Comments on: Adobe working on Flash for iPhone, but the ball is in Apple’s court

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:16:40 +0000

I can’t imagine flash running that well on an iphone. 600mhz is not going to be enough to make it a good experience. I figure they will be able to pull off decent video playback but that is probably it.

For fun Find someone with an older computer (like 1ghz range) and go look at any modern flash site. The cpu will jump to 100% and it will be a slide show.

I am pretty sure that is an experience apple does not want on their device.

By: Adam Cleaver

Adam Cleaver — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:08:44 +0000

This is great news for anyone wanting to deliver brand experiences on mobile phones – it’s just a shame we still don’t know when it will happen. The powerful combination of the iPhone interface with the rich interactivity of Flash is something agencies, marketers and consumers will find hard to resist. Interestingly, we can also envisage a potential cost saving for clients as pre-existing Flash content is repurposed for mobile.

At present, it looks like there is only talk about the Flash plug-in on the Safari web browser. As such, Flash widgets per se are not really on the cards yet. Native iPhone widgets/applications in Flash are still a good while away, but we wait with anticipation for the opportunity to use this new technology.

By: Wayne Sutton

Wayne Sutton — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:59:29 +0000

I say give us flash and what ever else we want like copy and paste!

By: Luke Noel-Storr

Luke Noel-Storr — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:40:42 +0000

My understanding is that Apple will not allow apps that interpret code, which is essentially what Flash does, so I cannot see it being released as a stand alone app.

The reasoning for this is obvious – it allows a method to bypass the app store, and release apps for the iPhone without going down Apples approved route.

If Flash for iPhone were released, then developers could simply develop apps for Flash for iPhone, and this is what Apple want to avoid.

For similar reasons I doubt it will come as a plugin, as then we are likely to see things such as iPhone game sites appear, where developers write flash games targeted at the iPhone, which are available to play on dedicated sites. Again, Apple loses control, which is clearly not what they want.

By: Riles

Riles — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:08:36 +0000

That’s true I have skyfire and it’s great, but it would be nice to have the device do it natively without having to run fetch from a 3rd party server.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:23:47 +0000

All the iPhone is missing is the ability to run Yahoo Fantasy Sports Stattracker – and Flash would enable that. I’m definitely for Adobe adding Flash support.

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By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:20:43 +0000

The beauty of WM is you don’t have to wait around for Microsoft to put Flash in the browser. Skyfire already supports Flash. I believe Opera Mobile is slated to as well.

By: Riles

Riles — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:42:50 +0000

By the look of things the next round of WM will have Flash support so Apple is going to get bullied into this whether they like it or not.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:02:39 +0000

Put a flash card reader on the iPhone – THAT would motivate me enough to buy one!

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:09:50 +0000

This is the thing that keeps Apple’s browser from being better than MicroB. If they added Flash, I’d be inclined to pick up another Touch.