Thread: So it begins, Flash sites are updating to Flash 10 now
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Rocketman is offline Rocketman
2010-05-25 , 11:10
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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
Give me a break! Nokia made a big deal about the N900 supporting flash. This was after YEARS of criticizing flash, so it was a notable shift in point of view.

Now your buyer is supposed to stop and say, oh, but what version of flash is the N900 supporting? I bet that if I surveyed smartphone users today, 90% of them would not know what version of flash is in current use.

So abandoning flash support on the N900 so soon is downright scummy, if you ask me.
Ari Jaaksi just updated his blog and reiterated the line that the N900 supports full flash.

http://jaaksi.blogspot.com/2010/05/12-out-tomorrow.html

Saying Full Flash is not very truthful IMO. The N900 only has Flash 9.4 and many sites are now requiring 10. Android has full flash. The N900 HAD full flash. If Nokia wants to update it, there are plenty of people anxious to see that happen.

We saw a version of Flash 10 running on the N900 in October. And Adobe has publicly stated that it has made available all necessary tools to port it to other platforms, so what is the hold up? Can you at least make an announcement as to if/when we can expect to see it?

Other Nokia Maemo devices shipped with full flash versions that were on the edge of being deprecated at time of release and never received updates to keep them usable. If you don't bother to keep Flash up to date, then you don't deserve the bullet point for marketing purposes.