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Flash Ported To iOS and iPhone 4
An anonymous reader noted that there is a simple HOWTO explaining how to install flash on an iPhone4. Mad props for using Strong Bad as the demo. Of course, step one is to use the JailBreakMe. Once installed, Flash inside Safari loads in a stopped state so it won't even hurt performance unless you decide to actually execute the program.
I'm not Apple fan, but putting Flash on an iPhone4 is like going to a nice dinner party, getting wasted, jumping up on the table, dropping trou, and depositing a huge steamer right in the salad bowl.
It's just NASTY.
So you don't have to worry about your app running horrible on certain phones.
True, but developing for Android vs. iOS means you don't have to worry about being bitch-slapped by Apple. It's almost like a cruel joke...a way for them to assert their power. "We know you have no choice but to develop for us...and we're going to make that suck. Why? Because we can, that's why."
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is the iPhone's main feature for me. But if you like it, nice to have the choice.
Android users have hyped Flash for months... everyone's been waiting for Froyo so that they could get their hands on that beautiful Flash support (I like Flash in that it enables me to view content that I otherwise wouldn't be able to view - usually it wass the videos embedded in Engadget posts that pissed me off when I couldn't view them due to not having Flash).
Now I've gone through the trouble of switching out my Milestone for a Desire so that I could get Froyo a week early (seriously... official Froyo came out like a week after I got my Desire with the intention of running a Froyo custom ROM on it), and what do the iPhoners do?
iPhoner 1: "Hey dude, we need Flash!"
iPhoner 2: "Uuuuhhhh... Steve Jobs hates it, but who cares - I'll port it!"
*3 minutes later*
iPhoner 2: "Here you go, Flash for your jailbroken iPhone!"
Now, while I applaud the devs in the iPhone community for getting this done, I'm a bit dismayed to realize that for some reason, Android devs weren't able to - and on the system that's supposedly more open.
What gives, Android fans? Nobody with decent skills using Android? Or just lazy? :P
PS: I don't know the first thing about programming (2-player Battleship in C++ in a DOS box is the extent of my programming ability), so I might just be overlooking some little fact that would make the same thing on Android much more difficult ;)
Jailbreaking an iPhone is like reorganizing the desk of a control freak... it is only fun because they are some uptight. (sic)
So basically, you know better and you want to impose your opinion. What's the difference between you and Steve Jobs then? It's ok to act like you want to because you KNOW you are right? I'm sure Steve thinks he's right too. Blindly defending a cause doesn't make it right. And when everybody thinks they're right and act on that belief: war.
Microsoft Access, exported to Oracle.
Flash succeeds where Java applets fail -- to provide a cross--platform way to distribute apps across the internet. Go Flash! You never hog MY cpu
I'm surprised you haven't heard of flash player 10.1?
Its been out for over a month and works fine on my android phone...
You are lying. Period.