{"id":1520,"date":"2009-06-15T11:36:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T10:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1520-adobes-secret-plans-for-flash-on-the-iphone.html"},"modified":"2009-06-15T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T10:36:03","slug":"adobes-secret-plans-for-flash-on-the-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1520-adobes-secret-plans-for-flash-on-the-iphone.html","title":{"rendered":"Adobe\u2019s secret plans for the iPhone \u2013 but still no Flash (updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I spoke to Adobe\u2019s Erik Larson, director of product management for Acrobat.com<\/a>. Acrobat.com is a conferencing and document collaboration site which is built almost entirely in Flash. Apple does not allow Flash on the iPhone, so my ears pricked up when I heard Larson promise iPhone support for Acrobat.com from the Autumn. <\/p>\n

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We\u2019ll be adding mobile access via smartphones, so the iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, and Windows Mobile. You\u2019ll be able to access your documents, share them with other people, and do some other interesting things that we\u2019ll talk about later this year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

said Larson. Naturally I asked him to expand on this promise. Will Apple be allowing the Flash plug-in in iPhone Safari, or is this some other approach?<\/p>\n

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You will be able to access and do work from your iPhone using Acrobat.com. It\u2019s more than just the Acrobat.com access, it\u2019s pretty interesting. It will be an application. You won\u2019t have to go to your web browser. Beyond that, I don\u2019t want to spill the beans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

said Larson. <\/p>\n

I speculated earlier that this meant bringing Flash in some form to the iPhone, for example as a runtime outside the browser. In his comment though, Larson says that is not the case. A shame, since many developers would welcome the opportunity to deploy AIR applications to the device, for example, even it if meant going via Apple\u2019s App Store.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately this also means that the iPhone access will be somewhat less than what I would describe as \u201cdo work from your iPhone using Acrobat.com\u201d. Larson said on Twitter: <\/p>\n

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You will be able to access, share and manage docs…plus a little nifty-ness I can’t tell you about…but no editing at first.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s a substantial advantage for the HTML\/JavaScript based suites like Google Docs and Zoho, for iPhone users.<\/p>\n

Post updated in the light of his comments.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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