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Hulu Developing Non-Flash Player for Deployment on iPad?

This is was actually one of the big things that was holding me from buying the iPad (Really I'd still get it, but I'd hesitate and maybe wait an hour or two before they go on sale).

If this becomes a reality I'll really have no reason not to get the iPad. Netflix (Silverlight Flash stuff) and Hulu are the only thing Flash that I really want, and Netflix I can watch on my Xbox anyways.
 
Rumors that Hulu was working on an iPhone app have been flying around since early 2009 but so far that's been just a pipe dream.

Update:

I completely forgot about the MacRumors (page 2) article from March 18, 2008 regarding a rumor that "Hulu.com and Apple will be launching an iPhone/iPod Touch compatible version of the site as early as this Thursday."
 
I like flash for the ability to play movies, it is buggy, makes my laptop hotter than a toaster, but for a time, they were the only show in town. Never liked the security implications of letting flash run in one of my devices!!!!!!!!!

Now there are options, and more are coming. Even M$ is part of the HTML5 camp, however not sure how commited they are.

Adobe is in some serious trouble, not just with Flash but also with all the other products that LAG way behind from the PC versions and how slowly they are in Adopting new harware and Software features from Apple.

RIP
 
spice weasel said:
And I can predict an exponential growth in the iPad's market share. It would be great to be able to watch Hulu in bed on the iPad, rather than having to use a laptop.
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So, what exactly is better? It's anywhere from a 3" to a 7" smaller screen when compared to MacBook Pros and you have to hold it up to watch it while you can lay a laptop down in front of you. I still see zero purpose in the iPad.
 
layte said:
Seeing as currently only two marginal browser creators are supporting h.264 (with Firefox saying GTF and Microsoft probably going down their own road as is their want) the fabled and magical /video tag (which after reading macrumors appears to be able to do anything the fanatics think of it) has a long road ahead of it to topple Flash as a content delivery platform (ignoring everything else it brings to the table for the sake of this argument). Open standards are all well and good, but until everyone can agree on how to implement them, Flash is here to stay, whether Steve likes it or not.


(as an aside, is the MASSIVE IRONY of Apple fanboys wishing death to Adobe not lost on anyone?)
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the only sensible post out of the 50+ so far…
even at MR I get sick of the repetitive, blatant, fanboyism.
And yes it is ironic that Apple fanboys dis so heavily on Adobe…these fanboys must all be < 30 years old, and not in the business of being a creative professional.
 
Hulu on the ipad? Cool! Iphone maybe?? That would be SO nice to have the ability to have watch Hulu videos on them!
 
7 million users attempted to download flash for iPhone OS this month (according to Adobe).

I hope we get monthly update for the next few years, should be fun to see where the trends will be. :)
 
cocky jeremy said:
So, what exactly is better? It's anywhere from a 3" to a 7" smaller screen when compared to MacBook Pros and you have to hold it up to watch it while you can lay a laptop down in front of you. I still see zero purpose in the iPad.
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In my case .... For most of my business travel and even local at a client, it would make more sense to use the iPAD than my MBP 15".

With iWorks, VNC, SSH, Citrix client, ability to print to remote printer, it makes a rather nice tool. Maybe some of the hacking tools can be ported and there would be little that I can not do with the iPad.

Others may have different needs or none at all. Everyone is different.
 
*LTD* said:
Adobe's "Creative" products are a jumble of bloatware that sport horrible UIs on OS X.
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You're exaggerating!

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Ok, maybe not.

All from Adobe UI Gripes
 
localoid said:
Rumors that Hulu was working on an iPhone app have been flying around since early 2009 but so far that's been just a pipe dream.

Update:

I completely forgot about the MacRumors (page 2) article from March 18, 2008 regarding a rumor that "Hulu.com and Apple will be launching an iPhone/iPod Touch compatible version of the site as early as this Thursday."
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Baseless rumors.

They can't make money with their ad strategy. They will have to come up with some kind of pay system. Once that's done, they'll focus on delivering Hulu to as many platforms that make financial sense.
 
At that point though, wouldn't it make sense to just make their entire platform non-flash? I mean what's the point of supporting two different models when one model can be used by any device and is technically superior (both performance-wise and efficiency-wise)? Either way, this is awesome news if true!

rdowns said:
Baseless rumors.

They can't make money with their ad strategy. They will have to come up with some kind of pay system. Once that's done, they'll focus on delivering Hulu to as many platforms that make financial sense.
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Yeah, they've been doing so terrible so far. :rolleyes:
 
I doubt Steve finds this to be good news. As much as he talks favorably about HTML5, I'm sure he dislikes it for the same reason he dislikes flash. Only difference HTML5 won't catch on for years to come.
 
BigJimmyC said:
Hooray! Because Apple refuses to support an industry standard, other companies must find workarounds so that mindless Apple fanatics who buy semi-functional products can still use their websites! Glory be to Apple! And shame on Adobe for writing software that people use. This will teach you! :rolleyes:
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BZZZT. Thanks for playing. Flash is not an industry standard. It is owned and controlled by a single company - Adobe.
 
The more I think about the IPad and what I could use it for...the more I find that I want one and leave the Macbook for the heavy stuff
 
anthonymoody said:
BZZZT. Thanks for playing. Flash is not an industry standard. It is owned and controlled by a single company - Adobe.
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BZZZT! Neither is h.264. It is owned and controlled by MPEG LA. There are license fees involved with h.264, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_LA

They recently said they would waive the fees up to 2016 (Adobe dropped their licensing fees in 2008, and only continues to charge for development tools like Flash CS4). After 2016, h264 content providers are going to have to pay. A lot. Apple and Google favor it because of performance, and because they can afford the royalties.

Smaller organizations like Mozilla and Opera have fought against H.264 in favor of Ogg Theora because many smaller companies might not be able to afford patent licensing fees.

http://css.dzone.com/articles/h264-...m=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+zones/ria+(RIA+Zone)

After 2016, expect to pay for all sorts of video, because the vendors broadcasting in it will have to pay. A lot. And so they will pass that cost onto the people consuming it. Apple doesn't have our best interests at heart. Apple's been in bed with MPEG LA for some time. Some other patents that company owns? MPEG2 (remember how Macs moved to DVD burners so quickly?) and IEEE 1394 (Remember when Steve introduced Firewire as the next greatest thing?). Remember back in quicktime 6, when Apple was pushing MPEG4 as the next big thing? http://www.zeropaid.com/news/1153/steve_jobs_mpeg4_is_the_next_big_thing/

Yeah, guess who owns THAT patent, too?
 
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