Adobe is Working on Flash for iPhone, Report

http://www.beet.tv/2008/09/iphone-to-get-a.html

An Adobe official has confirmed that Adobe is working on Flash technology for the iPhone, and that the player will be available in a very short time if Apple gives it the OK, according to a report by iPhone Atlas. Adobe already has Flash running on an iPhone emulator.

Andy interviewed Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch about the evolution of Flash at the MIT Technology Review EmTech08 conference last week.

Flash is the most broadly deployed technology on the web today and the Flash Player is responsible for drastically improving the online video viewing experience, according to Lynch. Flash would improve the viewing of web video and rich media pages on the iPhone, so we hope Apple says yes to the technology sooner rather than later.

Adobe will continue working on online video innovations, like text search within video, indexing video with search engines at different time points, and interactivity, Lynch says.

This is the second of our interview with Lynch. Last week we posted an interview about Adobe and mobile devices. He does not address Flash and iPhone in this interview.

--Kelsey Blodget, Associate Producer

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• iphone
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[G12fresh]

I WANT  FLASH ON MY IPHONE

[BlackStarIsAwesome]

Hurry it up!! I can't wait.

[wicked4u2c]

Funny how things change from 1 year to another.

[KillerX3189]

Flash has been crated about a month or two ago, and Adobe offered it to Apple's iDevice, but Steve Jobs sent an email regarding a long, thorough hate speech against Adobe.

[eliasaileliasaile]

I wanna throw Steve Jobs out of a Window(s) becouse of that he is souch an idiot!

[ikarus56]

If I knew how apple operate I would never get an Iphone. Hell with them

[camboy1132]

Apple should be sued & taken to court for controlling the rule of the software. 2 and half years late.not to be rude.but the stock market. having it would make more money for apple so this 2 half year old news will most likely upset the share holders.when browsing the internet you cant watch movies from websites. but thanks for the video I'm just upset at apple results not at you for giving the news.if you don't like the fairness watch my you tube video & sign a partition linked to my video

[camboy1132]

expired news with awful out come February 21st 2010, this video is false. if it was announced 2 half year ago as of you posting of you video well then where is it as of February 2010 ? who said it was coming to Iphone ?

[MrWiifriendcode12]

Yes they are working on java flash player

for iPod and iPhone

[Dreadknux]

The sooner Flash dies, the better. Roll on HTML5.

[Esperflame]

There are no plans for Flash to be officially be ported to the iPhone. they are working for flash support for Droid tho. Maybe it's time to change to a better network. Or you can wait for June-July when iPhone comes to verizon.