Well, better late than never, right?
Paul Betlem, who just happens to be Adobe System’s Director of Engineering, confirmed the rumor by stating that “Apple calls the shots as to when it’ll be available,” according to iPhone Atlas.
Flash Magazine’s Jens Brynildsen was the dude who broke the news, writing:
Upon a direct question from the audience, Paul Betlem for the first time publicly confirmed that Adobe is actively developing a Flash Player for Apple’s popular phone. He said (not direct quote) “My team is working on Flash on the iPhone, but it’s a closed platform.” He noted that Apple makes all the decisions, so in other words, the ball is in Apple’s yard at this time.
While Adobe had Flash running on an iPhone SDK emulator way way back in June, porting the plug-in to efficiently run on a mobile device with limited computing power is easier said than done - but it looks like they have managed to pull it off.
It remains to be seen just how well the iPhone copes with the stripped down version of Adobe’s intense media technology, but at least we will actually get to see this thing sometime soon.
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