kt1 wrote:

Squirrel wrote:if only it was easier to have flash on them without jailbreaking etc.

There's a story. The trouble is, there is not yet any Flash implementation that uses hardware acceleration for video and graphics: all video decode in Flash is done in software. If the phone runs it in software, the power consumption from the CPU goes through the roof and the battery life goes through the floor.

Flash 10.1 is in beta with phone makers, and has support for video acceleration hardware, which takes tiny amounts of battery power. This year we will see Flash 10.1 on phones, possibly including the iPhone. Maybe even the rumoured v4 iPhone/iPod touch OS.

TechJunkie wrote:I'm not sure that the reason for flash not making it onto the iPhone/Touch is technical. Other smart phones run it with similar or better battery life than the iPhone.

Also the jailbroken phone will run flash with out taking much of a hit in battery consumption.

I think it's more a case of Apple being afraid of losing control of the device.

kt1 wrote:

TechJunkie wrote:

Also the jailbroken phone will run flash with out taking much of a hit in battery consumption.

That's not Flash, it's gnash or swfdec. It won't show most Flash web pages out there.