Flash on the iPhone
One of the features I have been long awaiting on the iPhone is Flash. Surrounding the release of the SDK, rumors were made regarding reasons Flash still wasn’t on the iPhone. These ranged from licensing issues to the current versions of Flash were not suited for the iPhone.
Tuesday we heard comments from Adobe’s Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen:
“We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone,” Narayen said. “We have evaluated (the software developer tools) and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves.”
This settles the question - “Is Flash is coming to the iPhone?” The question is now when it’s coming to the iPhone. However, timing could very well even be effected by limitations of the SDK.
My plea to both Apple and Adobe is they can settle this with the consumer and innovation in mind. The Internet on the iPhone won’t be the “full Internet experience” that consumers are looking for unless Flash is brought to the iPhone. Through that experience, portable media can evolve into what it should have been, not watered down as with previous devices.
Tags: Adobe, Apple, Flash, iPhoneRelated Stories
POSTED IN: Adobe, Apple, Flash, iPhone, iPhone SDK
1 opinion for Flash on the iPhone
Megan
Apr 20, 2008 at 7:43 pm
It only makes sense. While some uses of Flash are rather annoying, it’s also very annoying when you expect a Flash app to load while using your iPhone and then say “oh yeah…I’m on an iPhone.”
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