Thread: Nokia N900's Flash 9.4 announcement... and why it bothers me.
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gerbick
2009-08-31 , 12:47
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Originally Posted by Milhouse View Post
But why not announce 9.4? 10 isn't available, so Nokia went with the latest working version of 9 - sounds sensible to me, but perhaps they didn't understand or appreciate the incompatabilities with h.264 (or considered it an insignificant problem?) It may only be an incremental update on the version shipped with Diablo, but that was from almost 2 years ago (there may have been an incremental Flash Player update released during Diablo, but not 100% sure).
Because it doesn't really mean much. 9.4 means as much as the version that's in Maemo 4 truth be told.

If anything, it's a very empty announcement. That's why it shouldn't have announced. No 3D, no FP10 advancements... it gained nothing worth mentioning.

There is no technical reason why it can't be updated - the only reason it won't be updated is due to corporate politics and potential licence fees (the same reasons given for not updating Flash on the 770).
I seriously don't get what you're saying here. You and I both know that there's no technical reason why it cannot be updated.

Historically, it hasn't. That's the question... will it? Or won't it?

Only Nokia and Adobe can answer that... in 2010.

Maybe someone from Nokia can give you assurances that FP10 will ship as an update for Fremantle once it is ready? Once the competing devices have FP10 I would expect it to turn up fairly soon after on the N900.
Would love to hear that. Doubt I'll get a confirmation.