No Adobe Flash Support on the iPhone
Coming out of WWDC are reports that Apple has officially admitted that the Apple iPhone will not support Adobe's Flash plug-in in Safari.
Flash support has been a long unanswered question about the Apple iPhone. Steve Jobs had made comments early on that we might see Flash in iPhone according to David Pogue:
Of note, Jobs did say that Youtube support would be in the iPhone... but by sidestepping Flash altogether:
This portion of Jobs' plan came true with the Youtube addon for Apple TV which will require Youtube to convert their catalog of videos into the h.264 format.
Flash support has been a long unanswered question about the Apple iPhone. Steve Jobs had made comments early on that we might see Flash in iPhone according to David Pogue:
Markoff: Flash [in the iPhone]?
Jobs: Well, you might see that.
Of note, Jobs did say that Youtube support would be in the iPhone... but by sidestepping Flash altogether:
Jobs: Yeah, YouTubeof course. But you dont need to have Flash to show YouTube. All you need to do is deal with YouTube. And plus, we could get em to up their video resolution at the same time, by using h.264 instead of the old codec.
This portion of Jobs' plan came true with the Youtube addon for Apple TV which will require Youtube to convert their catalog of videos into the h.264 format.
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61 months ago
It will be tought to have a good web browsing experience without flash support.
61 months ago
Not that Windows Mobile or Palm load flash either.
Very true, I was just hoping to use my iphone inplace of my powerbook at times for casual browsing, without flash support it won't be the same.
61 months ago
hhmm dissapointing to see, but not that it doesnt matter a whole lot. uumm does it support java apps?? if not, then we will be in some trouble
61 months ago
hhmm dissapointing to see, but not that it doesnt matter a whole lot. uumm does it support java apps?? if not, then we will be in some trouble
No, no Java.
61 months ago
Sure, its dissapointing but lets be honest... we never really KNEW there would be flash. We just sorta guessed it.
This further's my argument that the images we are seeing for the iPhone ad's are composited. That flash on the NY Times page had to get there somehow... it there because the whole page is fake, it was not what was really on the screen. We have never seen a working iPhone show flash content. Of course, the October 2nd date proved this too. Thats beside the point though.
Everytime I see Apple pull another thing we are expecting from the phone, I cringe. I wish they would be more forward and just give us straight answers. Thats what gets us in this mess. I am gonna get one regardless, they already sold me on it. It just is a bummer to find out now that it isnt what I expected. I just wish I KNEW back in January what they had sold me on.
This further's my argument that the images we are seeing for the iPhone ad's are composited. That flash on the NY Times page had to get there somehow... it there because the whole page is fake, it was not what was really on the screen. We have never seen a working iPhone show flash content. Of course, the October 2nd date proved this too. Thats beside the point though.
Everytime I see Apple pull another thing we are expecting from the phone, I cringe. I wish they would be more forward and just give us straight answers. Thats what gets us in this mess. I am gonna get one regardless, they already sold me on it. It just is a bummer to find out now that it isnt what I expected. I just wish I KNEW back in January what they had sold me on.
61 months ago
this is horrible! and for the record, WINDOWS MOBILE DOES LOAD FLASH!!!!! i have the plug in! heres proof!
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer_pocketpc/downloads/player.html
apple is really breaking my heart today. man, i'm seriously thinking of not wasting $600 on this phone now. this is nuts! a $99 Q has more features... come on steve! your killin' me here ...
"ranting" i know, but really, come on apple :(
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer_pocketpc/downloads/player.html
apple is really breaking my heart today. man, i'm seriously thinking of not wasting $600 on this phone now. this is nuts! a $99 Q has more features... come on steve! your killin' me here ...
"ranting" i know, but really, come on apple :(
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