> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hastings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:49 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: iPhone: Adobe Doing Anything to Help Develop for It? > > Dave Watts wrote: > > The Apple site mentions that you can use YouTube from the iPhone. So, > I'd be > > surprised if there's no Flash Player. > > it seems they're getting google to reformat their videos into mpeg4 (or > something): > > http://anandvardhan.com/2007/06/21/apple-says-iphone-will-play-youtube- > videos/
That's just plain disappointing. I'm shocked that Google would have gone as far: the storage costs alone just for the converted videos must be outrageous - to duplicate one of the largest video libraries on the planet just for one device (well... maybe two devices since the Apple TV will probably use them as well)... just because Apple won't support anybody else's format? To segment the service, inflict new requirements on Google and confuse the hell out of people that don't understand why only a small portion of the videos on YouTube work when the ads say it's supported is just plain crazy... it seems like a small portion of this effort would have been needed to get Flash running on the phone. It runs on my Pocket PC, on my PSP, on my PS3 and on my Wii. I can watch ANY YouTube video (or Break.com video or Google video or HomeStarRunner video, etc) on those devices already. The lack of Flash will also, of course, mean that the whole "the Web the way you're used too" talk is just bullshit as well. I knew that I wasn't going to consider one getting one the moment they required iTunes to use it (I can't stand iTunes)... but this cements, locks and engraves that decision. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282003 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
