Posts Tagged ‘Flash’

Skyfire on iPhone backfired, dose it matter at all?

November 5th, 2010 Software No Comments
Skyfire the special web browser for the iPhone which offers the ability for iPhone users to view Flash video content by transcoding it into HTML5 on the fly. We all know Apple has this thing against Flash, the Web’s most popular video format; says it’s buggy, it’s not secure and depletes the battery and bla bla. So why sudden change of heart? Why did Apple approved Skyfire, which brings Flash on iPhone? Is it because Skyfire built in accordance with Apple guidelines, including the use of a WebKit browser core shared with Safari, and H.264 adaptive streaming and Apple wants’ to prove it excepts any application which follow guidance laid out by them. Or is it some other agenda like prove a point that Flash isn’t that big deal and fading away. So what happen to Skyfire? A lot of people were seriously existed to see Flash coming on iPhone. But despite widespread excitement over the first app to work with Adobe’s plug-in, it turns out that Skyfire isn’t very useful. My experience of Skyfire – it’s disappointing and i just wasted my hard earned $2.99. Despite all he whistle blowing and overwhelming hope it didn’t work any where near…
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Flash finally onboard iPhone

August 9th, 2010 Gadgets No Comments
You are not seeing ghost! That’s right Adobe flash can be run on iPhone 4.0, not just any flash the latest version. Hold your horses before you run over people or something, there is a catch! This can be done only by certain hack Comex, the same infamous (to Apple)/ renowned (to millions of consumers) hacker who developed the browser-based JailbreakMe tool, has done what should have been impossible and brought Flash video capabilities to the iPhone 4, and he claim that it will work on iPhone 3GS and the iPad as well. This Frash lets iPhone users view Adobe Flash content on their phones. This is certainly not any windows click and get hack, user’s iPhone have to be jail broken first prior to perform the actual hack which is a bit complex indeed.   This is no news to us that Apple’s firm stand against letting Flash, the de facto web video standard into iPhone made Flash lost its glory (even if it’s not that significant yet). This also allow the rise of HTML5, even video sharing mammoth like YouTube embraced HTML5, where once Flash was one and only. So if you are Flash fan, seriously pissed with…
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Adobe, HTML5 and Apple why needs to be observed

May 28th, 2010 Featured, Information Technology No Comments
We all aware of the spat going on between Adobe and Apple regarding Adobe’s Flash. It wasn’t always like that, not too long ago they had a mutually beneficial relationship creating a niche market based on Apple’s Mac operating system and Adobe’s content creation software. Long story short now these two once friends are now bitter rivals and hostilely fighting (media war) each other over the merits of Flash and the future of interactive content and video on the Mobile & Web. Adobe’s flash which no doubt overwhelmingly dominate web, obviously defend its product and wishes to conquer Mobile device dominance as well. On the other hand Apple the biggest tech company in the world continually refuses to accept flash on their iPhone and iPad instead advocates HTML5 as standard. It’s seems after quite a bit news battle, Adobe decided to take two approach to stay on the top of food chain. Flash defending-ad campaign Take the lead in HTML5 development Now Adobe showcased a new HTML5 addition to its Creative Suite software on Wednesday at the Google I/O developer conference. Seems Adobe would like to be more of a leader and less of a follower when it comes to…
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Adobe’s AIR, bridging online and offline world

February 25th, 2008 Information Technology No Comments
Adobe took an important step in merging desktop and Internet applications upon announcing the availability of AIR 1.0, a run-time module that provides a way of running "rich Internet applications" (RIAs) on the desktop. Since the release of the beta version of AIR, several organizations already adopted the technology; among them, NASDAQ Stock Market Inc, AOL, EBay and many others. I agree with most developers, that AIR will reduce download time due to the fact that the desktop is constantly being updated while connected to the Internet. A free download will allow users of Macs, PCs and, later this year, Linux machines to run any Air applications. Talking about interpretability, the word will get a whole new meaning on the web now. It’s about taking existing web applications and adding extra functionality whether you want to work offline or whether you want to access data on your disk. Adobe had and is still facing a challenging task – to spread wider in the predominantly Java/.NET enterprise world.  But they already made some serious achievement in this direction. The birth of AIR is pretty much the death of Java on the desktop, well at least some of e thinking that way…
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Adobe’s new mobile show off

February 18th, 2008 Software No Comments
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has been full of surprises and innovations, every top notch companies were out there showing off what’s under their sleeve. Adobe systems didn’t hold back either, this week they launched two new mobile applications, Flash Home and Flash Cast 2, designed for providers that want to enhance their products with rich mobile content. Flash Home is a mobile application for creating customizable home screens and wallpapers using live data services. The combination gives users a more personalized mobile experience, said Adobe. For example, instead of an idle home screen, users would get instant access to more elaborate content branded by specific providers. In contrast, Flash Cast is a server push solution for mobile devices; version 2 has just been released. Unlike its predecessor, client 2.0 is more streamlined and faster; it also adapts its channels to your device better. Adobe Flash Cast is already licensed by various carriers worldwide, including US Verizon Wireless, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo, and China’s Chunghwa Telecom. All three uses the application to provide rich media through their customized content portals. Both of these top notch solutions are branched from The Adobe Mobile Platform, the new Flash platform for mobile devices. The…
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