So that answers the question if there is going to be identify and hyperlink tools added to the 2.1 version.
I am very disappointed. Even though the SDK and the viewer are distributed for free, we pay a lot of money for ArcGIS Server and we deserve a lot better than this. We are currently stuck in version 1.3 now because of this. That is a shame I really liked the Flex framework for ArcGIS. My boss and I had to push purchasing to let us buy the Flex Builder software.
Even worse, ESRI Tech Support does not support version 1.5 API anymore. Thankfully one of their techs assisted us over the phone in getting up an running with the SMV 1.3 reagardless of this policy. I will not post his name for fear that his supervisor might reprimand him.
ESRI, I know you can do better than this.