Comments for New Poll: How soon would you buy a new phone if you could get the Flash Player on it? (http://insideria.com/2009/09/new-poll-how-soon-would-you-bu.html)

New Poll: How soon would you buy a new phone if you could get the Flash Player on it?

2009-09-28T14:19:39Z

It has been known for quite some time that as part of the open screen project Adobe has been working with chip manufacture ARM on getting the Flash Player onto many devices including mobile and set top boxes.

As this work is being done at the chip level, new hardware will be required to reap the benefits of this partnership. So, as we approach the first wide penetration of these new devises, my question is how soon would you invest in a new phone so that you could finally have the Flash Player on a mobile devise?

Please vote here.

Comment from GregM on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T14:46:14Z

If it was an iPhone I would already be inline. Otherwise I'm waiting. Many of my clients are iPhone users, mandated by management, and we need to create for the iPhone.

Comment from Mike Rankin on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T14:48:10Z

I value my iPhone more than flash on a phone right now. If they get flash on the iPhone, I'd get a new one right away. If it's on some other phone, there would have to be some seriously compelling reasons to make me give up my apps now.

Comment from polyGeek on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T14:51:45Z

I don't have a cellphone anymore - gave my iPhone to my wife. I'm not going to get a cellphone until there is something good out there supporting the latest Flash mobile. I would be ecstatic if there were a phone out there that supported AIR.

Comment from michel on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T14:59:10Z

if it were on the iphone we (me and the rest at the office) would upgrade immediately. However not a reason to get an other phone.

Comment from doug on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T16:23:57Z

It doesn't have to be on iPhone, but the phone's hardware has to be able to compete with the iPhone's.

And AIR on a phone would be a lot more motivating than just Flash Player.

Comment from Chris Brind on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T16:44:33Z

I'm on Android and they're supposed to be releasing Flash for Android at MAX. However, if it is anything like Flash Player on the desktop I will be avoiding it as it will kill my battery. I hope they have made massive improvements to the player, or else it's just going to die on mobile.

Comment from Beau Scott on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T16:56:50Z

Would take a lot to pry the iPhone from me, to be honest.... Now if you're talking about putting Flash on the iPhone, I'd be all the more happy.

Considering Apple's cold reception to the idea in the past, I'm not holding my breath.

Comment from Riccardo Bartoli on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T17:28:18Z

Just bought...HTC Hero is the phone...

Comment from Steve W on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T21:52:03Z

Looking to buy the HTC Hero (Oct 11), but might wait if there was an "AIR" phone coming. I suspect there will be big news at MAX with regard to the mobile market.

Comment from Steve W on 2009-09-28

2009-09-28T21:53:50Z

Looking to buy the HTC Hero (Oct 11). I suspect there will be big news at MAX with regard to the mobile market.

Comment from Ryan on 2009-09-30

2009-09-30T18:05:17Z

I just shared a limo to the U2 concert in Toronto with one of the top execs at RIM and he let me play with a phone that played flash and had 720p video with a screen that wasn't very big but had the highest resolution that I've ever scene. It was streaming flash video in 720p as well for the clip he showed me. pretty amazing!

Comment from golf bob on 2009-10-02

2009-10-02T07:10:51Z

Hello I would buy a phone straightaway if it was possible to get flash, however only if I was convinced that it works, therefore I would wait to see if the first generation is good

Comment from Lady Ameda on 2010-01-25

2010-01-26T02:20:49Z

Complete agreement. Flash would be completely awesome... but would wait to see if it was working and for the glitches to be ironed out.

Lady Ameda

Comment from Nigel Green on 2010-05-05

2010-05-05T22:21:00Z

Hey is there any progress here? I would find the ability to read flash on apps such as the i-phone very interesting indeed. Anybody got any news about the development?

Regards

Nigel

Comment from Purely Yours on 2010-05-11

2010-05-11T19:14:17Z

I guess this no longer applies since Steve Jobs just blasted Flash and set it on a downward trend. It is still a useful technology though in my opinion.

Purely Yours

Comment from Mike on 2010-05-20

2010-05-21T02:34:38Z

It is a must i have just bought a iphone 3gs 32 gb and it needs this software, for the price it should make your dinner; but noi flash player..

Comment from Dave on 2010-05-21

2010-05-22T00:24:52Z

The idea HTML5 can replace Flash is absurd, Flash is more than just a streaming video codec, it is a fundamental platform for interactive and animating website content. To think marketers will give this all up to go back to static-text webpages is silly, they could care less how much of a burden it is on your CPU, frankly if Flash slows down your machine you are the one who needs to upgrade.

And as for Flash draining the battery down, it drains no more than running a 3D gaming application on an iphone but you don't see Apple banning those.

Comment from Dave on 2010-05-22

2010-05-22T20:23:21Z

I also want to say Its seems pretty nice of Apple to flame a company that saved their buts. Apple would proably be out of business without all the photoshop and illustator fanatics that all scooped up the crappy imacs just because the software ran well on them
Dave