Interesting demo of an app developed using the Flex framework (using Flash Builder) and then exported as an iOS app to run on an iPad and an iPhone.

A very quick overview and demo of the AIR 2.6 for iOS update.

Hero

Welcome to the next version of the Flex SDK, code-named Hero. The Hero release has three main goals:

• Multi-Screen Development: Allow developers to build applications that target the web, desktop or mobile devices using a single unified framework.

• Spark Maturation: Polish and grow the Spark architecture by adding new Spark components and capabilities.

• Large-Application Development: Support developers building large applications by improving fundamental pieces of the Flex infrastructure.

This is a preview build of the next Flex SDK, which is what we'll be using when we develop desktop AIR apps and mobile AIR apps for Android devices. (And perhaps iOS devices as well.)

iOS now 3rd most popular internet platform after Windows, Mac

by Rene Ritchie, Friday, Sep 3, 2010, 4 Comments

Net Applications is reporting that iOS has passed Linux to become the third most popular platform accessing the internet. With a 1.1% share, they’re still behind big brother Mac OS X’s 5% and way behind Windows all-encompassing 91.3% share. However, for a mobile OS, especially considering the next most popular mobile OS, Android, is at 0.2%, that’s a fairly huge accomplishment. According to Vince Vizzaccaro, VP of NetApps:

“Whatever the sales are, we’re seeing iOS totally dominate the market on the Web. iOS has nearly a 6:1 advantage over Android.”

Eh. Given the high adoption rate of greeks and mainstream now, Android will probably catch up quickly. Linux probably won’t. Mobile as a whole is on a tremendous growth curve.