The iPad Flash battle really doesn’t look like it’s going to end anytime soon. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen took to the Fox Business channel to declare that Apple’s decision to deny iPad Flash support “hurts customers”. It doesn’t look like Apple or Adobe are about to give peace a chance any time soon.
With the UK iPad delay, we’ve got even longer to watch Apple and Adobe battle it out over iPad Flash support in America. Interviewed on Fox Business, Shantanu says Apple’s decision to keep Flash off the iPad “isn’t really a technology decision as much as it is a business decision”.
He continued: “[Apple] has chosen to keep their system proprietary and closed which is why they’re not supporting Flash and I think that hurts customers.” He said stopping iPad Flash support would damage Apple as “companies like Google, RIM and Palm are going to releasing version of Flash on smartphones and tablets in the second half of the year.”
The battle between Apple and Adobe over iPad Flash support is creating a wider split between organisations willing to offer iPad specific sites (including video provider Brightcove and Flickr) and firms sticking with Flash. The HP Slate will feature Flash support while Google Chrome OS tablets will have Flash built-in.
The Adobe/Apple clash over Flash has been running for some time but really kicked off in earnest in February this year when allegedly Steve Jobs slammed Google and Adobe at an Apple event. Jobs made a big point at the iPhone OS 4.0 event that iAds use HTML5 not Flash.
Out now | £free | Adobe (via Fox Business)
