Almost a shame, there's lots of devices open to software but it's apple's close systems that always get attention. Oh well, that's what high sales always do
I think Adobe, not unlike Sun, may be a bit anxious about being shut out of the emerging platform. The release of Safari 3.1, which is the first browser to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5, as well as CSS Web Fonts and CSS animations, made it apparent of Apple's interest in bypassing Flash' stranglehold on Web media delivery.
It is too late to challenge Adobe on the desktop/laptop browser but the field of mobile browser is still relatively open. Steve knows this, and the iPhone/iPod touch platform is his best chance to loosen Flash' negative impact on Web design (or rather to further Apple's influence on the "Web as a platform" development). Thus, this announcement is a shrewd move by Adobe - an attempt to nip the adoption of open Web media standard in the bud.
Oh, you mean you don't have wifi at work? or even at home? Weird. Pretty much everywhere I go has wifi now; even our fracking McDonalds has wifi. How about you 3G trolls go give eachother RIM-jobs elsewhere.
john: Apples systems are all a lot more open than Flash.
Even microsoft (who, let's face it, aren't traditionally open people) opened silverlight pretty extensively. Adobe is the real epitomy of closed-sourceness; a lot more so than Apple are (with their BSD-based OS, WebKit browser, PDF-based graphics system, reliance on standards like vCards and CalDav, and built-in java and OpenGL)
I recently had to take my vista contacts over to my Mac. Oh, wait - the vista .contact file is a new format unsupported anywhere else, and exporting to vCard ruins lots of data. Being based on XML seems to mean open to microsoft, rather than actually using standard schemas.
I have a computer at home. I have a computer at work. Where I want to be able to use my smartphone to access the internet is when I am not at those places. I know your comment was towards someone else, but I've heard it before from others. Think, why would I use a phone to access the internet when I have a computer there? It's when I'm shopping, waitng at the doctor's office, etc.
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Chris @ Mar 19th 2008 12:17AM
I call first to say ABOUT DAM TIME!
JohnTitor @ Mar 19th 2008 12:34AM
Almost a shame, there's lots of devices open to software but it's apple's close systems that always get attention. Oh well, that's what high sales always do
SirPasta117 @ Mar 19th 2008 12:56AM
but will it get 3G? I don't think so
smart ass comment aside, im super psyched if this is true
LordFarkward @ Mar 19th 2008 1:43AM
"but will it get 3G? I don't think so"
we all know that we're getting a 3g model sometime in 2008...
smart? no, not really, but yes, definitely an ass comment.
fwd-bwd @ Mar 19th 2008 2:40AM
I think Adobe, not unlike Sun, may be a bit anxious about being shut out of the emerging platform. The release of Safari 3.1, which is the first browser to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5, as well as CSS Web Fonts and CSS animations, made it apparent of Apple's interest in bypassing Flash' stranglehold on Web media delivery.
It is too late to challenge Adobe on the desktop/laptop browser but the field of mobile browser is still relatively open. Steve knows this, and the iPhone/iPod touch platform is his best chance to loosen Flash' negative impact on Web design (or rather to further Apple's influence on the "Web as a platform" development). Thus, this announcement is a shrewd move by Adobe - an attempt to nip the adoption of open Web media standard in the bud.
John @ Mar 19th 2008 2:41AM
Oh, you mean you don't have wifi at work? or even at home? Weird. Pretty much everywhere I go has wifi now; even our fracking McDonalds has wifi. How about you 3G trolls go give eachother RIM-jobs elsewhere.
KarlW @ Mar 19th 2008 7:25AM
john: Apples systems are all a lot more open than Flash.
Even microsoft (who, let's face it, aren't traditionally open people) opened silverlight pretty extensively. Adobe is the real epitomy of closed-sourceness; a lot more so than Apple are (with their BSD-based OS, WebKit browser, PDF-based graphics system, reliance on standards like vCards and CalDav, and built-in java and OpenGL)
I recently had to take my vista contacts over to my Mac. Oh, wait - the vista .contact file is a new format unsupported anywhere else, and exporting to vCard ruins lots of data. Being based on XML seems to mean open to microsoft, rather than actually using standard schemas.
decypher44 @ Mar 19th 2008 11:07AM
Reply to John:
I have a computer at home. I have a computer at work. Where I want to be able to use my smartphone to access the internet is when I am not at those places. I know your comment was towards someone else, but I've heard it before from others. Think, why would I use a phone to access the internet when I have a computer there? It's when I'm shopping, waitng at the doctor's office, etc.