Adobe has announced that a Flash player is in the works for Apple’s iPhone.
Paul Petiem, senior director of engineering at Adobe, confirmed at the Flash on the Beach conference in Brighton that his company was working on an application to enable Flash playback on iPhone, according to FlashMagazine. However, Petiem noted that the iPhone is a closed platform, so it’s up to Apple whether or not Adobe’s application will be approved.
Adding a Flash application to iPhone would quell one of the most common complaints about the handset. Currently, iPhone is unable to load web sites running Flash animations, audio, video or games.
It remains questionable whether or not Apple would approve of Flash, seeing as the player would compete with games sold through the iPhone App Store. Some have recently scrutinized Apple, accusing the company of being anti-competitive by rejecting applications submitted to the App Store on the grounds that they "duplicate" the handset’s features.
Flash for the iPhone confirmed at FOTB [FlashMagazine]
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