Adobe: No Flash Plugin For iPhone After All

Edward Kirk · March 20th, 2008, 12:54 AM

Adobe's apparent determination to get Flash on the iPhone seems to have dissipated. They have announced that the iPhone SDK really isn't enough to get it working on the platform after all, and that their previous statement about their intentions to do so may have even been misinterpreted.

Steve has openly stated that he doesn't think Flash is ready for the iPhone, explaining that Flash currently takes up too much processing power, and that their mobile version of Flash is inadequate.

Despite this, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen made comments during a conference call on their quarterly earnings that were interpreted as an announcement that they would be porting Flash to the iPhone using Apple's SDK:

"We are also committed to bringing the Flash experience to the iPhone and we will work with Apple. We've evaluated the SDK, we can now start to develop the Flash player ourselves and we think it benefits our joint customers."

Now it seems that Adobe has either come to their senses or were misinterpreted. Narayen is now saying that the SDK is not enough to get Flash working on Mobile Safari, although they are trying to create a flash player application for non-web based media.

"Adobe has evaluated the iPhone SDK and can now start to develop a way to bring Flash Player to the iPhone. However, to bring the full capabilities of Flash to the iPhone Web-browsing experience we do need to work with Apple beyond and above what is available through the SDK and the current license around it."

An Apple official was asked for a comment on if such collaboration may eventually take place, and he's "looking into it." It looks like we're just going to have to wait, as usual.

[via One More Thing (CNET)]

apotegma · **bull** - March 20th, 2008, 11:48 PM #2

It's sad to see apple like this...
they generate a huge hype about native apps and the possibilities that the sdk brings to the iphone by giving developers all these tools they need and then we uncover 100 but's about the sdk....

I get the whole quality control aspect of it, some really bad stuff could end up on our iPhones... but still, it's up to them to decide what's good and what's not.

How can one resist jailbraking when you have some truly great apps out there?
[most of wich are free]

No flash? No IM?
No background Apps at all?

this is bull.

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,086 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Adobe: No Flash Plugin For iPhone After All - March 20th, 2008, 12:54 AM #1
	Adobe's apparent determination to get Flash on the iPhone seems to have dissipated. They have announced that the iPhone SDK really isn't enough to get it working on the platform after all, and that their previous statement about their intentions to do so may have even been misinterpreted. Steve has openly stated that he doesn't think Flash is ready for the iPhone, explaining that Flash currently takes up too much processing power, and that their mobile version of Flash is inadequate. Despite this, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen made comments during a conference call on their quarterly earnings that were interpreted as an announcement that they would be porting Flash to the iPhone using Apple's SDK: "We are also committed to bringing the Flash experience to the iPhone and we will work with Apple. We've evaluated the SDK, we can now start to develop the Flash player ourselves and we think it benefits our joint customers." Now it seems that Adobe has either come to their senses or were misinterpreted. Narayen is now saying that the SDK is not enough to get Flash working on Mobile Safari, although they are trying to create a flash player application for non-web based media. "Adobe has evaluated the iPhone SDK and can now start to develop a way to bring Flash Player to the iPhone. However, to bring the full capabilities of Flash to the iPhone Web-browsing experience we do need to work with Apple beyond and above what is available through the SDK and the current license around it." An Apple official was asked for a comment on if such collaboration may eventually take place, and he's "looking into it." It looks like we're just going to have to wait, as usual. [via One More Thing (CNET)] __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

apotegma Forum Lurker Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	bull - March 20th, 2008, 11:48 PM #2
	It's sad to see apple like this... they generate a huge hype about native apps and the possibilities that the sdk brings to the iphone by giving developers all these tools they need and then we uncover 100 but's about the sdk.... I get the whole quality control aspect of it, some really bad stuff could end up on our iPhones... but still, it's up to them to decide what's good and what's not. How can one resist jailbraking when you have some truly great apps out there? [most of wich are free] No flash? No IM? No background Apps at all? this is bull.