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Flash + iPad

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nampramos

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Hi guys!

I just got my iPad 3 yesterday and I was wondering if I could see flash content on it.

I'm not interesting in websites like cnn or other news sites.

What would be really cool would be to see live streamings from football games and F1.


Thanks!
 
Not natively.

You'll have to use 3rd party apps, connect to virtual desktops, etc in order to view flash content.
 
I understand it is not natively supported.

The purpose of this thread is for gathering information on what better way is there to view flash content on the iPad.

Thanks.
 
nampramos said:
I understand it is not natively supported.

The purpose of this thread is for gathering information on what better way is there to view flash content on the iPad.
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Would have been good to know this up front, and not "I was wondering if I could see flash content on my new iPad".

I personally use Splashtop Remote to connect to my iMac. I can stream Hulu.com and other flash video offerings with little to no lag. It will of course depend on how good your computer and network are, but it's my go to app when I need flash.
 
I don't really want a streaming app since I might be away from my MacBook when wanting to see the video streams.

And all the other flash enabled browsers have mixed reviews of working or not.

Paying 5 bucks for something that doesn't work would piss me off...
 
nampramos said:
Did iSwifter ever worked for you?

That was the only one I found yesterday night and it didn't even load up a page.
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I bought iSwifter a week ago and it worked perfectly up until last night when there was an update released. After the update it wouldn't load a page. I'm assuming that this will be fixed.

Before that though the app worked great. I would watch full TV shows off websites such as Spike. Also depending on what server you are connected to you can watch Hulu but i have found most of there servers are outside of the US so Hulu isn't guaranteed to work. Besides that its great.
 
Puffin Web Browser is by far the best app for handling flash video. Iswifter didn't work for me and the web pages look awful.
 
Frenchjay said:
Puffin Web Browser is by far the best app for handling flash video. Iswifter didn't work for me and the web pages look awful.
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Ok. I tried that one now and the first time it crashed. Second attempt it worked but the video just lags so much and has no sound.

It is impossible to watch football (soccer) like this so I don't even want to try with fast moving motorsport like Formula 1.

Guess I'll stick to the old but good MacBook for that.

Thanks anyway guys.


One other thing I wanted to ask is if there is an app to monitor my WiFi speed? I want to check if my new iPad doesn't suffer for WiFi problems...
 
I've been using iswifter for about a year now. Web pages do not look as good as if they were open in safari, but I haven't came across any issues with watching flash content.
 
nampramos said:
Ok. I tried that one now and the first time it crashed. Second attempt it worked but the video just lags so much and has no sound.

It is impossible to watch football (soccer) like this so I don't even want to try with fast moving motorsport like Formula 1.

Guess I'll stick to the old but good MacBook for that.

Thanks anyway guys.


One other thing I wanted to ask is if there is an app to monitor my WiFi speed? I want to check if my new iPad doesn't suffer for WiFi problems...
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Search for "speedtest" in the app store, that can be used to check your Internet speed. Just make sure wifi is on and you're connected.
 
Big Bummer.

Reelknead1 said:
I bought iSwifter a week ago and it worked perfectly up until last night when there was an update released. After the update it wouldn't load a page. I'm assuming that this will be fixed.

Before that though the app worked great. I would watch full TV shows off websites such as Spike. Also depending on what server you are connected to you can watch Hulu but i have found most of there servers are outside of the US so Hulu isn't guaranteed to work. Besides that its great.
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I was on the brink of purchasing iSwifter, but while still playing around with the free version, found out you can't use it over 3G or 4G service, only wifi. What a jip! So I doubt I will be throwing $4.99 at it now.

Anyone know if Photon works over 3G and 4G connections?

:( :( :( :(
 
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