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March 5, 2008
Flash Player "Too Slow" for iPhone, According to Jobs
For those of you looking for Flash content on your iPhone (including BBC's anticipated iPlayer software), you might have to wait a bit longer.
According to Macworld UK, Apple CEO Steve Jobs went on record at a shareholder meeting to warn that the iPhone needs a Flash player that works like it does on a computer and that the Flash Lite Player which Adobe currently develops for mobile phones isn't sufficiently advanced for Apple's handheld.
"Proper" Flash "performs too slow to be useful," on the iPhone, Jobs warned. "There's this missing product in the middle. It just doesn't exist," he explained. Apple's boss insisted Apple maintains a good relationship with Adobe all the same.
Regarding the long-awaited iPhone software development kit, Jobs stated that "You'll be seeing a lot of applications out there this summer." Jobs then went on to promise the release of additional .Mac-based applications later this year.
Not the greatest news, but what can you do? Let us know what you think over in the comments or forums.
Posted by chrisbarylick at March 5, 2008 10:12 AM
Category: iPhone
Tags: Adobe, Apple, BBC, CEO, Flash, iPhone, iPlayer, lite, meeting, mobile, phones, player, shareholder, software development kit, Steve Jobs, summer
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About the iPhone wish list, I would like to see the capability to view an Excel file. Also I would like a program to keep track of time spent with a client and then export the date driven file to an Excel file to email or sync.
Posted by: Jon Ritchey at March 5, 2008 12:25 PM
Jon,
Actually, you already can open Word and Excel files on the iPhone. I get my work schedule as an Excel file emailed to me every other week. When I click on the email attachement of these file types, they automatically open on my iPhone for viewing.
Posted by: GlennAC at March 5, 2008 3:31 PM
maybe fully usable flash is way better than flash lite. BUT flash lite ist much better than no flash at all. For me, flash lite would extend iPhone-possibilities good enough. Steve may have Video in mind, I do not.
Posted by: chriZ at March 5, 2008 4:25 PM
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