Social Sites awaiting iPod Touch SDK, No Flash
Posted on March 5th, 2008 in Apple, Apple Special Event, iPhone, iPod Touch |
Many social sites are planning on making native apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. MySpace is said to already have a beta version of the SDK, and are in route to making an official app.

According to Electronista, “MySpace is in the midst of developing a native iPhone and iPod touch application… described as impressive compared to current mobile versions of the social networking site.” Many rumors also point to them not having this app ready to be released tomorrow with the SDK Keynote but should be expected around the end of this month.
Sadly Steve Jobs at a shareholders meeting earlier in the week stated that Flash is just not plausible for the device at this time. He said, The basic web based flash on many devices now are not good enough for the iPhone and the full version used on computers is just not up to par with the device at this time
[Via zdnet.com]
Written by: Dylan Bailey



2 Responses
Why no Flash? Because Safari 3.1 uses WebKit 3.0.
WebKit 3.0 is HTML5 compliant, and includes SVG support and native AAC/MP4 and AVC/h.264. HTML5 also supports client-side SQL storage (think “Google Gears”)
HTML5 makes proprietary solutions like Flash, Silverlight, and JavaFX redundant.
http://counternotions.com/2007/11/15/apple-runtime-answer-2/
Here’s an interesting article on the future on the iPhone: http://www.helium.com/tm/866884/iphone-cellphone-market-tradeshows