Pessoal, saiu o tão esperado (pelo menos para mim) AIR 2.0 (beta), com muitas novidades, dá uma olhada:

AIR 2 builds on the success of AIR 1 by giving developers new capabilities, and even tighter integration with the desktop. Some new features of AIR 2 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.
• Global error handling.
• Improved cross-platform printing
• Improved security and support for enterprise and government standards.

A feature de multi-touch foi uma das que mais me interessou, e existem ainda outras novidades, que tu pode conferir no Release Notes.