Adobe AIR Breathes Life Into RIM PlayBook App Development

From PC World: Adobe has released version 2.5 of its Air runtime environment, which will be used to develop applications for Research In Motion's (RIM) upcoming tablet PlayBook, Adobe and RIM said on Monday at the MAX conference in Los Angeles.

AIR allows developers to use HTML, JavaScript and Flash to create stand-alone applications, and version 2.5 allows developers to take advantage of accelerometers, cameras, video, microphones, multi-touch, gestures and geo-location.

PlayBook applications can be developed using BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK (Software Development Kit) for Adobe AIR, which was also announced on Monday. Developers will be able to take advantage of hardware-accelerated playback of video -- including 1080p, according to RIM -- and other graphics-intensive content, both in the tablet's browser and within AIR-based applications.

Beta versions of the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK for Adobe AIR and the BlackBerry PlayBook simulator are both available from RIM's website. Developers can download Mac or Windows versions.

Developers can start using the SDK today, and will be able to submit their applications for the PlayBook and the BlackBerry App World later this year.

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