http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Not even Adobe knows when Flash is coming to the iPhone http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 2:49PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 3:27PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 22nd 2008 5:01PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/1) Although iPhone can natively decode H264 through quicktime, watching H264 through flash would probably kill the processor and not to mention the battery life.

2) Even if the iPhone could run H264 though Flash, HD resolution would not only kill the processor and battery life, but it's absolutely pointless on a half-VGA screen.

The probable reason why flash isn't on the iPhone yet is because Apple is likely 1) busy with more pressing needs, and 2) spending time optimizing flash for the iPhone.]]>Feb 23rd 2008 6:21PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/no offense here, but poorly designed flash crap is a memory hog.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 5:40PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 23rd 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/
2) You complain about Flash being a processor/memory hog, and then posit Canvas tag as a solution? HHAHAHAHHA

]]>Feb 23rd 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/
First of all, Ryan Stewart isn't a "company spokesman". He's a "Rich Internet Evangelist". That's all about Adobe's new AIR product - nothing to do with the iPhone or even Flash on mobile devices.

Second, if you read the WSJ article (or Ryan's blog), you'll see that the full quote from him was this:

"I assume someone at the high levels of Adobe knows what the status is but I don't and everyone I talk to doesn't. That's because only Apple really knows anything about it."

He contradicts himself: first he says that he assumes someone at a high level at Adobe knows about Flash on the iPhone, but then he says that only Apple knows about it. That doesn't make any sense.

My guess is that Ryan is regretting he ever made his blog post in the first place.

]]>Feb 22nd 2008 10:15PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/
- Did Adobe give Apple access to the FLASH source code??? (Adobe 100% knows this!)
- Did Apple obtain one of the tightest, most secretive NDA's the world has ever known with 1-2 people within Adobe who are either lying to employees, or are just that good at keeping a secret???

Oh, and lets not be so foolish to think FLASH is going to be SDK'ed onto the iPhone/iPod Touch via Adobe, if Apple doesn't provide it themselves. You and I both know that if Apple doesn't want something in their playground, it ain't officially getting into their playground.

The game is "Apple Says", people!!! Not "e-Bay (Skype) Says" or "Adobe Says"!

It's "Apple Says"!!! Or if you wanna think of it another way... "Jobs-y Says"

"Jobs-y says, You ain't getting on my iPhone, less you do what I want!!!"]]>Feb 22nd 2008 10:19PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/
Ahem, you seem to have forgotten that a jailbreak has taken over the playground, and the Apple police sure have had trouble rounding 'em back up.

Not only that, but Apple has had a couple reasons for thinking twice about Flash support: for one, it's extremely processor-heavy, and that combined with Wi-Fi would seriously eat up the battery. Speaking of processor-heavy, the 400MHz processor would have some serious trouble displaying most animations without considerable lag, unless Apple finds a way to lessen up the load. Even 2GHz can't run all Flash animations and applications perfectly.]]>Feb 23rd 2008 1:17AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/
So, when it comes to official 3rd party apps on the i-P/PT, jailbreak really shouldn't be considered...]]>Feb 23rd 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/22/not-even-adobe-knows-when-flash-is-coming-to-the-iphone/Feb 25th 2008 6:42PM