Home › News › Mobile Computing
Motorola Xoom tablet to ship without Flash support
Adobe had already confirmed that it is working on Flash Player 10.2 for Honeycomb, complete with dual-core support and a reduction in CPU usage during video, game and animation playback. But it seems that Android 3.0 won't launch with Flash Player 10.1 as is available for current Android 2.2 devices.
The delay could come back to haunt Google and OEMs, especially considering most Android tablets announced so far can't match the iPad's Wi-Fi-only price point. It also highlights a big problem with Flash, as every hardware and software combo needs to be certified by Adobe and they are missing such a high profile launch.
Related Stories
User Comments (6)
Post a comment|
arod916
on February 21, 2011 9:44 PM |
Epic fail! Not only is it overpriced. But now it cant even out do the ipad which its priced higher than? Isnt the point of a tablet mainly to make mobile web browsing convenient, but it cant even do that better than the lower priced ipad. By the time it can, the new ipad will be out which will either be equally priced or lower, and grab all the attention away. |
|
windmill007
on February 22, 2011 6:57 AM |
HAHA I knew it was to good to be true. Why even release it then....or drop the price by 50% and it might have a chance. |
|
gwailo247
on February 22, 2011 10:10 AM |
Companies putting market share and deadlines ahead of a finished product? No way! |
|
DokkRokken
on February 22, 2011 11:31 AM |
Well that just about ruins whatever out of the box competitive advantage it had in the 'mass-appeal' department. |
|
lawfer
on February 22, 2011 6:08 PM |
Wow. What the hell are these companies thinking? |
|
SNGX1275
on February 22, 2011 9:32 PM |
Heh. I saw its commercial during the superbowl and thought "thats the iPad2" then I saw it wasn't and was like "wow!". Then a couple weeks ago I saw the high price point and was less impressed, now I see it won't even do Flash? |
Most Popular
| Trending | Featured |
-
iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak tool released, supports 4S, iPad 3
-
After five days, Facebook ranks as worst IPO flop of the decade
-
Rumor: Windows 8 RC will launch June 1, will ship with Adobe Flash
-
Rumor: AMD "Piledriver" FX CPU production to begin Q3 2012
-
Is Apple's USB wall adapter really worth $29?
Editors' Laptop Picks
Subscribe to TechSpot
Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and tech breaking news.
