Adobe needs extra help to get Flash on the iPhone; getting it depends on what Steve Jobs thinks about the whole thing.Is shoehorning a Flash player onto the iPhone such a big issue? Given the
time spent on it by the CEOs of Adobe and Apple, it may be.
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen was quoted in the Wall Street Journal as saying,
during a conference call with investors, that Adobe is "committed to bringing
Flash to the iPhone," and, "We have evaluated [the iPhone SDK] and we think we
can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves."
Narayen continued, "The [iPhone SDK] will let Adobe build a Flash player for
the iPhone." However, this seems not to be the case, precisely.
An official Adobe press release, sent to eWEEK, reiterated Narayen's initial
statement, saying, "Adobe has evaluated the iPhone SDK and can now start to
develop a way to bring Flash Player to the iPhone."
But the release continues: "However, to bring the full capabilities of Flash
to the iPhone Web-browsing experience, we do need to work with Apple beyond and
above what is available through the SDK and the current license around it."
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