Some Apple products do not support Adobe Flash. The iPod, iPhone and iPad don’t play nice with the software. So what’s the big deal? Depends on who is talking. IGN has a report about the reasons behind Apples reluctance to do the whole Flash thing, and what the future may bring.
Its a classic case of, “I’m right your wrong”, with no one budging on either side. Apple says flash is buggy and the main reason Macs crash all the time. Adobe says flash is used on at least 70% of the internet. Flash does take a lot of processing power so these mobile devices would be hard pressed to run them without degrading performance. But many popular websites rely in it. I don’t what I am going to do when I can’t browse ipodfan.com on my iPad.
HTML5 will be a big thing to watch out for. Its widespread use could mean a fair amount of competition for Flash. But, it will take time to be widely adopted. Until then, if own and iPod or iPhone or you plan on buying an iPad, you will just have to wait.
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