Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash

Steve Jobs has responded to some of the criticism’s from Adobe over their mobile products’ (iPhone, iPad etc.) lack of Flash support.

It’s more than a single line response too! And the claws are out – meow!

UPDATE: Adobe’s response to Steve’s rant is short & to the point. Nice one Kev!

iPad, or not to iPad

I must admit I’m a little unimpressed with the iPad. However, I’m probably not its target audience.

I can definitely see its advantage for people who are new to computers and the internet, as it simplifies things somewhat by stripping out much of the complexity of a fully-fledged laptop. But I’m not sure exactly how useful more tech-savvy people will really find it (other than to show off their new toy to their mates).

I’ve been trying to come up with list of pros and cons:

• Pro: It’s really pretty
• Pro: It makes computers simple (well, it’s just a big iPod touch)
• Pro: You can use it to read iBooks
• Pro: My laptop is Apple, so it should sync
• Pro: Did I mention it looks good?

• Con: You can’t multi-task
• Con: That shiny screen means you can’t use it in bright light (like outside with cup of coffee in-hand)
• Con: That shiny screen breaks easily
• Con: You can only buy iBooks from the iTunes store
• Con: It doesn’t work ‘out of the box’ – which Apple is so famous for. Need to connect to iTunes first
• Con: There is no webcam built in for Skype etc.
• Con: There’s no Flash support (and probably never will be). Not so great when you’re surfing the web really.

So the cons win so far. No iPad for me… unless someone gives me a really convincing argument. Right now I’m more intrigued by Microsoft’s Courier…