, MS says HTML5 is the future but is allowing flash. . . Only Apple is the odd one here. It isn’t a question if HTML5 is the future or not, of course it is just like HTML4 was the “future” before it and HTML6 will be the next future. That has nothing to do with Flash.

      • mmmiles

        HTML5 has been in use for over a year now on a number of sites. YouTube is the most significant, if you are concerned just with video. Many news websites have upgraded to HTML5/H.264 support since the iPad release, and many other sites are following suit.

        HTML5 is a standard, and all the major browsers will support it.

        You are asking why they don’t make it completely free – what proof is there that making h.264 open source would be a benefit? Just doing it on principle doesn’t count, and innovation costs money.

        Mozilla will support it eventually. They make over $80 million per year in revenue, most of it search related. I’m sure they’re not happy about the license fee, and the exact wording from MPEG-LA as to how accessible they will keep h.264 is important, but Mozilla can certainly afford to license it without too much trouble.

    • Android 2003

      Yeah those stupid Fanboys. They probably use ClickToFlash to their lose. No scrolling Ads and no wasted GPU cycles. Also, knowing those idiots they always figured Flash sucked anyway. Good thing Microsoft proved those Fanboys and Apple right this week. Suck ont that MAC losers.

  • StevenGlansburg

    Very good of Adobe to do that. Now I can’t wait for Flash to be finished for WebOS. I’m glad I have my Pre Plus now. But still patiently waiting for Flash.

  • Kirk

    I assume that this is a form of punishment that Adobe is using against their employees.

    • itin

      This isn’t punishment, this is called rallying the troops. If Adobe can get their people fired up about Android, and mobile in general, they might have a chance to still have a say on the future of the net.

      This isn’t just about Flash or Html5. Ever heard of AIR, or read the initiatives that has started to move to cloud computing. MS, especially with the h.264 issue, is trying to blunt Adobe’s reach. Adobe is a potential direct competitor to MS in their cloud ambitions.

      Its all politics at play here.

      • hamburgalar

        its called android < Apple

      • NoHypeHere

        “f Adobe can get their people fired up about Android, and mobile in general,”…

        That’s an encouraging sentiment!

    • hamburgalar

      boom. roasted.

  • http://by-expression.com Cheryl D Wise

    HTML 5 is NOT a standard. It maybe in another 6-10 years but it isn’t even a release candidate yet. It is at best an editor’s draft changes to the proposaled specifications are being made on almost a daily basis see the change log at http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker The best estimate of when there will be release candidate I’ve seen is 2012. Only Safari & Chrome support the h.264 codec in HTML 5, together those browsers don’t equal the number of visitor’s using IE 6 on my client’s sites.

    Both Firefox 3.5 & 3.6 exceed the number of those browser users combined. So tell me why my clients would want to lose 90% of their visitors to appease those using Apple mobile devices?

    Oh and most of the videos they have are h.264 encoded they just use Flash or Silverlight to display them. Both of which take advantage of hardware acceleration and can adjust the bitrate for the connection being used on the fly.

  • TypicalAppleHatingDBAG

    HAHAHA LOL LOL WONT FIND THIS ON THE IPHONE!! APPLE FAGS!!!! DROID FTW!!!

  • combe

    Cheryl, not to be rude, but get with the program: MS has pledged h.264 support in IE and dumped the other html5 candidates. Seems to reach a significantly larger audience now….

  • Nokia N900

    I predict a wave of Android phones on Ebay in the near future.

  • Electrofreak

    I noticed last night that Adobe is listed as one of the best places to work over at Glassdoor.com according to employee reviews.

    I guess it’s getting even better!

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