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Flash On iPhone: Here’s The Proof Steve Jobs Is Wrong

There has been a lot of media coverage about whether or not the iPhone and iPad should ever use Flash. Steve Jobs has publicly announced that the iPhone and the iPad are never going to support it due to it being slow and taking up a lot of memory from the limited resources in these two devices. The claims have been quite harsh and the Adobe camp has responded by saying that Steve Jobs is only trying to monopolize the market with Apple products instead of making them multi-platform. This is an equally as harsh claim.

Well, this shouldn’t be so hard to find out and someone actually did. A French guy decided to put Flash and HTML 5 up against each other and his results were staggering to say the least. Steve Jobs’ claims don’t match up, unless they have tested some OS that is not available today. The video proof that this guy shares on YouTube shatters HTML 5 and leaves no doubt about why the iPhone should really go with Flash instead.

I wonder if Steve Jobs, who is usually a very strategic person, ever thought about the fact that this wasn’t something that was very hard to check. Also, didn’t he think that people might want to see for themselves whether they want to use Flash or HTML 5? In Steve Jobs self-serving rant of a “Public Letter” he neglected to mention the terrible performance deficit of HTML 5 compared to the highly compatible and hardware accelerated Flash. Now you can be the judge and decide if Apple should allow flash on their devices. With this proof in hand I vote for yes! PS: Don’t mind the French guys heavy accent.

Richard Darell

Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 3.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go-to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com