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iPhone Web - Flash Video, Sorry Your Not On The List.

I found myself in an Apple store today, no not to purchase an iPhone; I needed their Hi-Fi speaker system for a party. However, I could not resist a few minutes surfing through the OS to touch, feel, and most importantly see how websites would appear on this device.

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I went to our site, a bit apprehensive to see if it would all load normally. A slight pause as the main page loaded, I was heard saying cool out loud as people lifted their heads and smiled. Pages loaded quickly for horizontal or vertical viewing, even if selecting links required miniature fingers.


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Then came the acid test for any site using Flash video, was the phone loaded with Flash? NO.

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I was prompted to load Flash and while I was nicely sent to the Adobe site, the phone does not allow for installation of additional applications. Until Apple decides to open, their OS to act like ever other computer on the planet you are stuck. I mean the iPhone is really a computer so it should behave like one. Therefore, I will wait to see Rev 1.2 from Apple or perhaps something from another handset maker. In a few months, prices should begin to drop and more competition will enter the market.

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If you'd like to show video to site visitors, especially cross platform and mobile visitors, post your video in .mp4 (H.264) format. Then everyone, including iPhone users, can view your video in higher quality with less bandwidth.

(Flash is a proprietary plug-in, and the codec in Flash doesn't even belong to Adobe, it's VP6 from On2.)

Thanks Schome:

Yes H.264 would solve cross platform usage and there are encoding solutions from Cybelink among others.

That said, Flash has an installed base equal if not in excess of WM Player so it is reasonable that Apple should support it. Also, with Flash or Silverlight has more options when it comes UI integration

As for the Codec being owned by On2 I am aware of that since I sold them the VP3 name back in 2001 :-)

theres a new iptv site that is launching mobile aps. i read about it... its called viewmy.tv

they have a site

http://www.viewmy.tv

worth checking out!

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