Adobe AIR 2 Beta available at Adobe Labs

The public beta of Adobe AIR 2 hits the Adobe Labs today. The new features the beta release as mentioned in Adobe Labs are follows:

• Support for the detection of mass storage devices.
• Advanced networking capabilities like secure sockets, UDP support, and the ability to listen on sockets.
• Support for native code integration.
• The ability to open a file with its default application.
• Multi-touch and gesture support.
• New APIs for access to raw microphone data.
• Webkit update with HTML5/CSS3 support.
• Global error handling.
• Improved cross-platform printing
• Improved security and support for enterprise and government standards.

Related articles:

• Introducing Adobe AIR 2 Beta by Rob Christensen
• Using Microphone in AIR 2 Beta by Nick Kwiatkowski
• AIR 2 Beta Release Notes
• What’s Coming in Adobe AIR 2 Video by Christian Cantrell
• AIR 2 Public Beta Resources by Christian Cantrell