Flash per-se is not a ‘battery vampire’ it is the effects that are run within the Flash environment that use processor power.

To re-itterare to make it very clear. That’s any computer program ever written.

@PXLated -

If Apple changes its mind and allows Flash on the iPhone tomorrow, I’m sure you’ll then think that its the greatest thing to have happened. Grow a mind.

Hmmm – I’ve never heard any normal person (non-geek) wonder about Flash on their iPhone. For the vast majority it’s a none issue and with all the apps available (10,000) I bet it won’t be one even if Flash hits other phones. Just isn’t needed.

@Scotty: That’s BS.

If you run an app or visit a web site which drains your battery than either plugin to AC or don’t visit the site or don’t run the app.

I don’t need somebody exercising nanny/parental control over my usage.

The Wired article struck me as a bit melodramatic, even going so far as to include quotes from developers that were rejected by Apple for the app store.

I suspect Flash will come to the iPhone purely out of necessity. I agree that the restrictions in the app store mean it probably won’t arrive via that route, but I’d be pretty shocked if there aren’t pretty continuous discussions/negotiations between Apple and Adobe going on. My guess is that Flash will become a standard feature during some future update.

The reason for this is simply a matter of competition. Right now, one of the top selling points for the iPhone is that its web browser is generally superior to those on competing phones. Flash isn’t a big factor at the moment, since the version offered on other platforms is so heavily crippled that it still prevents the serving of most Flash sites. Once a full, up-to-date version of Flash is available on competing platforms, though, the competitive scale will shift almost entirely away from Apple unless it is available there as well.

I expect that the content providers will unfortunately do what’s necessary to provide what content they can to the iPhone. Flash seems to most widely be used for playing video, so I expect that sites that supply video that way to provide an alternative means to access the video. One such example is the YouTube app.

The pure Flash applications are a different story. This probably falls more into the area of games, than other types of applications. The only alternative to that would be an iPhone native version, which I admit would be less desirable for the game developer to do. If the potential for revenue is there, then they will do it, even though they are doing it to support a single platform.

Yes but the good side of not allowing Flash is preventing it from being a battery vampire. There are several G1’s floating around here and to a one their owners complain about the battery life and that’s before Flash comes to the platform and helps push battery life even lower. Say what you want about Apple and being control freaks but they’ve put considerable effort into power management. And I for one thank them for it.

Is Flash9 available for WM6?