Adobe on Monday announced joining up with many handset operating system makers, including RIM, Nokia and Microsoft among others, to bring Flash Player 10.1 to smartphones. You’ll notice the name you don’t see: Apple.

By early 2010, the newest mobile version of Flash should be available for many smartphone platforms. Not the iPhone.

Here’s more details from AppleInsider, who reports on the reasoning behind the absence:

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Adobe said that the new mobile version of Flash offers accelerated video and graphics capabilities while conserving battery life. The new player offers streaming video in HD and browser-based Web applications.

“With Flash Player moving to new mobile platforms, users will be able to experience virtually all Flash technology based Web content and applications wherever they are,” said David Wadhwani, general manager and

vice president, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “We are excited about the broad collaboration of close to 50 industry leaders in the Open Screen Project and the ongoing collaboration with 19 out of the top 20 handset manufacturers worldwide. It will be great to see first devices ship with full Flash Player in the first half of next year.”

Of course, the elusive twentieth manufacturer missing from Adobe’s lineup is Apple.

Though the iPhone is not included among the handsets, past reports have suggested that Adobe hopes to bring it to the platform. If that were to happen, though, Flash would have to overcome its various shortcomings on mobile devices as perceived by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Here’s to hoping Apple gains its senses and grabs up Flash support, before devs once again revolt.

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