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Adobe has pointed a subtle finger at Apple in a recent change to their "Get Flash" download page for their Flash Player. When viewed on an iPhone or iPod touch, it now blames Apple directly for the lack of Flash support for the device, pointing out their restrictions on "such technologies".

Adobe has released a Photoshop application for the iPhone. Called Photoshop.com [App Store, Free], the app provides tools to make simple modifications to images stored on the device using a simple, easy, and unique gesture-based interface that makes.

Software developer Adobe Systems announced on Monday that its next version of Flash Professional, which is due to hit beta next year, will allow developers to export their Flash code in a format that allows it to run as a native iPhone application. The company also stated the solution was developed without the help of Apple, though it hopes the iPhone maker will be glad of its efforts. Per Macworld, the fix is designed as a workaround that will prevent developers from having to rewrite their applications from scratch for the iPhone.

When Steve Jobs himself said that Flash wouldn't get on the iPhone without major improvements, many assumed that was that, but not so. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen let the cat out of the bag in a big way last week in Switzerland, stating officially that Adobe and Apple are currently working together to get Flash working on the iPhone.

Adobe and ARM have both announced that they will be working together to optimize Adobe Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR to work on ARM-powered devices. The optimization specifically focuses on the ARM11 family, which just so happens to be what powers our iPhones.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has in the past expressed interest in getting Microsoft Silverlight, their own take on an Adobe Flash developing framework, on the iPhone, but at the time he said he hadn't discussed it with Apple so he didn't have many details to go in to. Now Microsoft is back and while they're making a concerted effort to get it on Google's Android platform, Silverlight on iPhone is becoming less and less likely.

Adobe has stated in the past that they intended to port Flash over to the iPhone, but Apple has continued to stand in their way, and for a while we had thought they had given up. As it turns out, they didn't, and have now revealed that Flash for the iPhone is nearly ready and waiting for Apple to give the 'OK'.