Adobe official confirms Flash for the iPhone, says Apple will decide when

There is no news here. All it says is that they've ported it to the iPhone hardware (not just the simulator, as they announced in June). And Apple has promised them nothing.<p>This prompted me to write an email to Steve Jobs (sjobs@apple.com--he apparently actually reads all his email) as a nearly 20-year Mac (and now iPhone) ISV, begging him to stand firm and refuse to allow any kind of Flash technology on the phone.<p>Flash flies in the face of all open Internet standards, and is a huge resource hog. Flash is Adobe's ploy to build an alternative OS that makes Windows and Mac OS irrelevant. Why should Apple give Adobe any ground on which to stand?<p>Also see <a href="http://counternotions.com/2008/06/17/flash-iphone/" rel="nofollow">http://counternotions.com/2008/06/17/flash-iphone/</a> .

All you really need is an RTMP client for Safari so that it can play flash video and all the complaints would be moot.<p>Hm...that's a pretty good idea, actually. I wonder how hard it would be.

i'm curious as to how they would implement this, especially considering it isn't like you can just write a plug-in for mobile safari.<p>any one got any ideas?

Ok, <a href="http://mediawombat.com" rel="nofollow">http://mediawombat.com</a> (Flash Search Engine) is officially developing an iPhone Flash Search app now.

This is great ... since one of my main businesses is providing Flash-based sites, this is welcome news (if it performs well).

This is good news from Adobe.