Doors Open For Flash On The iPhone?


	Doors Open For Flash On The iPhone?

David M Ewalt

1-14-2009 11:26 AM

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apple, iphone, adobe, flash

David M Ewalt says:

Enough of the good stuff on the web is flash based to make missing support one of the big problems with Apple's iPhone. But don't get too excited --this is still a long way from happening.

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