Adobe Flash Support for iPhone Coming Alongside SDK?
Gearlive claims that according to a "reliable source", the iPhone will be getting Adobe Flash support "very, very soon". The site speculates that the release may come alongside the Software Development Kit (SDK) release that is due later this month -- but this timeframe is just guesswork.
Adobe's Flash plug-in is required to play Flash content which is commonly used in certain aspects of web design and web-hosted videos. Apple has managed to get around this requirement with Youtube by converting Youtube content into h.264, which the iPhone supports natively.
Lack of Safari support for the popular Flash plug-in generated a lot of early criticism for the Apple iPhone. Walt Mossberg first revealed in July that Apple planned on adding Flash support in a future software update, but this feature has not yet been seen.
GearLive has not been a regular source of Apple rumors, but notably, they were responsible for the early leak of iPhone 1.1.3 firmware, which turned out to be legitimate.
Adobe's Flash plug-in is required to play Flash content which is commonly used in certain aspects of web design and web-hosted videos. Apple has managed to get around this requirement with Youtube by converting Youtube content into h.264, which the iPhone supports natively.
Lack of Safari support for the popular Flash plug-in generated a lot of early criticism for the Apple iPhone. Walt Mossberg first revealed in July that Apple planned on adding Flash support in a future software update, but this feature has not yet been seen.
GearLive has not been a regular source of Apple rumors, but notably, they were responsible for the early leak of iPhone 1.1.3 firmware, which turned out to be legitimate.
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52 months ago
According to Gearlive, the same people behind the 1.1.3 leak, flash will be coming to the iPhone with the SDK.
http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/q108-flash-on-iphone-is-just-around-the-corner/
http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/q108-flash-on-iphone-is-just-around-the-corner/
52 months ago
I hope this is true as it means BBC iPlayer on the iPhone, yeah baby.
Well if the reports of AppleTV+iPlayer are true, we could be seeing a YouTube-alike h.264 conversion dealie :)
52 months ago
Huzzah! Now the iPhone is a great mobile device. I can't imagine a fully functional web device not having flash support. I anticipate purchasing one for college over the summer, and this would be a very welcome addition!:D
52 months ago
the only problem i have believing this is that the iphone safari browser already has problems loading pages and crashing as it is, so i how could they possible run flash on it stable?
52 months ago
The addition of Flash would sure help to deliver the "whole internet." What will the battery drain if any be like though?
52 months ago
the only problem i have believing this is that the iphone safari browser already has problems loading pages and crashing as it is, so i how could they possible run flash on it stable?
Agreed... hopefully the next-gen iPhone (Intel, 3G, etc) will handle it better.
52 months ago
Huzzah! Now the iPhone is a great mobile device. I can't imagine a fully functional web device not having flash support. I anticipate purchasing one for college over the summer, and this would be a very welcome addition!:D
Just so you understand that it also means the web will run a lot slower on the iPhone as well. ;)
52 months ago
At some point, Apple is going to release iPhone OS 2.0, and it's going to cost $39.
But for now, these free feature-additions sure are nice. :)
But for now, these free feature-additions sure are nice. :)
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