After all the recent articles about the iPad promo video showing it having flash support Apple has done a 180 and has now removed the flash content from the video on their website. This shows that Apple video of the device was a total mock up and that that it is highly un-likely that it will get flash support. Seeing that web plug-ins like could be used to write fully functional apps (thus bypassing the AppStore) I seriously doubt that Apple would ever let SilverLight and/or flash run on their device.
Before – Flash enabled
After – No Flash
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There has been a few posts about some of the videos that Apple released showing flash content being rendered on the display. However this seem to be Apple have a marketing stuff up as another pages that shows the Safari displaying the New York Time home page with the flash based video clearly missing. I speculate that the video shown on the Apple web of the iPad was a mock up of the device using the Safari video captured on OSX.
See the Apple Video here http://www.apple.com/ipad/ipad-video/
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New York Time – iPad No Flash Video
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New York Times – With Flash Video
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You can sign the partition against DRM for Apple Application at http://defectivebydesign.org
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Below is a list of all the sites i can find that have posted negative reviews of the iPad. I firmly think that this device is just an oversized iPod touch. I am sure many Mac Fan boys will like but it just leaves me with the question “what can it do that a Netbook cant"?”
- LifeHacker The Problem With The Apple iPad
- The iPhone Blog Apple iPad UI — The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Newsweek In iPod We Trust – Why Apple’s tablet let us down.
- Gizmodo Let’s Help Apple Make The iPad Even Better
- Engadget Adobe on Flash and the iPad: ‘Apple is continuing to impose restrictions on their devices’
- BrisbaneTimes.com.au Critics, fans weigh in on Apple’s iPad
- LifeHacker Australia The Problem With The Apple iPad
- ComputerWorld Six reasons you want an iPad, six reasons you don’t
- Slashdot iPad Is a "Huge Step Backward" on Thursday January 28, @10:21AM
- Neowin Is the iPad Apple’s iFail?
- BrisbaneTimes.com.au 12 key features the iPad lacks
- BrisbaneTimes.com.au Awe and shock: busting through the iPad hype
- Gizmodo 8 Things That Suck About The iPad
- Computerworld The iPad’s five worst surprises
- ComputerWorld Apple’s iPad has pitfalls for enterprise
- BrisbaneTimes.com.au iPad … also available with wings?
- MSNBC iPad reactions: Nothing could have met hype
- The iPhone blog iPad — What We Didn’t Get: Multitasking, Notifications, TV Subscriptions, Camera, Tethering, Textbooks, iTunes.com
- WindowsITPro iDisappoint: Apple Announces iPad
While its no surprise that some sites some sites are on the list (e.g. Windows IT Pro, MSNBC) it is very surprising that sites like The iPhone Blog and Gizmodo have been publishing bad (and good) reviews. Also interesting is that someone at BrisbaneTimes.com.au must really hate Apple as they have no less than 4 negative articles.
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