Adobe: “There will be Flash in the iPhone if Apple Allows it”

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Adobe: “There will be Flash in the iPhone if Apple Allows it”

by Avatar	Stumble this!	October 01st 2008

No, it is not a exact quote from Adobe. that is just what they basically said recently. Adobe had already managed to get Flash running in a JailBroken iPhone months ago. Flash has always been a thorn for the iPhone given it is Resource Intensive and because it is something that Apple cannot get over the fact they would not be able to control it. Apple shunned Java for the same reasons. but unlike Java. Flash is not dying away slowly. it is a integral part of a full web experience. something Apple has advertised and have got criticized for because that phrase is of course a complete lie just as the iPhone interface demo Commercial that got banned in the U.K for the same reasons. there is no full web experience without Flash. there is no chance for having a full RIA web experience without it either. this don`t comes only to flash but also Silverlight as it ramps up as the other option to counter Adobe.

Apple reticent attitude toward flash and silverlight is because they are proposing their own ideas and standards of what multimedia and RIA web could be. Adobe just assured that Windows Mobile support will get as best as possible. there is no doubt that the same will happen with Symbian and Android. so has Microsoft with silverlight assuring it will work with Symbian besides Windows Mobile. will they follow to android?. yes. because they don`t have to ask for permission and because they will be forced to do so if Adobe puts flash into Android.

So can Apple allow to say no to Flash for the iPhone?. i don`t think so . not if they want to live up to the promise of a full web experience that all of its competitors will have. they must know it. but they also know that if they cave in for Flash. how will the be able to say no to Silverlight (that is less resource intensive than flash no less) and JavaFX?.

Exactly.

The iPhone getting flash support is important for a full web experience and to force apple to accept other option beyond flash too. so RIA web can grow faster too. if this happens. it will assure every Mobile OS makes sure there is support for these plugins.

That will also mean that you would not need to sacrifice off any of your widgets while using a mobile.

via TC