Today, Adobe officially launches Photoshop on Android phones in beta. This follows the arrival of Photoshop on iPhone back in February, but with less fanfare and less overall excitement. And to this veteran tech writer, that's not hugely surprising.
The pattern runs something like this. Major software company ignores the platform that most people actually use. They promise an Android version will be "coming soon" and that's all we know for months on end. Then they quietly release the Android version, and much of the design press performatively reports the fact, but doesn't really care about it, or comment on it in detail, even though some of the best tablets are Android.
