Mike Chambers , Adobe ’s Principal Product Manager for developer congress for the Flash Platform — and is n’t that championship a mouthful?—said in a web log C. W. Post on Tuesday that the company will beceasing its efforts to bring Flash - free-base applications to the iPhone . This follows Apple ’s recent alteration of its iPhone developer program licence to include a program line prohibiting apps that have been developed using non - native engineering science — such as Flash .
The move was largely interpreted as a guess directly across Adobe ’s bow , as the company ’s recently announced Creative Suite 5 include an easy way for Flash developer to commute their live WWW - establish game and other Flash applications to iPhone apps . That feature was Adobe ’s direction of sidestepping Apple ’s selection not to allow Flash on its mobile political program . But even though the Flash - to - iPhone functionality already survive , Chambers make it clear that Adobe is “ not presently planning any extra investment in that feature . ”
Chambers went on to detail how the feature film had only recently been blocked by Apple ’s variety of terms . He also take shots at the mercurial nature of the caller with regard to its iPhone developer program and describe how Adobe ’s inherently transversal - platform focus differ from Apple ’s tightly operate walled garden approach .
Moving beyond its efforts to trifle nice with the iPhone , Chambers says Adobe is now focus on Google ’s upcoming Android phones and tablets , working closely with Google to get technologies like Flash Player and Adobe AIR to the Android platform . Then again , with the iPhone path securely blocked , what other option does Adobe really have ?
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