Adobe’s Flash Technology on iPad Tablet PC Software Environment
The latest technology craze even before it’s unveiling was Apple’s latest hybrid tablet PC. What is known as “iPad” is essentially an oversized iPhone or iPod touch. A mix of features that are from tablet PC and iPhone. I was asking if iPad tablet would be a hit gadget or will it be worth your money at $500 a piece. I’ll look only on one important aspect of the device which would be good to think about.
The software environment of iPad is inherited from the earlier Apple device like iPhone or iPod touch mobile device. Thus, when Steve Job showed a demo of browsing The New York Times on the iPad, and some of the website’s content didn’t display. The reason behind is probably because iPhone or iPod touch does not support Adobe’s Flash technology. Apple has long kept Adobe’s Flash technology out of the iPhone or iPod touch software environment. As Jobs’ demo showed, the iPad tablet PC is no different. Apple hasn’t changed things yet.
It would be really cool to have Adobe Flash running on iPad and I bet iPad would get more followers. Apple rather preferred to have HTML5 standard for web embedded videos instead of Flash video players. Finally, we end up with a flash-less iPad tablet PC which doesn’t jibe well with digital publishers. Personally, I would rather wait a few months for an alternative touch screen device that is capable of running Adobe’s Flash embedded on every website.
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 7:18 pm under 