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The story about Flash on smartphones (or lack thereof) has been dragging on for so long many of you will surely be surprised it wasn’t solved by now, but luckily, we’re getting there.

At the MAX conference in Los Angeles Adobe is showing off Flash Player 10.1 for smartphones. In short, this is the version of mobile Flash you’ve been waiting for. You can expect faster rendering, lower memory consumption and less battery drain.

Most importantly, all (but one) major platforms are supported: Android (Android), Symbian, Windows Mobile, webOS, and BlackBerrys, and we can expect Flash for most of these somewhere in the first half of 2010. All these companies have joined Adobe’s Open Screen Project, but one very important company is still missing: Apple.

This is no longer a surprise; the relationship between Adobe and Apple has been that of an ex-boyfriend and the husband; they politely nod to each other when they meet but they don’t really attend the same parties. A hint of hope is instilled in our hearts every time the topic is brought up; the phrase we usually hear is “we’re working on it”. However, once Flash starts being a part of the experience on every other smartphone, I bet that Apple is really going to start working on it, unless they want their beloved iPhone to look shabby in comparison.