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+Adobe has officially unleashed its new cross-OS runtime designed to bring rich internet apps to the desktop. Previously code-named Apollo in the developer preview releases, Adobe is calling the first open beta "[Adobe AIR][1]" with AIR standing for Adobe Integrated Runtime. The final version of Adobe AIR will be released toward the end of the year.
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+More than just a formal release to new Adobe AIR is also significantly different than the developer preview version in that it can run HTML/Javascript applications rather than just Flash. The enlarged scope of AIR pits it directly against Microsoft's [Silverlight][4] offering as well as, to a certain extent, the recently released [Google Gears][5].
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+Today's beta is designed to give developers a head start creating applications with AIR and includes some other new features beyond the HTML support. Adobe has also announced a new [Dreamweaver extension][2] to help HTML developers build AIR applications.
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+Today's AIR beta also sees the inclusion of PDF support and, like Google Gears, includes a SQLite database allowing developers to easily store data on the client side.
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+The AIR runtime environment is a 8MB download from the Adobe site and note that when the final version ships the runtime will not be a requirement. Adobe says that developers will be able to package applications as standalone executable files (which presumably contain the runtime environment much the way Flash movies can also be packaged as executables).
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+If you previously the alpha runtime you'll need to delete that before you install the beta, though Adobe says that step won't be necessary with subsequent beta release. Unfortunately Adobe doesn't provide any information on how to go about uninstalling the alpha.
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+So far there isn't much in the way of [demo apps][3]. The Adobe site lists an AIR version of its [Kuler color picker app][6], as well as some mapping applications and an RSS reader. EBay is expected to release an AIR-based application in the near future, but for the moment AIR remains largely a developer release.
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+[1]: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/ "Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)"
+[2]: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR:Dreamweaver_CS3_Extension "AIR Dreamweaver CS 3 extension"
+[3]: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR:Applications:Samples "AIR sample applications"
+[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/silverlight_mic.html "Silverlight: Microsoft Launches Flash Competitor"
+[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/google_gears_br.html "Google Gears Brings Offline Functionality To Web Apps"
+[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/kuler_rulers.html "Kuler Rulers!"
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