I really don't understand the Android (and Flash) worshippers way of thinking.
Its amazing how often they tell us (perfectly happy) iPad owners how "deprived" we are because the iPad doesn't run Flash. That Flash is being withheld because of some evil scheme on the part of "$Teve Job$" etc.
But if anyone ever points out that there are 60,000 or so iPad apps available (versus a tiny handful for Android tablets) - then they blow it off with "It's not all about the apps..."
Well, I'm sorry - but that is B/S.
Flash-only content makes up a relatively tiny part of the web. Many times the content is available elsewhere in a non-Flash format. And if, for whatever reason, one simply has to look at Flash material - it's pretty easy for us to use the regular desktop or laptop computers all of us iPad owners already own. I've seen Flash-running web sites. Some of them are interesting, compelling, and engaging. Most of them aren't. Some of them are downright malicious. But not a one of them is something I can't live without.
The iPad's App model, however, is a completely different way of interacting with Internet data. And in 99 cases out of a hundred - its much, much better than seeing the same data on a generic webpage. The New York Times; The Weather Channel; Bloomberg; Major League Baseball. Take your pick.
If you haven't spent some time using an iPad app, then quite frankly - you don't know what the hell you are talking about.
Lets also get something straight: Nobody NEEDS 60,000 apps. Or 10,000. Or even a hundred Apps on a single device. What you NEED is the four of five apps that meet your specific desires. And I'll tell you what: Its much easier to do that when you've got a catalog of tens of thousands to choose from. Rather than a handful.
So: the iPad will never run Flash. Stop hoping it will, or whining that Steve Jobs doesn't let you. You are wasting everybody's time.
If you want to claim that the ability to run Flash on a mobile device is sometimes desirable - fine, thats probably true. But you also need to concede that having access to tens of thousands of Apps is far, far superior than having access to less than a hundred.
Its amazing how often they tell us (perfectly happy) iPad owners how "deprived" we are because the iPad doesn't run Flash. That Flash is being withheld because of some evil scheme on the part of "$Teve Job$" etc.
But if anyone ever points out that there are 60,000 or so iPad apps available (versus a tiny handful for Android tablets) - then they blow it off with "It's not all about the apps..."
Well, I'm sorry - but that is B/S.
Flash-only content makes up a relatively tiny part of the web. Many times the content is available elsewhere in a non-Flash format. And if, for whatever reason, one simply has to look at Flash material - it's pretty easy for us to use the regular desktop or laptop computers all of us iPad owners already own. I've seen Flash-running web sites. Some of them are interesting, compelling, and engaging. Most of them aren't. Some of them are downright malicious. But not a one of them is something I can't live without.
The iPad's App model, however, is a completely different way of interacting with Internet data. And in 99 cases out of a hundred - its much, much better than seeing the same data on a generic webpage. The New York Times; The Weather Channel; Bloomberg; Major League Baseball. Take your pick.
If you haven't spent some time using an iPad app, then quite frankly - you don't know what the hell you are talking about.
Lets also get something straight: Nobody NEEDS 60,000 apps. Or 10,000. Or even a hundred Apps on a single device. What you NEED is the four of five apps that meet your specific desires. And I'll tell you what: Its much easier to do that when you've got a catalog of tens of thousands to choose from. Rather than a handful.
So: the iPad will never run Flash. Stop hoping it will, or whining that Steve Jobs doesn't let you. You are wasting everybody's time.
If you want to claim that the ability to run Flash on a mobile device is sometimes desirable - fine, thats probably true. But you also need to concede that having access to tens of thousands of Apps is far, far superior than having access to less than a hundred.