At Adobe MAX 2009 Adobe announced a beta of Adobe® Flash® Professional CS5 including a Packager for iPhone would be made available on Adobe Labs. Adobe has changed plans regarding this beta and no longer releasing a public beta of Flash Professional CS5. This change of plan was made in order to ensure the earliest possible delivery of the final software to the large number of designers and developers interested in Flash Professional CS5 and the included Packager for iPhone.

Some of the new features include:

* Packager for iPhone — Publish ActionScript 3® projects in Adobe Flash Professional to run as applications for iPhone. Learn more.
* New text capabilities via the Text Layout Framework (TLF) — Get unprecedented text control and creativity with projects created in Flash. Advanced styling and layout, including right to left text, columns, and threaded text blocks, let you work with text in Flash like never before.
* XML based FLA files — Manage and modify project assets using source control systems and enable teams to easily collaborate on files.
* Code Snippets panel — Choose prebuilt code that can be injected into projects to increase interactivity and also reduce the ActionScript 3 learning curve.
* Flash Builder™ integration — Use Adobe Flash Builder software as your ActionScript editor within projects in Flash.
* Improved ActionScript editor — Improve productivity with custom class code hinting and completion.