Apr
21
2010

Adobe stops investing in iPhone Flash development tools

An article by Kuba

After Apples slap into Adobes face Flash owner agreed that they will stop investing in iPhone Flash development tools until further notice. The iPhone packager will still be shipped with the new release of Flash IDE (Flash CS5) but will not be developed further, after Apples last announcement developers will not be able to sell Flash apps converted with iPhone packager on AppStore.

Don’t you worry Adobe is only giving up on iPhone they will strongly support Android Flash development (the private betas already started). Mike Chambers (Principal Product Manager of Adobe) confirmed that Adobe will now focus on Android which is doing really good lately.

This whole situation is sick, I really think about switching to some Android based phone like Nexus One. If Apple will keep up with this kind of policy it will be the most hated company among developers, also the people who are hurt here are not only developers but users too, most of them use Flash based Apps/Games each day.

Tags: Adobe, Android, Flash, Mobile

About the Author: Kuba Gaj

Hi, my name is Kuba and I am the founder of massiveProCreation. I am interested in almost everything that is connected to technology (specially Adobe Flash). If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to contact me :)

11 Comments + Add Comment

Derrick 21 April, 2010 at 5:58 pm

I regret that Adobe lost a lot of work on a good product. But, I am replacing all my Apple devices with other devices, and I’ll never own another Apple device.

I’m waiting on the HTC Incredible, for Vz. :D
progr 21 April, 2010 at 6:54 pm

“I’m waiting on the HTC Incredible, for Vz. :D”

Who cares.
ph 21 April, 2010 at 7:44 pm

I think apple will regrette this one day :P
The doubt about apple is growing …
Robert 21 April, 2010 at 7:47 pm

Let’s be clear, Adobe IS the most hated company among developers. That still doesn’t mean that they are going to make huge dents in their market share every time they make a decision that pisses people off.

Plenty of devs are locked in a need/hate relationship with Apple, and whether or not they want to ditch Apple for a new product, they can’t because they are already locked in.

This type of news doesn’t surprise me anymore, Apple has always been shitty to it’s developers.

Also, there are plenty of people on the fence (like me) who are almost ready to get a new phone and probably won’t go with Apple, but I don’t know how much that is really going to hurt their bottom line.
Derrick 21 April, 2010 at 7:52 pm

@progr

Apparently you do. Since you cared enough to comment.
Kuba 21 April, 2010 at 8:40 pm

@Robert “Let’s be clear, Adobe IS the most hated company among developers. ” Did you mean Apple instead of Adobe?
Kuba 21 April, 2010 at 8:42 pm

I think Apple will lose allot of customers among developers, unless they change their policy.
ms 22 April, 2010 at 4:56 am

@robert

No Let’s actually be clear. You’re assertion / opinion is that Adobe is hated among developers. source?
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Derrick 24 December, 2010 at 5:37 pm

Hah! It’s pretty funny to look back on these old posts and comments, given the current state of these matters. :)