Why should we care about HTML5 now that we have Mobile Flash?
Avram Piltch reviews Flash Player 10.1 on the new Droid 2.
I’m the last person on earth who wanted to believe Steve Jobs when he told Walt Mossberg at D8 that “Flash has had its day.” I took it as nothing more than showmanship when Jobs shared his thoughts on Flash and wrote that “Flash is closed and proprietary, has major technical drawbacks, and doesn’t support touch based devices.” After spending time playing with Flash Player 10.1 on the new Droid 2, the first Android 2.2 phone to come with the player pre-installed, I’m sad to admit that Steve Jobs was right. Adobe’s offering seems like it’s too little, too late.
In summary, Flash on the smartphone fails to deliver on any of its promises and offering no substantial benefit over already existing HTML5 technology that smartphones have adopted for online video and other uses.
