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VentureBeat: Adobe pushing new Flash technology for pretty much every mobile device — except iPhones

  • Will · 2 months ago
    Adobe marketing-speak often differs from what actually arrives. Existing implementations of Flash are bloated, and hog the CPU.
    When there's actually a mobile version of Flash that people can look at and use, then have this discussion, as of today though "move along, nothing to see here"
    If they ever do manage to bully Apple into putting Flash on the iPhone, I hope that there's an option to turn it off. Click2Flash is my favourite Safari plugin.
  • hypermark · 2 months ago
    I guess the obvious question if you are a Mac owner, knowing how much of a crash-prone dog Flash is on Mac, do you really want it on iPhone/iPod Touch?

    Me personally, no...until Adobe fixes it on the Mac. I am sure Apple looks at Adobe ubiquity goals relative to increasingly sloggish status of Adobe apps, ESPECIALLY on Macs, and wants no part of it on their mobile platform.
  • Djam · 2 months ago
    I think this post is not valid anymore:

    http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcs5/app...
  • Anthony Ha · 2 months ago
    Did you see the update at the top of the post? As I explain in the new article that I link to, this undermines some of my opinions hear, but fewer than you might think initially.
  • Eric · 2 months ago
    So where do I get flashblock for my Blackberry?
  • constant gina · 2 months ago
    Missing from the line-up - at least so far - is Apple. Take a look at what Harry McCracken has to say about that - is Flash support on phones a promise for a multimedia future, or just going to end up meaning those annoying Flash-based ads will also play on your phone, sucking your battery power?
  • Anthony Ha · 2 months ago
    "Missing from the line-up - at least so far - is Apple."

    Uh, wasn't that the whole point of my post?

    Agree that McCracken had good coverage of this, though.
  • Chris Brown · 2 months ago
    I think its so cool that they finally came out with a app that allows flash on the phones crazie!! I'm excited can't wait to use the app.
  • 9l0-007 · 2 months ago
    i agree with your suggestion
  • Chris R · 2 months ago
    I think this is great. Now even I can build an application for my iPhone.