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#1 2009-10-05 7:43 pm
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Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
October 5, 2009 8:42 PM
Gizmodo reports that Adobe Flash 10.1 coming for many mobile devices, but not the iPhone:
A ton of good news about Adobe Flash 10.1: Full Flash is coming to Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS and Windows Mobile. and it'll be actually GPU accelerated, meaning you can play back YouTube in HD perfectly. But the bad news?
Nothing for the iPhone.
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#2 2009-10-05 7:46 pm
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Re: Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
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#3 2009-10-05 8:38 pm
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Re: Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
Adobe's official reason
When will Flash Player be available on the iPhone?
Adobe needs full support from Apple beyond what is available through the SDK to enable Web browsing of Flash-based content on the iPhone. While we have been working hard to make the browser plug-in available, without increased co-operation from Apple, it will not be possible. Adobe is therefore focusing our development work on the major smartphone platforms that are working with us to deliver the most innovative and complete web browsing experience. With more than 85 percent of the top 100 websites using Flash and approximately 75% of all videos on the Web using Flash, we still believe that Flash on the iPhone would greatly benefit the millions of joint Apple and Adobe customers.
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#4 2009-10-05 8:54 pm
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Re: Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
It will obviously happen, eventually. But it sounds like an API issue, which is plausible.
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#5 2009-10-06 8:11 am
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Re: Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
YAY BLACKBERRY!, and then I read how long it would take 
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#6 2009-10-06 5:14 pm
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Re: Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
Maybe Jobs wants Adobe to plug some of the security holes and exploits in Flash before he will let it on "His" phone.
I don't often agree with Jobs but I can see not wanting flash on the iPhone until it's cleaned up some. Flash is a stinking pile.
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#7 2009-10-06 8:37 pm
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Re: Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
Pariah wrote:
Maybe Jobs wants Adobe to plug some of the security holes and exploits in Flash before he will let it on "His" phone.
I don't often agree with Jobs but I can see not wanting flash on the iPhone until it's cleaned up some. Flash is a stinking pile.
It doesn't matter what you think about flash, the fact is that it's used by most websites out there.
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#8 2009-10-08 7:54 am
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Re: Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
HTML 5 > Flash
Besides I don't want to "punch the monkey" on my iPhone.
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#9 2009-10-08 8:45 am
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Re: Adobe Flash for All, Except iPhone
nayrk wrote:
HTML 5 > Flash
Besides I don't want to "punch the monkey" on my iPhone.
That could void the warranty..
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