Adobe AIR provides end users with exceptional application experiences while giving developers the easiest and most powerful way to develop desktop applications across multiple platforms including Mac, Windows, and Linux. All we know TweetDeck, Seesmic and other popular social apps run on the platform. Today Adobe just announced the next iteration of the AIR platform, the beta release of AIR 2.0. To learn more about the latest additions and features, check out the official blog post. Now you can download AIR 2.0 Beta version from Download Adobe Air 2.0 Beta.

Adobe AIR 2.0 builds on the success of AIR 1.0 by giving developers new capabilities, and tighter integration with the desktop. Some new features of AIR 2.0 include:

• Support for the detection of mass storage devices;
• Advanced networking capabilities like secure sockets, UDP support, and the ability to listen on sockets;
• Support for native code integration;
• The ability to open a file with its default application;
• Multi-touch and gesture support;
• New APIs for access to raw microphone data;
• Webkit update with HTML5/CSS3 support.