User interaction: The release includes the first steps towards Flash providing support for both multi-touch and gestures that users are becoming accustomed to with devices like the iPhone.
Once again, this will only be in AIR for the initial release.
Microphone access: Flash Player 10.1 will allow developers access to rich audio data from the microphone, which has only been available from MP3 files to this point. Stream enhancements: The updated player will allow for streaming over HTTP, and includes a number of updates to improve things like the buffering experience. The release promises to bring that to developers, but will only be available in AIR for this initial beta of 10.1. Global error handling: The most requested feature by those developing applications for the Flash runtime is a mechanism for global error handing. In addition to improving the overall footprint of the player, a number of other updates have been included in the release: Your content may have been optimized with a desktop computer in mind, but we will do all we can to overcome the technology gap and run your app as close to desktop quality as we can. We reduced its memory allocations and found innovative ways of sharing memory and taking advantage of specialized hardware whenever possible-all with the goal of giving your content the most memory and processor availability we can. As we move into technologies with very limited memory and processing resources, Flash Player had to become as optimized as possible to get out of the way of your content. Much of the work to make the runtime viable on mobile devices and netbooks has been around improving both memory consumption and CPU usage. This beta is only available for PC’s, with release to come in the future that will bring version 10.1 of the player to numerous mobile devices and netbooks. Adobe’s David Wadhwani shared the following on the release: With the beta availability of Adobe AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 today, we are taking an important step toward realizing the Open Screen Project vision to enable rich Internet experiences across any device, anywhere. 
In the time since the Open Screen project was announced in 2008, Adobe has shifted much of their focus around the Flash Player to making improvements that will make the runtime usable on mobile platforms. The minor increment in the version number, from the currently available Flash Player 10, may be misleading, as the release signifies Adobe’s first major step in their push to bring the ubiquity the Flash platform enjoys on the desktop to smart phones, netbooks, and other devices. Adobe Systems has announced the availability of beta versions of Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.0, which can be downloaded from the Adobe Labs site.
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