Today Adobe announced Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for mobile devices such as smartphones, netbooks, etc. This is a pretty big deal since it can unlock a host of programs and games right on your mobile browser. Expect a public developer beta for Windows Mobile, Palm webOS later this year. The public betas for Android and Symbian OS should be available in early 2010.

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HTC officially kicked out their latest Android handset today, the Hero. The big piece of news attached to this phone is that it is the first of its type (Android OS) to ship with support for Adobe Flash. Battery skepticism aside, HTC is also pushing a trifecta of options that are intended to make your mobile life easier, which in my opinion sound more like a repackaging job.

First up there is the ‘make it mine’ which is simply a number of widgets and skins that can be tailored to your lifestyle. For instance you can have a ‘work’ profile, a ‘weekend’ profile and a ‘going to the club’ profile. Next up is something called ’stay close’ which associates info, such as emails, contact info, notes, social networking with contacts or persons at a glance. Lastly, they’ve rebranded the phone’s local search and called it ‘discover the unexpected’, which is designed to expedite the process of looking for a contact numbers and so forth. The HTC Hero will hit Europe in July, Asia late summer and North America some time later this year.

Specs wise the phone breaks down like this:

• Qualcomm MSM7200A 528MHz processor
• Android OS
• 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 320×480 HVGA resolution
• 288MB of RAM
• 512MB of ROM
• Size: 112 x 56.2 x 14.35 mm ( 4.41 x 2.21 x 0.57 inches)
• HSPA/WCDMA (900/2100 MHz) and Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) connectivity
• Trackball with enter button
• GPS
• 5MP camera with auto focus
• Media player
• 1350 mAh battery
• microSD card slot
• Digital compass
• Accelerometer

Flash on the HTC Hero demo’d here

Full release below