[TJ_TSX]

Be able to suppport a flash player? and what phone do you think will be the first phone to support a flash player, RIM and non RIM.

[strike2tamu]

Wirelessly posted (8100 Strike 2)

Depends on adobe.

[vhato]

Flash would be great. Currently the 8xxx Series packs a 312mhz CPU. There are times Flash Support ties up the CPU on my Desk so I assume it would wipe out the Blackberry. I am stoked our devices support JavaScript. RIM prides themsevles on security and apparently they found a level comfort in JavaScript and made it even better in the 4.7 release. I would assume Flash adds to many unknowns for implementation at the time and I would also guess Apple would add it first.

[Leyasen]

Maybe when MIDP3.0 comes

[TJ_TSX]

Do our phones even have the hardware to support a flash player?

[Adrian Pomilio]

Actually there are quite a few devices/phones that support a flash player, albeit a scaled down version that Adobe calls FlashLite. Most Nokia devices offer support as well as many non-business focused devices. In the upcoming year you will probably see a new version of the mobile flash player that will make use of the Flex framework and utilize AS3. When that happens then there will be some ultra powerful web/flash apps for mobile. Right now it's available but not as robust as the typical flash player found on a laptop/desktop.
iPhone will probably hold off until Adobe develops a version of the Flash Player that Jobs feels is appropriate for the device. He has complained that the Flash runtime is to heavy for Mac OS X and that flashlite is not powerful enough for the iPhone.

Ajax support on the bb would be a nice first step, although I would be all over a flash capable browser.

[Adrian Pomilio]

Originally Posted by vhato

There are times Flash Support ties up the CPU on my Desk

Unfortunate case of poor development versus the technology. Lazy developers can make the best of technologies stink.