Nokia and Opera Software are supporting the Adobe-Apple clash over Flash multimedia support and they are in the Flash camp.

On Thursday, managers from Nokia, the world's leading manufacturer of cell phones, and Opera Software, the producer of a top mobile browser, said they'd support the new Flash 10.1 software that is going to be launched.

Opera's co-founder, Jon von Tetzchner was quoted as saying that it is the only proprietary part of the Web we support.

Getting these two firms aboard, plus Google's Android, which also lends support to the software, is a huge triumph for Adobe Systems in its fight against Apple.

The preceding month, Apple CEO, Steve Jobs thudded the Adobe Flash multimedia software, which is utilized in most Web video and games, for being proprietary, sapping battery power, not supporting multitouch interfaces, which poses security risks, and also is unstable.

Flash-based video and games are seen on a lot of Internet sites. And the technology is supported on most smartphones and mobile gadgets. But Apple does not permit Flash on any the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.

Nokia and Opera are the only latest firms to side with Adobe.

CBS, Fox News, and CNN have supported Apple's hard work to a restricted degree.