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Flash is (or is not) coming to the iPhone
Somewhat of a sore spot for Flash and iPhone developers, the hope that the Flash player would make its way to the iPhone is still very much up for debate. A recent quote from Adobe CEO, Shantanu Narayen, has some left some believing it’s very much on its way and others thinking it’ll never make it.
“It’s a hard technical challenge, and that’s part of the reason Apple and Adobe are collaborating,” [Adobe CEO Shantanu] Narayen told Bloomberg Television at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “The ball is in our court. The onus is on us to deliver.”
Some claim the Flash Player could never be written in a way that would sit well with the ARM processor. The power requirements of running such an app would be too much for a mobile device. Others have said it’s a political/business decision on Apple’s part.
Who knows. I just hope it finally makes its way to the iPhone platform. I think it would open development up to a lot more people that don’t feel like trying to wrap their brain around Objective C. Apple still has very strict control over what applications make it to the iTunes store, so the concern about quality of apps shouldn’t be an issue.
I personally feel that it’s more political than anything else. But, I’m a cynic.