blog.wired.com— Although Adobe says it is working on a version of its popular Flash player for the iPhone, Apple is unlikely ever to permit it to appear in the handset's App Store, no matter how much customers want it.
Nov 17, 2008View in Crawl 4
Flash is the exact reason I have been counting the days in my 2 year ATT contact....as soon as it's up, I'm buying a google-based phone and never going back to an apple one until the platform is opened up. I'm *very* seriously considering paying the cancellation fee and bailing a lot sooner. They won't ever do it, so I'm not waiting anymore...I'm switching as soon as I can.
What's this about battery life ??? When you close your browser, it closes any flash plugin along with it no ? So unless you're watching youtube or flash-heavy content all day long, it won't drain your battery by having flash installed. Also, how does flash content differ from a game ? They will both drain your battery at the same speed.. Also, remember that click to activate plugin thing in IE6 ? Why don't they use the same concept ? Have the user click on the ad or the movie to activate it. This would solve any performance/battery problem. Heck even make it a user preference to automatically load flash content or not.. I don't it's a technical issue at all.. its much more of a control of quality and content from Adobe. And that's why I'm getting android ;)
kyleandstanNov 18, 2008
Flash is the exact reason I have been counting the days in my 2 year ATT contact....as soon as it's up, I'm buying a google-based phone and never going back to an apple one until the platform is opened up. I'm *very* seriously considering paying the cancellation fee and bailing a lot sooner. They won't ever do it, so I'm not waiting anymore...I'm switching as soon as I can.
jparkinsonNov 18, 2008
Myspace Music would be pretty handy to have... other than that.. and non-youtube video I really don't care.
jeepsterboyNov 19, 2008
don't worry - it looks like its comming - just read the article on macrumors.com
Closed AccountNov 19, 2008
And this is why I think Apple is a dick.
mbaushOct 3, 2009
What's this about battery life ??? When you close your browser, it closes any flash plugin along with it no ? So unless you're watching youtube or flash-heavy content all day long, it won't drain your battery by having flash installed. Also, how does flash content differ from a game ? They will both drain your battery at the same speed.. Also, remember that click to activate plugin thing in IE6 ? Why don't they use the same concept ? Have the user click on the ad or the movie to activate it. This would solve any performance/battery problem. Heck even make it a user preference to automatically load flash content or not.. I don't it's a technical issue at all.. its much more of a control of quality and content from Adobe. And that's why I'm getting android ;)