Good news folk! Adobe have announced at Mobile World Congress their plans to bring Adobe AIR to mobile devices, starting with Android and Blackberry handsets. So what does this mean for us Flash developers? Well basically it means we’ll be able to write kick-ass mobile apps and sell them on the Android and Blackberry app stores. Check out the video below to see some content running on the Motorola Droid.

Performance looks really good and should excite Flash developers eager to generate revenue from the mobile ecosystem. Unlike Flash Lite, which is somewhat stunted, AIR apps will run the full Flash 10.1 experience, store data locally on the phone and also allow access to other data including photos. This is another significant step for the Flash platform with developers, in theory, being able to write apps that will run consistently across both web and mobile. Plus with Flash Professional CS5 on the horizon, iPhone apps will also be a possibility.

AIR on Android will be available in the second half of 2010.

We’ve seen Flash Player 10.1 running on the Google Nexus and now Adobe have released some more videos showing Flash on a few more handsets. First up is another Android phone – the Motorola Droid. Again performance looks pretty good and Adobe have also chosen to demonstrate Flash running on a few different websites, including www.bbc.com which I visit daily.

The Palm Pre is also getting the Flash 10.1 treatment with the video below showing some Flash-based web games being played. Flash on the Pre was first seen at MAX and since then Adobe have been hard at work tidying certain features, adding hardware acceleration for video support and providing full-screen for games.

It’s not quite ready for release yet but Palm have indicated that it will be available “soon” and will ship as part of an OS update or via their App Store for those who already have the most up-to-date firmware.