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Adobe confirms Flash 10.1 coming to everything but iPhone
These six platforms will join Android 2.2, which has had Flash since June 2010. The current list of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 certified devices is thus not very long, but if Adobe manages to deliver on what it's promising, it should grow very rapidly. The news today also means that the iOS is the only major mobile platform that will not support the plug-in: Apple won't let it touch the iPhone, the iPod touch, or the iPad.
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Ranger12
on October 26, 2010 1:03 PM |
Alright, one more reason to give phones running windows a second chance.! lol |
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TomSEA
on October 26, 2010 1:23 PM |
Let's hope this Flash is more secure than previous versions. It's been a mess so far... |
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VitaminC
on October 26, 2010 1:27 PM |
Reading this article right after flash made my chrome v7 crash has left a funny taste in my mouth. |
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Burty117
on October 26, 2010 1:35 PM |
All the more reason to dump this iPhone, sadly, if the website is popular and the flash content is either a game or Video, theres usually already an app for that (Examples include BBC News and Farmville) |
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oasis789
on October 26, 2010 1:40 PM |
wtf apple. another reason to switch to android |
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crzydave
on October 26, 2010 1:40 PM |
Does anyone know the reason why apple is not supporting flash on their products? Is it a compatibility issue or something else? |
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TeamworkGuy2
on October 26, 2010 1:53 PM |
I have not done research, but I think Apple does not support Flash because they do not own Adobe, if they can not make the profit, they do not want to let the software on their devices. Come to think of it, Apple would actually make more sales if they allowed Flash on their devices... and more sales would mean more profit. That argument does not make any sense, maybe Apple just thinks Flash is to insecure. |
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rtfmx9
on October 26, 2010 1:59 PM |
What's the big deal with flash? I have iPhone and never felt I missed anything on the web by not having flash on it. Even on PC, I find it annoying to have to use special add-on for Firefox to get rid of flash adds. I say - good riddance, I don't need more adds on my phone I understand people's habits are different and many may feel need for flash on their phone but that's why there are other companies out there who support it. I don't miss it. |
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Jibberish18
on October 26, 2010 2:10 PM |
Flash On Windows Phone 7 tastes delicious on my lips. |
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Jibberish18
on October 26, 2010 2:10 PM |
Especially if it utilizes the GPU like the rest of Windows Phone 7 does. |
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VitaminC
on October 26, 2010 2:12 PM |
Even though Apple is in this one for itself (as is the case with any corporation), i stand to benefit from the fight it's putting up. Apple supporting HTML5 (open standards) as a way to access information on the web, is a way friendlier approach than having to have a plugin in my browser standing between me and my goals on the web, whatever they may be. I feel the same way about silverlight. Why the hell should i have to have some random corporation's plugin sitting on my computer just to "see" certain things on the web. Think about it. |
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rebelinhyd
on October 26, 2010 2:27 PM |
flash and shockwave make my browsers crash more often than anything else but i somehow feel worse about silverlight! |
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frodough
on October 26, 2010 2:29 PM |
what a disgrace, apple rather save face than make a friendlier product. this is on apple. |
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Guest
on October 26, 2010 2:30 PM |
like using itunes to "hear" my music |
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kaonis92
on October 26, 2010 2:46 PM |
Apple: Flash is a lethal desease, exterminate it, it's...evolving! I still don't see the true point of their decision yet. |
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princeton
on October 26, 2010 3:07 PM |
Apple feels HTML5 is simply a better technology than flash. Apple has been doing things their own way ever since 1982 where they attempted to make their own form factor of floppy drives. Even after that was criticized they continue to make their products incompatible with industry standards like flash, games, OS, peripherals ect. Because they want people to conform to what they feel is best, not what we feel is best. |
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topcoach
on October 26, 2010 3:47 PM |
It appears that Apple is shooting itself in the foot. |
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tacobfm
on October 26, 2010 4:08 PM |
Lmao. GG apple. Way to ignore the competition However its understandble of apple to do this. Everything theydo is closed and come with their own standards |
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vangrat
on October 26, 2010 4:16 PM |
Frankly, I do not mind apple not using Flash. It is brining some interesting flavour to the market. Yes flash was ubiqutious, but without Apple as a user, it is allowing other standards to come into the market. That being said, my next mobile device will be android based. |
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bioflex
on October 26, 2010 5:41 PM |
Jibberish18 said: Flash On Windows Phone 7 tastes delicious on my lips. yep...your are right about that. |
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klepto12
on October 26, 2010 5:43 PM |
Iphone is old news apple has a strangle hold on there products and wont let anyone do anything without there says so i say i hope apple learns from this as i see a lot of market share being lost to android based phones in the near future. |
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kakarot27
on October 26, 2010 6:43 PM |
jailbreak get flash substitute. |
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IAMTHESTIG
on October 26, 2010 7:35 PM |
If you think about it though, Flash killed Quicktime (good riddance) so Apple is sour over that whole ordeal and they have little hesitation to flip Flash the bird and say no more. Rightly so as well I think, considering Flash is (I assume) poorly coded and as a result is a buggy, unstable, bloated resource hog. I can see why they don't want it on their streamlined systems. But probably 95% of video on the internet is flash based and plenty of websites run their entire user interface in flash. So yeah, sucks for iPhone users. |
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Eddo22
on October 26, 2010 9:21 PM |
Everything... cept apparently no flash updates for Pocket Pc. |
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crazyboy88
on October 26, 2010 9:46 PM |
I was totally surprised by this announcement........... |
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