Flash on iPhones? No Time Soon
A love-hate relationship is brewing between Apple and Adobe, as Steve Jobs has taken some jabs at Flash.
At an Apple shareholder meeting, the turtleneck-loving Jobs was quick to say that Adobe's Flash player for mobile platforms, the Flash Lite Player, isn't advanced enough for use on the iPhone. He continued to say that "proper" Flash "performs too slow to be useful," on the iPhone, which leads me to believe Flash on the iPhone was at least tested.
Tech giant Robert Scoble has a different take on the matter. His sources believe that the Flash player runs fine on the iPhone, and Apple is just reluctant to use Adobe's PDF renderer.
Flash may be an important format for the Web, but I'm not overly concerned about the situation. The iPhone software development kit, set to launch soon, will likely bring a barrage of applications that could fill the void.
Who cares about Flash? Bring on the SDK, I say.
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Ya, who cares about Flash? I mean, it's not like no one uses Flash to watch video on the web. And YouTube should be enough web based video for everyone right? The SDK *might* enable web services to have an installable iPhone app, but that is not anywhere as seamless as just being able to have all your site services available via the Safari app. So while you might not care for Flash, many web service operators who offer video solutions and rich media experiences might beg to differ. The user having to download and install ANYTHING has always been a deal breaker as far as development goes. So while the SDK is good, the lack of Flash on the iPhone is a major issue for Apple, which is why Jobs so publicly pointed fingers here, because he feels the pressure to get Flash on board.