On Feb 16, 2009, at 10:43 PM, Anatole Tartakovsky wrote:
Jon,
That is assumption based on the current status quo and not counting
Adobe's and community capabilities and hardware in 15 month from
now. Touchscreen is very questionable in most cases - slow and not
very accessible in real life.
I would expect other features to be way more important - as iPhone
user but also early adopter of bunch of linux/windows/palm/nokia/
android smartphones as well as great "dumb" phones that have no
problem to serve as trunking devices/routers for laptops. Here is
what I think Flash 10 is destined to do:
Sure, things are certainly going to change. My comment was mainly
restricted to that of the Palm devices. I don't even own an iPhone
btw (ATT service quality where I live is abysmal) ... but I do have
an iPod touch.
3. Integration APIs are really important - exposing bluetooth,
accelerometers, GPS, camera, photo and multitude of voice codecs
for input and output and all other "standard" capabilities.
I definitely agree with that. However, I wouldn't expect any
integration of Flash technology other than camera/mic for quite a
long time. Those are very platform specific functionalities that are
unlikely to make it into Flash in the near term. Those APIs are
certainly available on devices that have that capability.
3a. I wonder if Adobe can work on simultaneous integration of their
technologies into supporting platforms the way Apple built their
business - building ecosystem - either with free or low cost
licensing of embeddable technology.
Adobe already does embedded licensing but I figure that low cost
isn't really in the cards most of the time. That's something the
developer needs to take up with Adobe directly.
Many embedded devices (like your description of a GPS display screen)
utilize Flash as the primary display model, and Adobe prices their
licensing for embedded devices based on those types of assumptions.
I really think that GMaps on iPhone are way better then top of the
line car navigation system based on stale hard drive data. But
iPhone screen is not usable while driving. On contrary, 7"+ car
display is perfect - but you can't transfer phones display there.
Perfect application for Adobe display technology.
It's only better because of two things - design and interactivity.
Blame that on the software developers for the embedded devices. Not
making excuses, but embedded systems in vehicles have a very unique
set of human factors issues.
Certainly going to be exciting to see where it goes.
cheers,
Jon
