Adobe still awaits a "flash" signal from Apple

When I was scooping around the comments surrounding the latest news about Adobe's Flash support for iPhone, I found out that most of the blog readers (and mostly iPhone fans) everywhere are celebrating this breaking news. Heck, there's even someone said he/she is now gonna buy an iPhone 3G after hearing the news, all they were waiting for this whole time is Flash support to watch YouTube.

But what they didn't know, and I can't blame them, is that Adobe has not released yet any Flash product or software for iPhone / iPod Touch. Like what May C. has posted the news here at PalmAddict, most of the news around the blogosphere are only underlining the main tag line: Adobe is indeed currently working on Flash for iPhone. But they have missed an important cue, here's the snipped news from iPhone Atlas, which originally came from Flash Magazine:

“Upon a direct question from the audience, Paul Betlem for the first time publicly confirmed that Adobe is actively developing a Flash Player for Apple’s popular phone. He said (not direct quote) ‘My team is working on Flash on the iPhone, but it’s a closed platform.’ He noted that Apple makes all the decisions, so in other words, the ball is in Apple’s yard at this time. If Apple says yes, Adobe will have the player available in a very short time.”

So it hasn't decided yet. There is no word yet coming from Apple about this, and it'll be up to Steve Jobs to finally allow Flash in iPhone or not. If your memory serves you well, remember that it's Steve Jobs himself who told us that Flash is not suitable for iPhone. And Apple is already working on Flash replacement, read about this on my previous post.

But aside from users demand for Flash player in iPhone, Apple has to reconsider having it after the miss-leading iPhone tv ad charge filled in U.K. Besides, surely Apple doesn't want G1 Android to steal the title of "Full Web Experience" from iPhone, right? ;-)

If just Steve Jobs is not that stubborn about Flash support for iPhone, then his brainchild device that's the most coveted device right now; won't have to face this prolonged dilemma. What are you waiting for, Steve? All you've gotta do is flash a signal to Adobe, then they'll get it ready in a flash. ~LOL~

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