They missed a huge marketing opportunity by not calling it Kid Flash.
Also missed a huge lawsuit by Time Warner/DC Comics.
6 of one, half dozen of the other...
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Miracleman - Mar 06, 2008 5:26:35 am PST #5051 of 25501
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2008 5:54:44 am PST #5052 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"I'd even go as far as to say that the web experience isn't complete on the iPhone until some kind of Flash support is added," wrote Stewart, who added that 450 million mobile devices are Flash enabled.
Right now I'm agreeing. Flash seems to have a huge penetration in terms of quick media clips, as well as web site applications.
Jobs's comments came on the same day Microsoft Corp. announced a deal to make its Silverlight media player available on mobile phones using Nokia Corp. software.
Microsoft launched Silverlight, a challenger to Flash, for PCs in April 2007. It will run on smartphones that use the newer S60 version of Nokia's Symbian mobile phone operating system, as well as older ones using the S40 version, Microsoft said.
Interesting. I didn't know Symbian and Nokia had the edge on the Smartphone market. I thought it would be Windows CE. If Silverlight is to be a competitor to Flash, will it play Flash files?
Jessica - Mar 06, 2008 6:18:32 am PST #5053 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"I'd even go as far as to say that the web experience isn't complete on the iPhone until some kind of Flash support is added," wrote Stewart, who added that 450 million mobile devices are Flash enabled.
Especially considering there's a freaking YouTube widget built right into the damn thing.
Kevin - Mar 06, 2008 7:11:23 am PST #5054 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
silverlight doesn't play Flash. It's Microsoft's attempt to kill off Flash with their own solution. I'm sure it'll get bundled with the next version of Windows, which pretty much means Flash = teh dead in 5 years.
Personally, I don't really miss flash much on the iPhone.
Tom Scola - Mar 06, 2008 8:05:07 am PST #5055 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Apple's iPhone SDK talk is happening right now: [link]
Typo Boy - Mar 06, 2008 8:44:54 am PST #5056 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Right now I'm agreeing. Flash seems to have a huge penetration in terms of quick media clips, as well as web site applications.
Hmm - I'm fine with flash for media clips, and really any type of animation. But am I the only one who hates, hates, hates flash as the driving force for a web site, hates it as the driver for non-animated menus, hates it as the presenter of text.
Actually let me be fair: I don't hate flash for having those capabilities. I hate the web designers for using misusing them.
OK - here is a company who is making a product I think will help save the world if someone adapts it. But am I wrong in think this flash based website really sucks, in part because it misuses flash?
(I also think it is a mistake to open only with a menu, and not present some sort of default content.)
Jessica - Mar 06, 2008 8:49:01 am PST #5057 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
In the first 8 months, iPhone has garnered 28 percent market share
28% market share of what? Of cell phones? Because I find that really hard to believe.
Tom Scola - Mar 06, 2008 8:49:52 am PST #5058 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
28% market share of what?
"Smart Phones". In the US.
Tom Scola - Mar 06, 2008 8:56:01 am PST #5059 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
AIM! Yay!!
amych - Mar 06, 2008 8:57:29 am PST #5060 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Crap. They're trying to make me want one, aren't they?