Much interweb chatter about the whole “Steve Jobs gave Adobe the bird” “Flash is heavy and slow” …blah blah blah! Well, Let’s take a look at how NOT having flash on your iPod / iPhone / iPad is going to screw your life.
Suddenly the top began moving, rotating, unscrewing...
So, when I say FLASH you say VIDEO when I say FLASH… oh, you get it, yeah… So, flash and video hold hands and skip, that means that you can’t watch.. well, YouTube are letting you watch their stuff, and many other commercial video sites are jumping on the wagon as well… So, what video can’t you watch? That’s right – PORN! don’t deny it, you sneak a little bit of the Swedish goodness in from time to time… “everyone” does it… you’re just cut that you can’t go straight to redtube and… oh, wait, you can… (blushing now) how ruuuude!… So, there you go, you can watch video…
What else? Games? Suck it up game boy, do some work!! Plus, there’s a gazillion games you CAN play – let me introduce you to the App Store!
iPad in a Flashless world
This image came from Cult of Mac and I’m not sure if it is theirs or Adobes, if it is, sorry
OK, so you’ve got games, porn.. oh, err.. I mean video… you can view pictures, you can listen to music, you can tell the time, check the weather… learn about first aid, check the footy scores, tweet, read the news, call your mum… What’s missing? What can’t you do on the iPhone / iPad / iPod without flash?
That’s right – You can’t view FLASH WEB SITES… Well, maybe it’s time for some smart cooky to build “an app for that” …something that, when you go to a flash website, it springs out onto the website, grabs all the flash in its teeth, munches it into html5 on the fly and spits it back onto your poxy little screen in all its ex-flash glory… there’s not a flamin’ APP FOR THAT yet… (Dave? Get busy)
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I think the 3 things that will mean an iPad is never for me :
-No multi tasking
-No Flash
-Price
(plus I’m a PC person)
For “Serious” users I think the iPad is a complete no go. Get a netbook or mac-book air.
Else I think iPad is for less serious users who want to show off and have money to burn.
This may be a flash-killer though. My site uses flash for the gallery and while I was going to upgrade to the most recent version – I’m now considering alternatives. May be even more prevalent when HTML 5 is finalised.
Look up smokescreen, it converts Flash to HTML5. http://smokescreen.us/
So why exactly would I need this device? If you get the version that is reviewed, (The 64 Gig one) its over 800 bucks. You could buy a very good laptop for that, and one that has things like Flash Player and a camera.