Comments on: The Hold-up for Flash on the iPhone

By: jasonmcintyre (jasonmcintyre)

jasonmcintyre (jasonmcintyre) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:28:34 +0000

Why Adobe Flash isn’t ready for the iPhone
http://tinyurl.com/ckpl5h

By: robpickering (Rob Pickering)

robpickering (Rob Pickering) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:34:44 +0000

The Hold-up for Flash on the iPhone – http://tinyurl.com/ckpl5h (via @CaliLewis) So sad, but some progress.

By: maxio (James Espinoza)

maxio (James Espinoza) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:24:23 +0000

The flash on the iPhone hold up! Maybe coming soon! http://tinyurl.com/ckpl5h

By: macsatwork (macsatwork)

macsatwork (macsatwork) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:44:20 +0000

The Hold-up for Flash on the iPhone – http://tinyurl.com/ckpl5h (via @CaliLewis) (via @denisdubois)

By: Keith Humphreys

Keith Humphreys — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:39:44 +0000

An Apple London store geek thought it was because Flash uses too many resources – maybe just internal messaging….

By: Len Paris

Len Paris — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:07:33 +0000

Now, if only the iPhone could be used on Verizon or Sprint instead of AT&T.

I never miss an episode of Geekbrief. You are super!

Len
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By: William

William — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:09:27 +0000

Hope they do work it out Apple know people been asking for it since Iphone/touch came out. So please get it out soon

By: thegreatspace

thegreatspace — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:22:45 +0000

What this means is that many handsets are in trouble, especially RIMM. If Apple I Phone should end up having its own version of Flash, it could make or break a choice.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:02:42 +0000

Right. That’s why it works perfectly on jail-broken phones. Not buying it!

By: Alx Klive

Alx Klive — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:02:04 +0000

Hmmm. I hope this is true, but I have some doubts. Technical challenge? Flash has been demonstrated to run on an iPhone. If it’s not the hardware what is it? Apple could be wary to allow ‘another OS’ into their device. This is silly though. Apple should just buy Adobe (one-tenth the market cap) and move beyond this. People need Flash on the iPhone. I can’t believe more isn’t made of this.

By: Sam Crawford

Sam Crawford — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:59:33 +0000

That’s what I assumed from the beginning. I’m just surprised it’s taking this long for them to develop a solution.

By: Richard Ashwell

Richard Ashwell — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:55:43 +0000

While I am not really into conspiracy stuff too much, I am thinking the technical challenge isn’t just Flash for “video” which apple would probably value as a good thing to enhance their offering, it is more about creating a flash that can restrict the influx of flash based game / application type of stuff that would perhaps take a big bite out of apples control and profit on apps on their platform. There are IMHO very few applications for the iphone that couldn’t be done just as well with flash and apple wouldn’t be able to tap that market as they are now if the flash runtime is identical functionally to it big browser counter part. So I am betting in all of their technical stirring they are also trying to shackle it up as well, if it ever get there.

Richard

By: James Wilkinson

James Wilkinson — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:55:35 +0000

Hi Cali,

In a previous job, I managed a team that wrote a Flash Player from the ground up for embedded internet-on-a-TV devices.

Yes, it was hard, but it wasn’t insurmountable.

Adobe Flash Player already runs on a large number of platforms – not just Intel.

I think the problems are purely commercial/political. If Apple allows Flash onto the iPhone, the App Store is pretty much doomed.

Keep up the good work,
James
London, UK