Best Iphone Apps 2010

Adobe Flash-point: Jobs has the last laugh (cnet)

More than a year ago, Steve Jobs warned of mobile Flash’s shortcomings. Adobe
should have listened. A full page ad by Adobe Systems is displayed on the back
of the San Francisco Chronicle business section May 13, 2010 in San
Francisco.(Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)In April, 2010, Steve Jobs
devoted about 1,700 words to a public post ripping Adobe’s Flash to shreds.
His most cutting comments concerned the mobile version of Flash.”In addition,
Flash has not performed well on mobile devices. We have routinely asked Adobe
to show us Flash performing well on a mobile device, any mobile device, for a
few years now. We have never seen it.”"Adobe publicly said that Flash would
ship on a smartphone in early 2009, then the second half of 2009, then the
first half of 2010, and now they say the second half of 2010. We think it will
eventually ship, but we’re glad we didn’t hold our breath.”In other words,
Adobe was offering a mediocre technology that wasn’t able to stand up to the
demands of smartphone users – or at least those who were not in the mood to
smash their heads against the wall when …

cnet

My Favorite and Best iPhone Apps Early 2010