Earlier today (March 19, 2008) Adobe released comments outlining their plan to release Adobe Flash player to the iPhone via the application store. The folks at Adobe recently got their hands on the iPhones Software Development Kit, and are beginning development of an iPhone based flash player (to be distributed directly to the iPhone via the application store).
"Adobe Systems Inc. has begun work to create a media player destined for
Apple Inc.’s iPhone, Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen said Tuesday,
thus adding a new wrinkle to a standoff between the two long-term
partners" (Narayen, Adobe CEO).
Although Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Inc. stated that it would be very improbable for flash to be compatible with the iPhone (due to the feature restrictions on flash lite), news of an SDK based flash player comes in light of the recent release of the Software Development Kit (somewhat nullifying Job’s previous statement). As of right now the details as to the magnitude and specifics of the project are sketchy, but be sure to check back for frequent updates on this progressing story!
UPDATE: Adobe issued a statement to clarify what Narayen, Adobe CEO, said earlier this week: "Adobe has evaluated the iPhone SDK and can now start to develop a way
to bring Flash Player to the iPhone. However, to bring the full
capabilities of Flash to the iPhone Web-browsing experience we do need
to work with Apple beyond and above what is available through the SDK
and the current license around it."
Too bad, it looks like unless God himself Steve Jobs says that iPhone will support Flash, it won’t…
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