Apple Opens Door For Adobe Flash On The iPhone

Wed, Jan 14th, 2009

Adobe's (ADBE) long-running quest to get its Flash animation and video software on Apple's (AAPL) iPhone might finally be getting somewhere: Apple has made the surprising move to allow third-party Web browsers into the iPhone App Store.

This means Adobe could finally get Flash onto the iPhone, which means Flash-powered sites like Hulu and Iminlikewithyou might not be off-limits to iPhone users. It won't necessarily be easy:

So while technical challenges remain, two big hurdles -- politics, and whether Apple would do Adobe the favor of building Flash into MobileSafari -- seem to have been lifted.

Meanwhile, we imagine some of Adobe's competitors -- like Microsoft's (MSFT) Silverlight division, or Divx (DIVX) -- are also salivating at the idea.

See Also:
Adobe 'Working' On Flash For iPhone, But 'Really Up To Apple'
Flash Coming To Apple's iPhone... Maybe, Someday, In Some Form
Adobe Flash Running On An Apple iPhone -- Sort Of

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