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Tuesday September 30, 2008
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Looks like Apple's finally addressing one of the major complaints lodged against the iPhone: Speaking at the Flash on the Beach conference in Brighton, an Adobe representative today confirmed that iPhone will finally be getting Flash support.
"My team is working on Flash on the iPhone, but it's a closed platform," Flash Magazine quoted Adobe's senior director, engineering, Paul Betlem as saying, during a town hall presentation. The specifics of the project are still largely under wraps, and Apple is no doubt calling most, if not all, of the shots here.
Still, seeing as how Adobe's platform is nearly ubiquitous on the Web, any news on the subject is good news for iPhone owners.
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September 30, 2008 7:57 PM
That's fine for the iPhone but what about Blackberry users?
September 30, 2008 10:33 PM
Wow, it's about damned time - I've been dying for flash on my iPod touch for a while now. :D Looking forward to whatever comes out of that meeting.
October 1, 2008 10:19 AM
This isn't a good idea, Flash would slow down iPhone's performance and that would also negatively influence the phone's battery life which is not perfect, so unless they fix that some how, i'm not sure we need it.
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October 1, 2008 11:55 AM
This is great news for anyone wanting to deliver brand experiences on mobile phones - it's just a shame we still don't know when it will happen. The powerful combination of the iPhone interface with the rich interactivity of Flash is something agencies, marketers and consumers will find hard to resist. Interestingly, we can also envisage a potential cost saving for clients as pre-existing Flash content is repurposed for mobile.
At present, it looks like there is only talk about the Flash plug-in on the Safari web browser. As such, Flash widgets per se are not really on the cards yet. Native iPhone widgets/applications in Flash are still a good while away, but we wait with anticipation for the opportunity to use this new technology.
October 1, 2008 12:18 PM
Bad for the iPhone? No. Maybe not good for battery performance, but it is still good news for the iPhone. if you don't want Flash, don't use it...
What I want is to see the iPhone play quicktime streaming media (such as that form the U. Texas site re: foreign languages). Why can't the iPhone do that too?
October 1, 2008 10:54 PM
finally.... Just like the march 07 announcement?...I'll believe it when I see it!
October 2, 2008 1:16 PM
This should make up for the short battery life on the 3G Iphone... I'll also beleive it when I see it....
October 2, 2008 10:19 PM
well its about time.
October 3, 2008 5:06 PM
Don't hold your breath. The problem with flash on the iPhone has never been technical - Apple wants to retain control of the platform, and thus their monopoly on apps, iTunes, etc. There won't be Flash on the iPhone, or Java either, until it can be done while Apple retains control.
http://soi.kd6.us/2008/10/03/so-i-doubt-well-get-flash-or-java-on-the-iphone/
October 6, 2008 3:53 AM
As a multimedia device, the iphone sucks. I'm a die-had mac fan, but I just bought a iphone and all it does is plat you tube CRAP, doesn't sync via wifi (WTF????), the iphone app on the phone has NO INTERNET RADIO (WTF????) and ONLY allows the purchase of .99 stupid songs. Also, why can't apps other than phone, mail, and ipod RUN IN THE BACKGROUND??? I would like to keep an IM program running and get alerts when I get a message... simple enough.
I expected a scaled down internet appliance mac phone, but fee like I got a flashy palm OS device.
CUT AND PASTE and a FINDER dammit with multiple apps running at the same time.
I may return this thing... I wanted a micro computer that was a media device... this thing doesn't measure up.
October 10, 2008 1:17 AM
I just got the iphone, I am not a mac user but I like techy stuff. I think some people who have posted negative comments are unaware of all that is available for the iphone.
Internet radio is available try the Pandora or flycast apps (both free and work on the Edge speed service I get where I live).
Someone said there is no streaming video and someone else mentioned that youtube is all thats available - I have been to sites for NBC and ABC and there are a ton of videos that appear to be streaming. When going to these sites they seem to redirect to iphone friendly pages... maybe these are an exception to the "no streaming". Bottom line, I am happy with it.
Honestly the weaknesses I see on a daily basis are: no true spoken GPS, no effective voice activated dialing (this really should be an essential saftey feature), inability to text pictures without sending via email- (I dont understand Apples logic with that), inability to create and edit documents, and no flash or other multimedia formats.
Bottom line - I am hoping for the best. The phone is pretty cool and hopefully the increased competition over the next year will pressure Apple to fix the few things missing from the current phone.