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afghanmoose's avatar

Why doesn't apple and all the other phone companies have a phone with an interactive flash player

Asked by afghanmoose (264 points) | asked March 20th, 2008 | 5 responses | “Great Question” (0 points) | Flag as…

why doesn’t any phone,including the crazy ass iPhone,have a flashplayer integrated with the features?

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cwilbur's avatar

Battery life and usability.

squirbel's avatar

This has been asked numerous times on this site, and all over the internet. I love ya afghanmoose, but here are the links:

http://www.fluther.com/disc/8634/can-iphone-view-flash-content/
http://www.fluther.com/disc/7200/is-there-an-adobe-download-or-flashplayer-for-the-iphone/
http://www.fluther.com/disc/2197/when-will-flash-work-on-the-iphone/
http://www.fluther.com/disc/9016/is-there-a-flash-player-for-iphone/
http://www.fluther.com/disc/2134/what-do-you-think-apple-will-add-to-the-iphone-via/
http://www.fluther.com/disc/7320/can-you-see-videos-on-the-iphone-besides-you-tube-if/

The basic reason Flash is not on the iphone is technical, and the ball is in Adobe’s court. The actionscript is too bulky for Apple’s taste – it drains the battery. Adobe has built mobile versions of flash for every other platform but the iphone [which changed yesterday when Adobe announced that they would develop for the iphone]. Another technical speedbump is that Flash cannot currently translate screen taps into mouseovers, and so many features in flash depend on mouseovers.

I think I get irritated when people do not realize that perhaps the issues are technical. But consumers don’t think that way, so under the rug goes another frustration.

afghanmoose's avatar

thanks squirbel,ur the best, and my bad on the question being asked more than once

squirbel's avatar

It’s cool, sorry if I sounded snippy :)

afghanmoose's avatar

no prob,your the man,or women!

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