Fresh from announcing a swathe of new APIs for BlackBerry developers to make use of, Research In Motion has also confirmed a deal with Adobe to bring Flash to BlackBerry.

“There is tremendous opportunity for RIM and Adobe to align our platforms to help developers create BlackBerry applications that are highly engaging and deeply integrated in order to deliver the best user experience in the market,” says RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie.

“We are working closely with Adobe to enable our developer communities to build rich content services and BlackBerry Widgets that leverage the latest runtime environments, APIs and network services through Adobe’s industry leading design and development tools.”

With Apple still refusing to play ball with Adobe on Flash in iPhone’s Safari browser, it’s unsurprising to see rival manufacturers choosing to strike deals to get an advantage.

BlackBerry will be supported in future versions of Adobe’s Creative Suite development tools, including Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects. Developers will be able to work with Flash for BlackBerry apps and themes, as well as BlackBerry widgets and the BlackBerry browser.

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RIM and Adobe have already announced that they’re working together to bring the Flash Player browser runtime to BlackBerry handsets, so this new announcement builds on that.

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