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Apple iPad, Android, other tablet displays

Taosman;1685845; said:
Has Apple totally discounted the idea of Flash support? I hear different stories.........

Apple is banking on HTML5, which is short sighted on their part. There's a lot more to Flash than just video. I am sure there will be support at some point, but Jobs has been saying that it would destroy battery life and make the device unstable, he's also called Adobe lazy in regards to fixing these issues.

Like I said, I figure it will happen, but hard to spin those comments when it does. Meanwhile, flash for Android is already in production on a few devices, though currently it is embedded into HTC's proprietary "Sense UI" but this is a sign that soon Android, the iPad and iPhones biggest competition, will have these features.

You'll know when it happens, the joy from the farmville dorks will echo around the world.
 
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Adobe is also rapidly becoming another enemy in the eyes of Steve jobs.


Gizmodo channels thomas beaver with their spin on flash, acting like videos or stupid games are the extent of the flash purposes on the web, when there are entire menu interfaces, galleries and other preview systems built around flash.


Apple is at a very interesting place. Until now, they've utterly destroyed everyone who tried to produce creative and trendy devices to compete with apple. No device could touch the ipod or iphone despite countless failed attempts.


Now they are faced with very formidable and more comparable opponents. They aren't taking on buggy, clunky ripoffs from nerdy non-creative companies like Microsoft.

Verizon isn't crippling their devices any more... they are welcoming open-source technology with their new approach, a complete 180 from the old Verizon and a much more programmer friendly environment than apple.

The htc hd2 is unbelievable and flying off of shelves despite a lesser network.

The android operating system is incredibly popular and much more progressive in their approach to upgrades and fixes. They won't wait 2-4 years to give you copy and paste functionality.
 
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Taosman;1685858; said:
And HTML5 is phasing out the current Flash, so maybe Apple is just ahead of the curve.

HTML5 has a ton of issues in comparison to the flash model.

First, let's start with the simple one, video, youtube's HTML5 has a ton of issues I have seen already, first off, now ads are going to be in your face, want to see that video? Gotta watch the ad before it. HD video has a ton of pixelation and the controls seem to have issues constantly, like the status bar saying the video hasn't started yet when I am half way through it.

Online games, a lot of people think of online gaming as world of warcraft or xbox live, etc... However, the most popular online games are Farmville, Mafia Wars, and similiar games, why? They are built into popular networking sites and people can play them while they wait for their douchebag friend to update his facebook or reply to the picture of your feces you posted.

Advertisements are an easy one.

Porn, nuff said, you take away flash you kill a ton of porn sites. Porn drives the internet, it always will, people don't like going into seedy adult book stores just to buy a magazine/video/etc to rub one out, the internet has brought porn to your house where you can watch it in privacy without that old lady giving you a dirty look as you stroll out of the adult book store.

A lot of sites, such as large multimedia companies, have sites driven completely by flash, it keeps their code secure, allows for a nice flow and a richer multimedia experience than traditional html.

Top this off with the fact that there's huge issues with the HTML5 standard and what is going to be the video codec, and you're not going to see apple revolutionizing the web anytime soon.

People will start using a lot of the features of HTML5, but flash isn't going anywhere. It's supported by all browsers, it's free, and even though it's a memory hog, it works.
 
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This is pretty awesome...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSnIXfoSU6I"]YouTube - iPad in Car, Pt. 1, First Ever, SoundMan Car Audio[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsvog8tb8dc&feature=watch_response"]YouTube - iPad in Car, Pt. 2, First Ever, SoundMan Car Audio[/ame]
 
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jwinslow;1690193; said:
5MP camera for next iPhone, 8MP seen for 2011 model? (Phone Arena News)

Apple doesn't seem too worried about falling behind by 1-2 years on specs
1. Apple doesn't care about being cutting edge on hardware. It's all about UI and style, a design philosophy which has served them well.

2. Has anyone ever chosen not to buy a cell phone because the camera is 3.2MP and not 5, or 5MP and not 8? Much ado about nothing.
 
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