What do we know about Connect 9, release date, system requirements?

Adobe Connect 9 is officially targeted for release ‘Calendar Q3 2012’

There is now a widget on the Adobe sites that will allow you to check the time when your ASP/Hosted Connect account will be upgraded:
You can check which cluster you are using for your account by following the instructions on the Blog Post below:
How do I find the cluster on which my Adobe Connect account resides?
The on-premise customers using Connect will be informed of the process to upgrade as soon as the new version is available

Can I pre-install the Meeting Add-in for Adobe Connect version 9?
You can install the new Meeting Add-in for Connect 9 and it will co-exist with your current meeting Add-in.  The downloads are available from the link below:
http://www.adobe.com/support/connect/downloads-updates.html

The System Requirements for Connect 9 are at the link below along with a summary of the changes (by Ian Justin, please confirm details with Adobe directly or the Tech Specs link):
  • Flash Player 10.3 or higher will be required to attend meetings in the browser
  • Internet Explorer 6 will no longer be supported
  • Adobe Connect 9 Add-in will not support Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Leopard users will still be able to attend meetings in the browser
  • No Adobe Connect 9 Add-in for Ubuntu 10.04 Linux. Users on Linux (Ubuntu, Red Hat and OpenSUSE) will still be able to attend meetings in the browser. Plan is to have Add-in for Ubuntu Linux available in first service pack of Adobe Connect 9
  • Attending meetings from Solaris will no longer be supported