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The rumors are true. Flash 10.1 is in the ROM that was ported from the HTC Desire to the Nexus One. And it works ... OK, it's not great. But remember that this is an unofficial ROM, and things are likely to change by the time we get Flash (and the new version of Sense) on U.S. phones.

A full run-down of the new version of HTC's Sense is coming. In the meantime, here's a quick video look at what's been ported over. Have at it.

Update: OK, so it looks like this is an implementation of Flash Lite, and not full-on Flash 10.1. Whatever. It's still more Flash than you've had before. :-/

 

21 Comments

Posted by aepperson72
February 21, 2010 - 09:261 year ago

will this be available as an authentic update for the nexus one?

 
Posted by oh_nerdy_one
February 21, 2010 - 09:451 year ago

Nope.
On another note when will Phil learn, that isn't flash 10.1 it's flash lite 4. So stop calling it 10.1!

 
Posted by Phil Nickinson
February 21, 2010 - 10:001 year ago


 
Posted by oh_nerdy_one
February 21, 2010 - 14:291 year ago

LOL Silly Phil. You may believe it's 10.1 but believe you and I, it isn't. Did you not see the lag? That's because that flash isn't hardware accelerated (GPU) because it's flash lite 4 which is compatible with 10.1. Heck you can go here http://android.modaco.com/content-page/303009/20-feb-alpha-7-modaco-cust... to get another users confirmation or even engadget users seem to know this except you, and you run a site dedicated to Android :-/

 
Posted by p4trickh
February 21, 2010 - 20:421 year ago

Wow and he hasn't even updated name of the article or the information in it. I came over from PreCentral.net as I had a Pre before I got an Android phone and the articles seemed to have a lot more meat to them. When I sold my Pre and got a Droid I was hoping for the same kind of content here since it's a sister site, but I find time and time again over-sensationalized articles full of hype and lacking on facts. Hell I still continue to read PreCentral.net just because of their excellent content, great community and amazing developer scene. Maybe Android Central could poach some of their writers?

 
Posted by Phil Nickinson
February 22, 2010 - 11:421 year ago
Sorry that took so long, guys. Been a little jet-lagged. Post is updated.
 
Posted by p4trickh
February 22, 2010 - 12:471 year ago

Thanks for the update, but just an FYI I do own a desktop and a laptop so I think I've still had way more flash than that. But either way I don't want flash on my phone and can barely stand it on my computer ;)

 
Posted by Quasar
February 21, 2010 - 12:151 year ago

Thankfully this will not be officially pushed to the N1. One of the reasons I got the N1 is because it doesn't have some other company's UI. I feel bad for the people who actually buy the Desire for it's "sexy" UI because they will be waiting around a long time for any new Android updates. And when they don't get their update at the same time the N1 does, they will all be on the blogs screaming, "When will we get Android 3.0?!?!"

I know that I could be eating my words if the N1 isn't updated either but I believe that timely updates will be one of the advantages of buying a Google phone directly from Google. We will see.

 
Posted by Phil Nickinson
February 21, 2010 - 12:561 year ago
Don't worry, it won't be. The Nexus One is Google's phone. They won't be putting Sense on it.
 
Posted by dunes09
February 21, 2010 - 10:441 year ago

dude do you really know Aubrey O'Day?? Her name was constantly showing up in this video!!

 
Posted by mo-bile
February 21, 2010 - 13:481 year ago

Dude, it's called Friendfeed. He's just subscribed to her public stream.

 
Posted by dunes09
February 21, 2010 - 16:491 year ago

Dude, GFY I know that!

 
Posted by mo-bile
February 22, 2010 - 02:311 year ago

Yeah, right.

 
Posted by Gameboy70
February 21, 2010 - 11:481 year ago

Not a big user of Flash games myself. How well does it handle embedded videos?

 
Posted by mo-bile
February 21, 2010 - 13:491 year ago

A much sexier UI than the stock N1! And it's fast. I may consider doing this.

What are the downsides of doing this that you've found after using it?

 
Posted by gbhil
February 21, 2010 - 15:281 year ago

Phil gets Sense on his Nexus the same day I get the Nexus ROM running on my Hero. Funny how we all want what we can't have :) So we all know Flash is giggity giggity good, regardless of what version you want to call it. What's your verdict on the Friend Stream app? I need to know if it's worth it before I try to port the libraries over the the Hero.

 
Posted by ips
February 21, 2010 - 16:211 year ago

Hopefully this will be ported to the droid in the near future

 
Posted by magnum
February 22, 2010 - 10:471 year ago

yes, its not 10.1

 
Posted by magnum
February 22, 2010 - 15:001 year ago

PG not

 
Posted by kratos313
February 23, 2010 - 03:591 year ago

does the camera work?

 
Posted by Phil Nickinson
February 23, 2010 - 09:191 year ago
Yeah, but it's limited to 3MP right now, so I didn't really touch on it. Software problem, MoDaCo says.