Congrats Adobe on the production releases! The new Open Source BlazeDS project and Flex Builder 3 are also a part of this release. Check out the InfoQ.com write-up that Scott Delap posted tonight: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/02/air-flex-release.

It sounds that there are a number of cool customer applications shipping with this release.

To learn more about the products I was able to do a couple of interviews with the Adobe team. I interviewed Kevin Hoyt and Mike Rozen on AIR 1.0. They shared an overview on AIR, details on the programming model, and a number of technical details on the platform.

There are certain use cases that are perfect for AIR. For example, an office productivity app that might normally be accessed through browser, such as an SAP-type application, could also be offered in Adobe AIR. It could have an identical user experience in the browser as with Adobe AIR, but could be used while the user is disconnected from the network or moving from one location to another. Also, online applications that are usually only accessible through the browser, can be available on the desktop via Adobe AIR. Plus, since AIR applications are built with same technologies used to make browser-based apps, the time and effort to extend the app to the desktop is minimal.

I also got to catch up with James Ward on Flex 3. Last year, he shared a number of details on the development framework. So, in this interview we went over a number of items from open source to other technologies in the Flex ecosystem.

Congrats again Adobe, and Thanks Kevin, Mike, and James for sharing more details on the platform with me and the InfoQ.com readers!