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iPhone Flash Support In Early Development

Tuesday June 17, 2008 7:35 am PDT by longofest
During Adobe's quarterly conference call last night, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen confirmed that the company was working on a version of Flash for the iPhone.

With respect to the iPhone, we are working on it. We have a version thats working on the emulation. This is still on the computer and you know, we have to continue to move it from a test environment onto the device and continue to make it work. So we are pleased with the internal progress that weve made to date.


Apple has been working on a JavaScript framework called SproutCore that would reduce, but not necessarily eliminate, web application dependence on Flash.

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thevibesman
Posted: 51 months ago
Nice, I knew we wouldn't be left flashless forever. I wonder how close to the AppStore launch this will be--I don't know much about the differences between the emulator and the phone, but hopefully that means we will see this pretty soon.

Now if we can get a copy/past rumor I'll be all set.
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BrittQ
Posted: 51 months ago
It will be nice to be able to listen to XM on my iPhone through XM's online player.:cool:
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dicklacara
Posted: 51 months ago
I'd like to see Adobe make Flash work on the Mac, first!
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kdarling
Posted: 51 months ago
"Still on the computer"...

So, just as with TomTom, it sounds like Adobe hasn't gotten a developer on-unit test license yet either.

I mean, it makes a weird sort of sense to limit developer licenses to a broad spectrum of apps at first, but to totally ignore the biggest names in the business?
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Rojo
Posted: 51 months ago
Finally!

Once it happens, I'll be able to go to my company's homepage on my iPhone and not see just a blue square there anymore!

Woohoo! :D
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bigmc6000
Posted: 51 months ago
I think they should just sell a flash enabled Safari on the AppStore for something stupid like 99 cents (or maybe even free?). I would only use it when I want flash - most of the time I don't want flash as all it would do would be to take pages take forever to load with all their stupid Flash adds but when I want to watch a video online I'd like to have the option...

I also want MMS (yeah, yeah, I know, I know) and the ability to send more than 1 photo at a time - I can't begin to tell you how many times that's annoyed me.

Also, let me save pics from the web as well as e-mail.
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aerospace
Posted: 51 months ago
...for iphone version 3.0 likely lol

6months+ till release
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psychofreak
Posted: 51 months ago

Also, let me save pics from the web as well as e-mail.

Coming in v2.0 :)
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mainstreetmark
Posted: 51 months ago

Coming in v2.0 :)


yeah, but not so far as I can tell (or remember), MMS isn't there, so we'll continue to get those crappy "Someone has sent you a multimedia message..." with two complicated strings you have to remember.

Can't you at least make the link it sends clickable with all the correct information? As it stands, I ignore them all, and act like an idiot when the person asks me if I got that funny thing they sent me.

Anyways, flash would be ok. I understand it'll drain the battery, but at least websites with flash will work properly.
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rxse7en
Posted: 51 months ago
If the iPhone 3g can readily handle 3G and GPS with enough juice to spare why is Flash such a big deal now? Steve's claim that he was concerned with battery life shouldn't make a difference now, no?
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