Adobe Flash running on HTC EVO 4G
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First, let me apologize to Adobe for all the harsh articles on how Flash is outdated, how it doesn't work on mobile devices and how HTML5 is taking over. After using Adobe Flash with my HTC EVO and Android's Froyo operating system, I am now a believer.
I have been staying at a hotel in Ontario California for the past couple days. Unfortunately, I am not getting LA or Orange County's newly acquired 4G signal. I've been testing Flash enabled sites with a slower-than-usual 3G speed and have rarely run into any problems.
For the past couple of days, I have been watching content directly from YouTube, streaming Flash videos from CNET, enjoying episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants (okay, laugh at me) on Nickelodian, watching Flash enabled video clips on Foxnews.com, and basically enjoying Flash content all over the web. For the first time, I feel like I truly have the Internet in my hands.
Other Android Froyo Flash users have basically said the same thing I have. So why does Steve Jobs still insist that Flash had its day in the sun and that HTML5 is the way to go? I agreed with him a couple months back—the beta version of Flash tested poorly on mobile devices, even ones running Android. However, now that all the bugs with Flash have been worked out without eating away too much battery life, why should this technology be discounted? Judging by the problems with the iPhone 4, perhaps Steve Jobs is the one that should just call it a day.
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Comments
you are the champion writer for flash
People calling Flash can't run on mobiles are simply ignorant.
I was able to take my interactive Flash developed elearning programs on my Pocket PC and runs smoothly back in 2004!! I didn't even need a laptop for going to a meeting for demo of those flash.
I have been saying this a while, welcome aboard the believer train
Same here, had 3 iPhones before my current phone which is a HTC Desire. Finally I don't get annoyed by little blue blocks. And it runs superb.
um, maybe Adobe just proved that, but Paul Irish proved Flash can work on iPhone over half a year ago.
http://paulirish.com/work/gordon/demos/
Gordon was running Flash 1 content from over ten years ago, it doesn't run the video or actionscript used in anything used on the web now.
I remember the apocaplyptics prophets, that anounce the end of the world. Everybody follow their shocking prediction, and want it happens. I don't understand. Flash works fine and don't do evil or pain.
I'm open to new alternatives, but they must be real, not a sketch.
Well Adobe proved that flash works in mobile devices in September / October 2009 on the Nokia N900 and 2 other smartphones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pee3nT4bPw4
Had problems playing the Facebook flash videos on m Nexus One. Had to get rid of flash 10.1 Beta 3.
Besides that, it looks promising.
Yes, Flash is actually running just fine on modern mobile devices. It's really on the rise! And that's just great! It's great to see people start to enjoy FP10.1 on mobile devices!
As to the iOS platform: Comex (The man that brought Jailbreakme.com and other great jailbreaking stuff to the iPhone) proved that Flash can indeed run on the iPhone/iPad. He released a first (alpha) version of a Flash Player that runs quite nicely on iOS-devices.
Why is there no Flash for iPhone? Steve Jobs is holding off the boat, because of the App store.
Check out this post about Flash on the iPad. And this is not an Adobe-powered version of the player. Imagine what is possible!
http://nocreativity.com/blog/frash-flash-on-the-iphone
Good article. You wrote:
"So why does Steve Jobs still insist that Flash had its day in the sun and that HTML5 is the way to go?"
Answer: Simply because Steve chose to ban Flash for business reasons - not technical ones. Technical reasons existed but they were only used as excuses. For more on this check out:
http://franciscokattan.com/2010/03/07/why-steve-jobs-will-never-put-adob...
(read the comments in that post to see why Apple is pushing HTML5).
Anyone ever think that it was the lack of performance of Flash that started all this? And now due to the impetus provided by its banning from the iphone, they worked hard on the product and improved it... so now it works. Works Well!
Given that it works and works well, we shall see if Steve Jobs is man enough to say "well they turned the product around and addressed my criticisms, so welcome to the iPhone Flash!"
If he does this I can respect his position... if not, well then that just makes him look bad. And costs the iPhone user a good technology.
I also have the Flash player 10.1 for android 2.2 for a couple of weeks now and it simple overrules all of my expectations. I program in actionscript on a daily basis. As far as i know i haven't encountered any missing api's or features compared to the desktop. Clicking, mousemovements, dragging of stuff: it all seems to work. I even didn't use the new features like Accelerometer and mulit touch that much because the old user interface stuff is already much fun to play with. Even when a flash application needs to be controlled with arrow keys of a keyboard, i can fall back on the trackball. Then off course there is the performance, which is equal or even better then ye average netbook. I don't know what kind off Flashplayer Steve whines about, but it is not the Flashplayer i know.
In the Sun? The Sun is Tory bollocks. Why would you listen to what they have to say?
You got the Flash Player and you used it to watch SpongeBob and...........Fox News?! :-)
For the past couple of days, I have been watching content directly from YouTube, streaming Flash videos from CNET, enjoying episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants (okay, laugh at me) on Nickelodian, watching Flash enabled video clips on Foxnews.com, and basically enjoying Flash content all over the web. For the first time, I feel like I truly have the Internet in my hands.
Strange.... i can see all the videos from those sites on my iPod 2G.
Why? I'm trully wondering....
next time write a decent article with websites that don't fallback to html5 video on mobile detection...
Flash, dont work well on my work pc, a HP EliteBook 8530w, it doesn't work well on my home computer, a MacPro from 2006, and it does not perform well on my Nokia phone.
Needless to say, I orderd an iPhone4, if nothing else that will help making a market that will kill flash totally.
I hope that in 2011 I can surfe the web whitout the pain of Flash. Flash has been nothing but a pain since it's release.
Let's hear it for the Apple fanboy.
It works absolutely fine on my Macbook Pro. I've also hacked Mac OS X Tiger onto a Dell Inspiron 8500 which also runs Flash ok. The Inspiron is an old Pentium 4, 2.4GHz. HTML 5 doesnt need the help of Apple. It will be widely adopted. I really want to know why Flash isn't running well on Macs could it be the components inside cant keep up with an old PC laptop or that the current OS X developers can't code. Unlikely to be that or could it? When Apple start inciting FUD or lies people will start thinking its Apple that are rubbish. Including Mac developers like myself.
http://blog.laptopmag.com/mobile-flash-fail-weak-android-player-proves-j...
This bloger realised the flash sites did not use flash when he was on mobile...
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