According to the MIT Technology Review, Adobe is working with mobile processor manufacturer ARM on optimising Flash Player 10 and AIR for ARM processors. Why does this matter? Because ARM processors are found in 90% of mobile phones (iPhone and G1 included), not to mention set top boxes, PMPs, and gaming devices (like the Nintendo DS). And how will they do it? Adobe and ARM say they have three main areas they're working on to improve the mobile flash experience.

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It's no secret that Adobe is playing with Flash products on Android, but at the Adobe MAX 2008 developer conference that company showed off Flash Player 10 running on Android (and the T-Mobile G1 phone, of course). As you can see, the implementation isn't the silky smooth experience we've become so accustomed to on our full blown computers, but vector-based zooming stays intact. Now just to get a solid release date. [I4U]

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Good news for all Youtube watchers who have G1s, the people of Adobe have basically confirmed that an Android-based version of Flash will be ready in coming months. Any device with at least 200MHz processors, more than 16MB RAM and a "completely capable web browser" will be able to render web-based flash content. Wonderful! The last thing Googlephone users should miss out on is the ability to watch a dog humping on a baby over and over again. [Adobe via ModmyGphone]

Adobe is set to demonstrate a full-functioning build of Flash on Windows Mobile 6.1 today at the Adobe MAX conference, indicating that the era of hacky stop-gap measures and the mildly convincing Flash Lite may soon be coming to an end, at least for some. But what of the two most net-centric phone OSes? Android development is mercifully under way, but as far as the iPhone is concerned, all we hear is an echo:

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Along with their 9600M GT card for portables announcement with the MacBook Pro, Nvidia has also announced their new Nvidia Quadro CX. The $US1,999 PCIe card, which according to them has been "specifically designed and optimised the Quadro CX to enhance the performance of Adobe Creative Suite 4", will accelerate all most common operations in Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere and H.264 encoding.

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Were you tantalised by our taste of Adobe's Creative Suite 4, the insanely huge upgrade to its product lines? You can stop holding your breath and start parting with your money, now that the product family--which includes improved versions of Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver--is now shipping! Updates number into the hundreds, from hardware acceleration to multitouch. Full versions will run from $US1,700 to $US2,500, but Adobe will give you a discount if you've already got CS3. The press release is below.

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If you're still clamouring for Adobe Flash support to get Hulu on your iPhone, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that Adobe Senior Director of Engineering Paul Betlem says that as soon as Apple approves it, it would be out "in a very short time."

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An exploit has been uncovered in Adobe software that could be used to download free copies of movies and shows from Amazon's Video on Demand service (and other similar services). Apparently, Adobe sacrificed a "a stringent security feature" that protects the connection between Adobe software and its players in order in increase download speeds.

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If you're running a Windows Mobile phone (more specifically the MOTO Q Music 9m, MOTO Q 9h, Palm Treo 750w, Samsung Blackjack I or Blackjack II), you might want to check out Adobe's new mobile beta site. Hit the link to register. [Adobe via intomobile]

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Content producers of pretty much any ilk were excited to get news of the highly refined, newly hardware-accelerated CS4 product line, but probably missed this key feature buried deep in the release notes: multitouch trackpad support.

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