Still no Flash for the iPhone
Adobe announced they are going to introduce Flash Player 10 for most mobile operating systems. I say most, because there is still no Flash Player for the iPhone. Later this year, users with the Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian, and Palm WebOS operating systems will gain access to Flash content. Those of us on the iPhone are still going to have to wait, quite possible forever.
Although, Steve Jobs feels Flash is not good enough for the iPhone, I must disagree. Flash is widely used on the web for presenting content, games, and most importantly video. The inability for iPhone customers to utilize Flash content is a huge disability and will be a real sales disadvantage when the other major mobile operating systems integrate Flash later this year.
I have been watching the debate about Flash on the iPhone for quite some time. Many experts like Robert Scoble feel the real reason that Flash Player hasn’t been implemented on the iPhone is not because of technical difficulties but instead because of Apple’s reluctance to use Adobe’s PDF renderer. Whatever the problem, Apple better figure out a viable solution soon. The developer version of Flash Player 10 mobile is expected to be available in October of this year. It is only a matter of time before innovative new applications are available, not to mention Android users will be able to watch Jon Stewart on Hulu.
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