blogs.computerworld.com — Adobe is crowing about all the smartphone platforms that support Flash. And not just Flash Lite: this is the real deal. However, there's a notable omission in the loving list of phone vendors: Apple. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder whether Steve Jobs will ever permit Flash on the iPhone. Not to mention YouTube's greatest hits...(ADBE) (AAPL)
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crimsonblurOct 5, 2009
Why should Apple give in to supporting Flash? Any platform that refuses to support Flash gets extra credit in my opinion. Why support a proprietary, inefficient standard when HTML5 is just around the corner?Mobile devices supporting Flash is just asking for your battery to be drained, and for what? Video? Already supported. Animation? Already supported. The only "advantage" supporting Flash offers is letting users visit Websites that only have a Flash version or don't use h.264 video. Both of which are practices that should be discouraged, not supported.
cvraider7Oct 6, 2009
<a class="user" href="http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/05/turn-your-flash-into-iphone-apps-with-flash-professional-cs5/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/05/turn-your-flash-int ...</a>
thespookOct 6, 2009
"Everyone Loves Adobe, except Apple"I don't know if everyone *loves* Adobe. Everyone uses them, certainly.
dafoeOct 6, 2009
I hate Apple as much as the next guy, but I think it is a good idea that Apple is not putting flash on iphone. Flash videos suck life out of my linux desktop. If I am watching hulu, doing anything else is almost impossible. Iphone has limited resources at it is. i don't want flash to kill my phone as well.
djrbxOct 6, 2009
I know people will bury me, but I could end up eating my words.Silverlight anyone??
thinkboxOct 6, 2009
Flash is coming in iPhone applications. This news is outdated.Show me a handheld phone that currently uses flash & ill show you crappy battery + choppy video.
richiOct 6, 2009
...but Apple isn't going to let flash run in Safari. There's still the appstore control point.And the point of this announcement is to support the hardware video acceleration, so no choppiness and better battery life.
richiOct 6, 2009
And somehow that's worse than allowing iPhone users to stream H.264 from the built-in YouTube app? Nah, I'm not buying that conspiracy theory.