TechCrunch reports today that “AIR is currently used to create desktop applications, but it will soon be used to create Android and Blackberry apps as well. These mobile AIR apps will be able store data locally on the phone, access other data on the phones such as photos, and be distributed as regular apps in the Android and Blackberry app stores. Not only that, but the same apps created with Flash developer tools will be exportable as iPhone apps.”

Adobe AIR took Flash on to the desktop and it looks to be making a move for the mobile market as well.  Everyone in this app space is craving a standardized SDK but in the shadow of a new Windows Phone 7 to compete with Android and iPhone’s platform, the industry doesn’t seem as eager.  Adobe has a chance here to leverage the massive growth in Flash application development and maintain its dominance as a consistent development platform with this move.  We’ve worked with many teams that could make this jump overnight if this announcement is realized and it certainly lowers the barrier to mobile app development even further – accentuating the crowded marketplace already but perhaps creating a consistent experience for all mobile users.

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