Flash for Android not quite dead yet, will land on Ice Cream Sandwich by year’s end

Those of you lucky enough to get your mitts on a Galaxy Nexus can have noticed something odd — no flash within the champagne room Android Market. Seems the newest edition of Adobe’s multimedia plug-in isn’t compatible with the latest version of Google’s mobile OS. Don’t panic just yet though, while the end is nigh for mobile Flash, it’s still got an extra release left in it and a good way to deliver ICS compatibility. Adobe told the people over at Pocket-lint, “[it] will release yet one more version of the Flash Player for mobile browsing, with a purpose to provide support for Android 4.0.” Or, if you are a pitcher half-empty type, ICS can be your last chance to browse the “full” web on Android. The ultimate release of the mobile plug-in can also be accompanied by one last version of the Linux Porting Kit — after that, you better hope HTML5 really hits its stride.

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