Adobe Gets Aggressive With iPhone Flash Failure Message

Company hopes that Apple's customers will voice their frustrations and demand Flash

Adobe's Flash supports a large portion of the internet's rich content. And it will soon be coming to almost all smart phones, opening a world of internet possibilities. All the smart phones, that is, except one of the most popular smart phones on the market -- Apple's iPhone.

Apple remains cold and aloof about the topic of Flash. While the iPhone could easily support hardware-accelerated Flash, CEO Steve Jobs has stated in interviews that Flash is irrelevant and not something that iPhone customers have demanded. He insists the iPhone is the perfect internet phone -- even if it can't run Flash.

Adobe seems to be hoping to push Apple's customers to demand the feature with a new humorously passive aggressive browser failure message.

On the iPhone customers trying to use Flash now get a message stating:

Apple restricts the use of technologies required by products like Flash Player. Until Apple eliminates these restrictions, Adobe cannot provide Flash Player for the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Before the message merely read:

To view this content upgrade your browser and flash plug-in.

Will the new message inspire users to complain to Apple, or will it merely annoy iPhone users, making Adobe look bad? It should be interesting to see how Apple's customers react to the new, more pointed error message.

[via Daily Tech]

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Analyst: 3G iPhone Headed Towards Failure in Japan

Mass market adoption eludes 3G iPhone in Japan

The 3G iPhone may be headed towards failure in Japan according to communications sector senior analyst Inui Makio who works for financial services firm UBS. In an article on Japanese tech site ItMedia +D, Inui points out all of the reasons why the 3G iPhone may have lost momentum in Japan.

The 3G iPhone, which was projected to sell one million units in Japan, appears to have only sold 200,000 units at the most. Both Apple and Softbank continue to keep actual sales figures a closely guarded secret. Inui’s initial estimates put yearend sales figures at 350,000, but that figure appears unreachable at the current sales rate. Although it has only been a short period Softbank has already adjusted 3G iPhone pricing plans lower in an attempt to boost sales.

The lack of features found in most Japanese cell phones appear to be holding back the iPhone from succeeding in Japan. The 3G iPhone is not able to use pictograms in text messages and emails. This may be a show stopper for the average user as text messaging is far more prevalent then voice calls due to the high cost charged per minute. The ability to convey a message with a single image is significantly faster than typing out the entire word.

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