Apple excises the false Flash in its iPad promo video

It's not every day we get a nice, humble confession of fault from Apple, but it looks like the marketing department has seen the light on those overly optimistic web browsing mockups depicting Flash in "action" on the new Flash-free tablet device. Now the iPad promo video has been reworked to flaunt what we're coming to know as the Blue Lego Block of Ambiguity™ in sections of sites that would traditionally be populated by highly stimulating Adobe Flash-based content. It's not pretty, and it solves none of the other issues at hand with Apple's continued avoidance of Flash on its iPhone OS, but at least it's true.

[Android Does Posted Jan 31st 2010 12:11PM]

Wow Steve... I think that your iPad is "bullshit"!

[Wwhat Posted Jan 31st 2010 1:36PM]

Your comment is like a raindrow on an M1 abrams battle tank, it's not going to impress anybody.

[GKB Posted Jan 31st 2010 1:40PM]

Every netbook, tablet, windows pc even Apples computers work with flash player. I think that any one of those would server my needs for a flash player. It's just like Apple. They do this every time ... control freaking on something dumb. Enough to show to the world that they are inadequate. Why show something that isn't working to the world and expect us to say .. ooooooh and aaaaaahh .. it's just a large iPod.. or a

Gi-Pod .. My wife says it's a LARGE PRINT iPod .. this thing is just becoming the butt of jokes. Rather than make it an absolute necessity, they leave out things they every phone has, a camera, seems with a device like this, you'd want to use an internet phone app.

[Wwhat Posted Jan 31st 2010 1:52PM]

@id10terror
"i prefer my OS to be user modifiable and apple doesn't like people modifying their software"
I agree with that one, that's what holds me back buying apple products.

The rest of your comment is hit and miss for me, but that one bit is on the nail.

[jbcaro Posted Jan 31st 2010 1:57PM]

We need a "Flash in the pan" versus a "Flash that you can" ad campaign from the other netbook and tablet PC makers.

[onlymyrailgun Posted Jan 31st 2010 2:04PM]

If flash is as buggy as Steve makes it out to be, then it's fine. My browser has occasionally crashed due to flash, e.g. on nba.com. If they prefer stability over features/functions, then I have no complaint.

But people are gonna be angry, yes, there will be angry unsuspecting consumers, when they buy an iPad, try to play a Flash game or access Flash content and realize they can't. The industry better move on to HTML5 soon, or there will be blood.

[onlymyrailgun Posted Jan 31st 2010 2:25PM]

@id10terror
For my use, I don't really care. Whether the iPad is innovative or not, that is not the issue. The iPad is a bold statement by Apple on defining the future of computing. With the iPad, they are essentially downgrading the computer to the "appliance" category. Less tweaking by users with nerdish tendencies, more stability and security (supposedly), do your work and fun and be done with them, and more natural user interaction.

Seriously, it's nice to have something with every feature possible, but there is beauty in minimalism, and utility in not having to worry about your screen resolution, whether you want to store a cookie in your browser, where you want your dock/taskbar...etc.

To Apple, the hardware and software are one, single product and an experience they provide. Extra software merely expand on that experience. And, mind you, Mac OS existed before or started around the same time that DOS or whatever OS became like a standard in industry. Apple has no reason to conform to MS's standards. In fact, Windows has/had pretty much a monopoly on desktop OS. Mac OS is the second option, and usable on hardware that are essentially similar to PC's in spec. If you want to use Mac OS, go buy a Mac. If you want to use Mac OS on a PC, cheap or custom built or whatever, that's unfortunate. Maybe they are just forcing you to buy their hardware, but it is in no way anti-competitive. They compete in the computers market, not the Mac or Mac OS market.

[Feeley110 Posted Jan 31st 2010 4:25PM]

Here we go HTML5 here we go

[GromitSF Posted Feb 1st 2010 4:00AM]

Flash is so 2005, let's all move onto HTML 5.

[nbplopes Posted Feb 1st 2010 5:50AM]

Interesting that this flash issue seams to be only with Apple. Apple quite often likes to call developers to help out their cause, yet gives very little to help them out, and is highly unsupportive of other companies causes.

Although this is not an usability issue in devices such as phones and pods, it becomes one when it comes things that get closer to the concept of a PC. In the later, users are used to some technological democracy.

Not being able to play flash on my lap should be something that others should exploit in their marketing, as it reveals the culture behind Apple decisions (Think Apple).

Nuno
PS: We have two iPhones and two mac books in the family. I like all the products overall, yet I'm getting a bit tired of Steve Jobs telling me what I should eat or not.

[jayminho Posted Feb 2nd 2010 1:01AM]

on iphone, there are both walk arounds, for MULTI TASKING and FLASH so, since both IPHONE and IPAD - are running the same OSX 3.2 - I AM SURE APPLYING THE PATCH WONT BE A PROBLEM.

the only minus, goes for the lack of a camera.