Yea I don't see the reason why they created the F4M/F4F format and an Apache plugin. Both are open spec so they're not trying to sell it but I don't see the point of it. F4F files are pre-split fragments and the Apache plugin seems to just hide the extension.

Range requests can be made in AIR with URLRequestHeader but "Range" headers are specifically blocked right now in Flash Player. A possible workaround is probably to modify the web server to accept an alias like "X-Range" or "Range2". The header would also have to be approved in a crossdomain.xml file.

Pre-splitting your own way with any file splitter and requesting the fragments without any server changes should work with NetStream.AppendBytes too. Maybe there's an additional performance benefit to having fragments pre-split instead of using range headers. Official Range header support would be nice though regardless.

Pshh Nov. 11th release date? Seriously?

It was at LEAST Dec 10th before they were actually available anywhere.. (here in the US anyways)

It was supposed to launch Dec 15 in Romania. Got it Dec 1st. I do remember it was a limited release, 5 countries only, EU. It wasn't until 20th or 25th Nov that they started shipping outside Europe. I remember ordering it 28th and arriving 29th or 30th. I have files dated Dec 1.

Is there any lobbying that can be done to get Adobe to reconsider AND GIVE US FLASH 10.1???

It's up to Nokia, not Adobe. Remember that.

need flash! need flash now!

It's up to both. Remember that.

Why is flash soo important?

Its time everyone kills flash anyway its a deadend. No serius developer should deevelop apps in flash anyway. its not true multiplatform and eats cpu learn html5 atleast its more open that crap like flash.

Trolling eh?

Flash is far superior than html 5 and believe me there is a lot of stuff to learn if you want to develop in flash , html 5 on the other hand is very very easy

Please learn difference between real programing and markup languages

Thanks

I think Nokia should just use this forum to look up what their customers want and what they expect of Nokia to do for their device most, because in the end - these are all potential customers for upcoming Nokia phones, they might all get Nokia some revenue - and it is a shame to displease these people so much. When I've bought the N900 and saw the video of Kevin Lynch presenting Flash Player 10.1 on the N900 I was really excited and thought it would be out in a few months...but now, exactly 10 months after the presentation, it seems to look really bad.
But why is Nokia doing this, is it, because they think if we get Flash 10 we wouldn't buy the next model/phone or something we don’t understand? I'm sure if the next flagship has great ingredients, most of the people who use the N900 will also very likely buy it.
I just can not see why they keep Flash Player 10 away from us. They said, this phone is all about the computer-like internet experience and now one of their main selling points is fading. It's a really sad story - but I still hope that it will have a happy end.

PS: I wish someone at Nokia would read some of the more than 1000 posts in this thread, and take some action.