"Consumers are clearly asking for Flash support on tablet devices and the good news is that they won’t have to wait long. We are aware of over 50 tablets that will ship in 2011 supporting a full web experience (including Flash support) and Xoom users will be among the first to enjoy this benefit," said Matt Rozen, on Adobe's Flash Platform Blog.
Support for Adobe Flash Player software is seen as a major advantage for rivals to Apple's iPad because Apple has eschewed the technology, which has found widespread use as a video streaming format. Adobe expects to see Flash installed on over 132 million [M] devices by the end of this year, he added, saying the company had raised its estimates for 2011.
