Many people thought that Apple's reluctance to join the Open Screen Project meant no Flash Player for the iPhone, despite the other smartphones gearing up for Adobe's patented technology.
In one of many press releases issued today, Adobe announced that "Adobe Flash Professional CS5 will enable developers to create rich, interactive applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch." A public beta version of this will be available by the end of this year, opening up app development to millions of developers.
This announcement came during the keynote presentation of Adobe MAX, a worldwide developer conference, along with a sneak peak demonstration on how developers can utilize the new technology to export applications for the iPhone.
There are currently several applications in the App Store that have been created with Flash technology, and Adobe said there were a number of other apps pending approval. Those of us waiting for "all the parts of the Internet" that the iPhone once promised are still left wanting, however. The San Jose based company said: "The Apple iPhone SDK license terms do not allow runtime interpreted code, so Adobe is not able to deliver Flash Player in Safari on the iPhone without support from Apple."
