Laptop Magazine: Adobe's Weak Android Flash Player Proves Jobs Right
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.
The only thing that bothers me about this is that he's "sad" to admit it. What is it with some tech writers that make them hate to admit Jobs is right about anything? His track record is better than most tech pundits and analysts put together. (Update: See first comments from Scott below for an alternate take.)
Anyway, the article is an interesting read, with lots of crashing, sluggishness, and just plain non-functioning examples. The high points (if you want to call them that) are very few, leading to this conclusion:
Adobe needs to have a better answer to whether or not Flash is still relevant in a world where other technologies have rapidly started displacing it. Based on my early experience with Flash Player 10.1 for mobile, it could soon join the floppy drive in the tech graveyard, something else Steve Jobs helped kill.
As I said a couple days ago, Flash is just not practical for 20 out of 20 handset companies.
