Back in early October I told you about RIM joining the Open Screen Project to enhance the BlackBerry platform with rumored Adobe Flash support by next summer. Today RIM and Adobe announced that they have expanded their collaboration and that developers will soon be able to easily create rich content and apps using Adobe’s authoring tools to include Flash and more.

The collaboration aims to accelerate the mobile application and content development workflow between BlackBerry application and web content developers and creative professionals that use Adobe tools. It will also reduce the re-creation of graphic assets and iterations that designers and developers have to go through to generate rich application user interfaces, animations, images and video content when supporting multiple platforms.

Today’s news builds upon the recent announcement that the two companies are working together as part of the Open Screen Project to bring the Adobe Flash® Player browser runtime to BlackBerry smartphones. The two companies will also be collaborating to adapt other key components of the Flash Platform including Adobe AIR®.

Very exciting news but that’s not all RIM is working on! Continue reading for more info in the press release and stay tuned for some more news from the BlackBerry Developer Conference.

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UPDATE It’s been announced! Check out the full press release after the jump for all the details about RIM and Adobe working together to bring full Flash support to BlackBerry devices. *

Back in August I mentioned a rumor that RIM and Adobe were working on making BlackBerry devices Flash-enabled. Adobe and RIM will finally be announcing Flash support for BlackBerry tomorrow at MAX!

Tomorrow at MAX, Adobe’s worldwide developer conference, Adobe Systems Incorporated will announce with partner Research In Motion (RIM) their progress in bringing Flash support to BlackBerry devices.

RIM, the company behind BlackBerry’s wireless platform, including email and touchscreen technologies, is joining Adobe’s Open Screen Project, a 50-organization-members-strong organization that aims to promote better apps for richer mobile, television, and desktop browsing experiences for users.

The rumor so far is that Flash support will be available for BlackBerry devices by next summer but at the rate RIM is going with their development I wouldn’t be surprised if we see an earlier launch. Of course, as history has shown us, Flash support could also be pushed back. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow!

via ReadWriteWeb

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According to BGR, RIM is planning to add support for Adobe Flash (full, not lite) and Microsoft Silverlight in the BlackBerry Browser by next summer!

So far no BlackBerry is able to view Flash or Silverlight content from within the BlackBerry Browser, which has been a big disappointment for many new and existing BlackBerry owners (myself included). Of course, that didn’t make me turn to another device because I knew it would happen sooner or later.

BG says that RIM has to “beef up” their devices before going through with Flash and Silverlight support. This includes getting over some software limitation hurdles and the need for higher, faster data networks.

On a different topic, the BlackBerry 9700 is rumored to be available for AT&T customers right in time for Black Friday. Still no word on when the 9700 will be going to T-Mobile.

via BGR

emFAST Inc. announced today that the FACSys Print-to-Fax application for BlackBerry smartphones is available in the BlackBerry App World.

The FACSys® Print-to-Fax for BlackBerry® is a practical and efficient way to print documents “on-the-fly” directly from a BlackBerry® device.

With over 250 million fax machines in use around the world today, the FACSys® Print-to-Fax for BlackBerry® application takes advantage of the inherent printing ability of all fax machines and enables them to act as local printers for users of BlackBerry® devices.

By installing the application, documents attached to email messages can be printed to any fax machine (for example in hotels and airports or at a customer’s or supplier’s site) with just a few taps.

Features:

• Enables BlackBerry devices for on-demand printing of documents to any fax machine
• Automatically identifies existing contact entries with stored fax numbers – making the selection process quick and simple
• Simple to use with minimal keystrokes
• Configurable to work with most network fax servers or service providers

FACSys Print-to-Fax is available for $7.99 for the BlackBerry Curve 8300 series, 8800 series and Bold 9000 series all on OS 4.5 or greater.

Download it from the BlackBerry App World or visit emFAST.com for more info.

Full press release after the jump.

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