Anyone know why iPhone doesn't have FLASH still?
Just wondering what the deal is on FLASH and the iPhone.
There are so many things you can watch, e.g., on Hulu, but can't on the iPhone due to no flash.
Many newer phones (e.g. Palm Pre) will play flash. Just wondering if anyone knows why the iPhone doesn't have flash yet and if it ever will have flash.
Thanks.
There are so many things you can watch, e.g., on Hulu, but can't on the iPhone due to no flash.
Many newer phones (e.g. Palm Pre) will play flash. Just wondering if anyone knows why the iPhone doesn't have flash yet and if it ever will have flash.
Thanks.
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Flash is a resource hog, and the iPhone is a phone.
The App Store says you're wrong.
Just wondering what the deal is on FLASH and the iPhone.
There are so many things you can watch, e.g., on Hulu, but can't on the iPhone due to no flash.
Many newer phones (e.g. Palm Pre) will play flash. Just wondering if anyone knows why the iPhone doesn't have flash yet and if it ever will have flash.
Thanks.
Flash lite you mean.
Flash is a resource hog, and the iPhone is a phone.
dont pretend like the iPhone is just a phone. if that was the case it would be horrible and unpopular (as it pretty much sucks as a phone)
i owned a 3G for 6 months. while it is, with out a doubt, the best handheld device on the market, it is not a very good phone. it drops calls, it's internet fails too often and is slower than it should be, and it doesnt hold a signal like other phones. a person should not be down town seattle with no cell reception.
in fact, i sold my iPhone and purchased an LG Vu, its a HORRIBLE device, in fact i think i would rather have the RAZR, however as a Phone it is actually very good, great service, never dropped a call and when i had internet (while not real like the iPhones, it never gets to the point where it takes forever for it to load a page)
personally i would love to go back to using an iPhone, when i got rid of it i did it because i could not call my parents in an area without 4 bars or higher and stay connected for more than a half hour. maybe the next gen version they will keep it the same size (which is not too big/thick) and instead put a bigger battery in it and better cell service.
fingers crossed.
just because your choice product does not support a mainstream app, does not mean that app must suck, maybe its a flaw in the product that you so blindly worship? maybe apple is not 100% perfect?
also, for those that are saying that flash sucks... its only because you dont have it, its widely used, and its useful, are there better alternatives? yes. however not everyone uses them, so if you are to view things online and you want to view EVERYTHING then you need Flash, like it or not. calling it a "Turd" is stupid, pure blindly apple loving stupid.
just because your choice product does not support a mainstream app, does not mean that app must suck, maybe its a flaw in the product that you so blindly worship? maybe apple is not 100% perfect?
Well lets put it this way....when I'm browsing on my iPhone I have yet to say aww shit...it requires flash so I can't view it. Again, I could care less about flash. It will only end up creating issues with many things IMO.
Here is a survey conducted by Wired that shows how performance of the same device can differ from region to region and country to country.
Participants in Australia reported the slowest average 3G download speeds of about 759 Kbps.
Users in Germany and the Netherlands reported the fastest average 3G download speeds -- about 2,000 Kbps.
Wired.com 3G Survey
i owned a 3G for 6 months. while it is, with out a doubt, the best handheld device on the market, it is not a very good phone. it drops calls, it's internet fails too often and is slower than it should be, and it doesnt hold a signal like other phones. a person should not be down town seattle with no cell reception.
also, for those that are saying that flash sucks... its only because you dont have it, its widely used, and its useful, are there better alternatives? yes. however not everyone uses them, so if you are to view things online and you want to view EVERYTHING then you need Flash, like it or not. calling it a "Turd" is stupid, pure blindly apple loving stupid.
just because your choice product does not support a mainstream app, does not mean that app must suck, maybe its a flaw in the product that you so blindly worship? maybe apple is not 100% perfect?
Flash is a bloated resource hog from hell even on a desktop machine. Yes, it's widely used, but so are many other subpar solutions... doesn't mean I want to use them.
When Adobe can deliver a full Flash solution that can run on the iPhone without taking over the CPU and UI to the point of it not being usable, I'd consider it. But seeing how well their client runs on MacOS X, I'm not holding my breath. It's kind of a dog. I can't imagine they can do better with 1/10 the computing power. If they can, great. If not, don't bother, y'know? This Flash Lite crap is for the birds.
im not a fan of it, but to flat out not offer it? horrible plan.
also, im not the only one that has experienced the problems with the iPhone.
LG Vu, my new phone. it is a different phone. better reception, faaaaar less dropped calls, same exact network.
The article I posted was to show that you can take the same phone and get different results for different reasons. Wireless communications is a very complex system their is more going on than only the phone itself.
The iPhone is the most used mobile internet device in the world, exactly how is leaving out flash a horrible plan?
lol, judging by my last few weeks here. i expected a reaction much like this. of course offering more is a bad thing...
im not a fan of it, but to flat out not offer it? horrible plan.
also, im not the only one that has experienced the problems with the iPhone.
LG Vu, my new phone. it is a different phone. better reception, faaaaar less dropped calls, same exact network.
It's not *just* the phone.
You made a general statement that the iPhone is a bad phone. Based on a very simplistic premise that takes nothing else into account.
The article I posted was to show that you can take the same phone and get different results for different reasons. Wireless communications is a very complex system their is more going on than only the phone itself.
The iPhone is the most used mobile internet device in the world, exactly how is leaving out flash a horrible plan?
oh, i dont know, maybe because it could be an even BETTER device?
MS windows is used by 90% of the computer market, how exactly is leaving out OSX a horrible plan?
I don't know what to tell you 'Goat, I recently took my iPhone to Seattle to visit family, and the coverage was *horrible*... but around NYC, I've never had a problem. It's rock solid. Unlike our Verizon coverage before we switched - *that* was flaky as hell around NYC, but great in Raleigh, NC, and good in Seattle.
It's not *just* the phone.
fo course its not *just* the phone, i agree with you there.
but im now using a different phone on the same network in the same exact area, and guess what, that phoen is performing better.
how is that the networks fault? im just saying im by far not the only person that has had the problem with the iPhone, things get better, but not even to the level of some $20 phones, which is the problem.
again, brilliant device, but it has some work to do in the phone department.
If the iPhone performed the same way on all networks, then the phone itself being the problem is a more likely conclusion. But seeing clear evidence that the iPhone does not perform the same on all networks shows that all networks have different proclivities. The best that can be said is we don't know.
fo course its not *just* the phone, i agree with you there.
but im now using a different phone on the same network in the same exact area, and guess what, that phoen is performing better.
how is that the networks fault? im just saying im by far not the only person that has had the problem with the iPhone, things get better, but not even to the level of some $20 phones, which is the problem.
again, brilliant device, but it has some work to do in the phone department.
also, for those that are saying that flash sucks... its only because you dont have it, its widely used, and its useful, are there better alternatives? yes. however not everyone uses them, so if you are to view things online and you want to view EVERYTHING then you need Flash, like it or not. calling it a "Turd" is stupid, pure blindly apple loving stupid.
just because your choice product does not support a mainstream app, does not mean that app must suck, maybe its a flaw in the product that you so blindly worship? maybe apple is not 100% perfect?
no, flash = Turd. iPhone owner or not.
you want to believe that the iPhone isn't very good because it doesn't have flash, whereas I believe that flash is a Turd full stop. if flash was NOT the resource hog turd that it is, and instead was a compact resource lite app that STILL kept its full functionality AND was an open standard, then it might be possible for it not to be a Turd.
as its unlikely that all these things will come to be, Flash remains a Turd