iPhone’s inability to read Flash is an ever going story between Apple and Adobe. Originally due to Flash Player eating up too much resources it slowly became a little bit of a tension point between the two big companies.
Adobe announced many times being ready for the iPhone and having betas already running but Apple never went Adobe’s way. The story continues now with Adobe adopting a new “passive-aggressive” position as Engadget calls it.
If you go to Adobe’s Flash Player download page from your iPhone you’ll be getting a nice little explanation about the state of the issue, it might seem a little straight forward but come on Apple, why can’t we have Flash?
[Update : Apparently the message has been there for over a month already and it's only starting to get some echo now. Thanks to @sclyde for the tip]
[via Engadget]
Why doesn’t Adobe release their flash plugin via jailbreak?
That would be hilarious indeed
come on Apple, why can’t we have Flash?
Because it’s a steaming pile of crap that doesn’t even run well on a mac, so God alone only knows just how it’ll cripple the iPhone?
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… supporting worldwide, concrete hard tested standards would help eh? Even for iPhones and Macs
OT: Asphalt 5 is out
What is that phone icon on your screenshot? At the top of the screen?
Call Forwarding – http://www.apple.com/iphone/how-to/index.html#basics.status-icons
I just want it soI can update my farm in farmville…
I can’t imagine any need for Flash other than playing streaming videos. I would definitely like being able to see embedded videos posted on blogs I read. However, if that means letting Flash on the iPhone, then I’ll pass.
People forget that if your iPhone or iPod were flash enabled, it would negate the need to purchase all those basic flash-based games on the App store.
With the exception of a few, most games on the App store are available FOR FREE on the web in one guise or another….