Adobe and Apple Collaborating on Flash for iPhone

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Posted January 31, 2009 at 11:16pm by iClarified

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Adobe's CEO indicated that Apple and Adobe are collaborating on Flash for the iPhone.

Chief Executive Officer Shantanu Narayen said that Adobe faces challenges in developing Flash for the iPhone.

“It’s a hard technical challenge, and that’s part of the reason Apple and Adobe are collaborating,” Narayen said today in a Bloomberg Television interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “The ball is in our court. The onus is on us to deliver.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs had previously commented that Flash runs too slowly for the iPhone, and a slimmed-down version, called Flash Lite, “isn’t capable enough to be used with the Web.”

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Ninja - February 1, 2009 at 1:31am

It was always possible to run Flash, but due to current economic downturn, both these companies decided to "work together" now (after so long) to keep their businesses afloat. This is hypocritical.

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humbeegj1 - February 1, 2009 at 1:04am

CANNOT WAIT.......I think this might be available for the new iphone to come....

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