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Adobe shows off P2P video calls on Android, calls it FlashTime

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Published: Tue 20th Jul, 2010 | Author: Parm Mann
Companies: Adobe (All Adobe content)

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Adobe has demonstrated a peer-to-peer video calling system for Google's Android mobile operating system.

The technology, which mimics Apple's iPhone 4-based FaceTime, is cheekily dubbed FlashTime and is built using an upcoming release of the cross-platform Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR).

Previewed on a Nexus One handset, AIR 2.5 is said to be "at feature parity with the desktop Flash Platform" and offers support for device cameras and microphones, enabling developers to create video-conferencing applications.

Utilising Adobe's own Stratus servers, the FlashTime demo showcases a user-to-user video call between two Android devices.

Mark Doherty, Flash Platform Evangelist and developer of FlashTime, claims that the service is working but warns that certain features "may not make it into the v1 product".

In recent months, Apple has made clear its reasons for snubbing Adobe technology on its iPad, iPod or iPhone products, with CEO Steve Jobs claiming that Flash is "the number one reason Macs crash".

One thing's for certain, the release of a FlashTime app on rival platforms isn't going to encourage Adobe-Apple relations.


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Re: News - Adobe shows off P2P video calls on Android, calls it FlashTime
Posted by miniyazz - Tue 20th Jul 2010, 1:51pm
But can it use 3G?Quote
Re: News - Adobe shows off P2P video calls on Android, calls it FlashTime
Posted by Jay - Tue 20th Jul 2010, 4:27pm
with todays teenagers "flash time" is a very apt name for mobile video calling.Quote
Re: News - Adobe shows off P2P video calls on Android, calls it FlashTime
Posted by Lee @ SCAN - Tue 20th Jul 2010, 5:21pm

Quote: Jay
with todays teenagers "flash time" is a very apt name for mobile video calling.

They might as well have gone and called it Chatroulette the next generation.Quote
Re: News - Adobe shows off P2P video calls on Android, calls it FlashTime
Posted by borandi - Tue 20th Jul 2010, 11:10pm
Hammertime.Quote
Re: News - Adobe shows off P2P video calls on Android, calls it FlashTime
Posted by qbie - Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 11:32pm
I wouldn't be surprised if Adobe isn't forced to change the name of this. It'll probably end up becoming something incredebly generic like "Adobe Android Video Chat".Quote

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