Adobe Bringing Flash to the iPhone
Adobe made comments today that they will be delivering a Flash client for the iPhone. According to Adobe's Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen, Adobe has downloaded the iPhone SDK and is planning on building a Flash Player for the iPhone and distributing it via Apple's iTunes App store.
The news comes a few weeks after Apple's Steve Jobs stated his reasons why Flash is not available for the iPhone. Jobs claimed that Flash Lite for mobile was not full featured enough, while the full version of Flash would not run well on the iPhone. Other reports have claimed the core issue preventing the release of Flash for iPhone is a licensing negotiation between Adobe and Apple over the iPhone's PDF renderer.
It's not clear how exactly Adobe would bring Flash to the iPhone, as there are several restrictions in the iPhone SDK that could prevent its release.
"We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone," Narayen said. "We have evaluated (the software developer tools) and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves."
The news comes a few weeks after Apple's Steve Jobs stated his reasons why Flash is not available for the iPhone. Jobs claimed that Flash Lite for mobile was not full featured enough, while the full version of Flash would not run well on the iPhone. Other reports have claimed the core issue preventing the release of Flash for iPhone is a licensing negotiation between Adobe and Apple over the iPhone's PDF renderer.
It's not clear how exactly Adobe would bring Flash to the iPhone, as there are several restrictions in the iPhone SDK that could prevent its release.
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51 months ago
i really hope this happens. somehow or another, we really need flash on the iPhone. hopefully either adobe can make it themselves, or apple will step in and help them.
where there's a will, there's a way.
where there's a will, there's a way.
51 months ago
This is going to get interesting, with the likes of Sun and Adobe attempting to fill gaps that were intentionally created by Apple.
Do guys like Adobe get assurances that their player will be allowed in the store? Creating the player isn't trivial, even with an existing code base. It isn't a weekend project.
If Apple starts rejecting apps, I smell law suits. The courts may end up having to decide what fits within the SDK agreement and what doesn't. Let us hope it doesn't come to that!
Do guys like Adobe get assurances that their player will be allowed in the store? Creating the player isn't trivial, even with an existing code base. It isn't a weekend project.
If Apple starts rejecting apps, I smell law suits. The courts may end up having to decide what fits within the SDK agreement and what doesn't. Let us hope it doesn't come to that!
51 months ago
Looks like Adobe is accepting Steve's challenge!
If this launches on day one of the App Store it will be worth the wait.
If this launches on day one of the App Store it will be worth the wait.
51 months ago
Yay! (nobody can whine ANYMORE!)
Robust Exchange Support - Check
802.11x - Check
AIM/iChat - Check
Sweet Games - Check
Flash - Check
Java - Check
MMS - ????
They have one major item remaining before I stop whining! ;)
Edit: I haven't been whining, BUT I do think MMS should really be there!
51 months ago
Yay! (nobody can whine ANYMORE!)
Well, it'll have to be its own app. Like how if you go to YouTube in Safari it won't work on the iPhone, but if you go to the YouTube app it will work. Likewise, you'll have to go to flash sites in the flash app, and flash still won't work in web sites you visit in Safari.
So people who want flash that's in websites won't stop complaining since they'll still have to launch their flash app and go see flash content that way, then go back to safari to continue using the web.
I'm of the mind that flash on the iPhone doesn't matter, but I'm just pointing out that the people who are currently complaining will probably keep complaining.
51 months ago
The only way I could see Adobe making a worthwhile product to sell through the app store is if they had a whole web browser that had flash integrated that people could use in place of Safari. Since Adobe doesn't have their own browser, I'd think their best bet would be to release a webkit browser. Would Apple let them sell that, though?
51 months ago
Even with licensing issues, I can see Apple letting this one slide. Getting fully featured Flash support on the iPhone would be a HUGE boon for Apple given the prevalence of flash media on the web. Same is true of Java, really.
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