The saga of the Flash iPhone compiler may be coming to a close. Upon the announcement of the new iPhone SDK which included terms banning the use of translation compilers such as the one including in the upcoming Flash CS5, the community was outraged and Adobe ended up announcing that it will stop investing in the development of the iPhone compiler, even though the new Flash CS5 will still ship with the compiler. Instead Adobe stating that it will focus its efforts for developing the Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR for the Android.

Rumors are going around the internet that Adobe might sue Apple over its new restrictive SDK license, but there are no official statements from Adobe at this time.

The new announcements for focusing on Android are not really a compensation for Flash developers who were looking forward to start making mobile applications soon, especially as the Flash Player 10.1 is still not actually publicly available even for developers. However, I believe that Android has a big opportunity for being a serious competitor to the iPhone and with the Flash Player 10.1 and AIR for Mobile devices Flash developers would have a number of options for delivering Flash content to it. Lets just hope that the new Flash Player for Android comes out soon.

The new Flash CS5 is expected to be released sometime in May.