Flash on the iPhone? Go ask Steve Jobs

Flash on the iPhone. We've been pining for just a little bit of Flash-love from Apple ever since we first ventured on the New York Times website. But, to our dismay, Cupertino's been pretty tight-lipped about any official Flash support for our iPhones.

But, it's not just the public from which Steve Jobs is keeping his intentions hidden. “No one aside from [Apple CEO] Steve Jobs has any idea if or when it’s coming,” Ryan Stewart, Adobe’s chief spokesman stated on his blog. “Everyone I talk to doesn’t know anything.”

Apparently, the delay in Flash support isn't some battery-life concern or some technological barrier, the problem is the Apple-Adobe business relationship. The two companies aren't exactly on the best of terms - Adobe slighted Apple by ceasing Mac support on certain products, and Apple retaliated by hurting Adobe's distribution model.

So, with the iPhone SDK due within the next week or so, we're likely going to see Flash support on the iPhone. The question is, will Adobe be getting any sort of heads-up from Apple? Likely not.

[Via: MocoNews]