Adobe’s Flash plans go up in smoke

Annnnd big software companies are now 0-for-2 when it comes to their iPhone development plans. First it was Sun, who backpedaled on its promise to bring Java to the iPhone faster than a kid doing a 180° on a Big Wheel. And yet, even having seen that, Adobe still went ahead and said that it would bring Flash to the iPhone.

Only maybe not so much. A follow-up statement from Adobe took a more conservative bent:

“However, to bring the full capabilities of Flash to the iPhone Web-browsing experience, we do need to work with Apple beyond and above what is available through the SDK and the current license around it,” the company said.

And thus, the question: will Apple make an exception for Adobe in order to bring the much-ballyhooed Flash support to the iPhone’s browser, or will it stick to the ground rules it’s already laid out? Seeing as how Easter weekend is upon us, I suggest we solve this issue via the time-honored sport of Peep jousting. I’m offering 4:1 on Adobe’s peep—any takers?

Category: Software

Posted by Dan Moren on Mar 20 2008, 4:00 PM ET

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