Life and Times

GigaOM staff writer and digital media enthusiast. Looks like an urban lumberjack. Likes Eagles football, Phillies baseball, beer, berrs and a dog named Astor. Doesn't sleep enough, has too many iPhone apps. Also, not Jay-Z.

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Sure you can build interactive applications for this, and you can sell them on the app store. Hundreds of thousands or apps have already been built and billions have been downloaded. Just because it doesn’t have flash doesn’t mean there isn’t a development platform.

I’m with you on not being able to run multiple apps at the same time, though.

soupsoup:

rillawafers:

8 Things That Suck About the iPad

No flash support and no multitasking are HUGE mistakes.

This device SCREAMS out for rich interactive flash-type content. I’m not saying Flash necessarily as a platform is the answer, but you need to allow people a way to develop the content this device was made for.

It’s also a huge disappointment that I can’t listen to Pandora, and flip between e-mails and browsing the web. That simply has to change.
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  expand your “development” skills, kid. Flash is likely one of...largest inhibitors of
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  I will be honest. I don’t own anything made by Apple except my iPod, (although I would totally love the phone if it was...
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  Someone please explain to me why a giant version of an iPhone is worthwhile to me. Kthxbye.
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  Sure you can build interactive applications for this, and you can sell them on the app store. Hundreds of thousands or...
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  Yeah definitely holding out for a 2G
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  First, I agree. Second, the overwhelming majority of people are dipshits. Flash isn’t so much a technology solution as...
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  hopefully my only take on iPad – HTML5, CSS3 wins, AS3 and it’s bloaty implementation on Mac OS, please go away
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  The lack of Flash...should probably be considered a feature,
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  The warm glow of my fanboy-ism has faded away and I’m now disappointed. No multi-tasking and having to go through the...
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  Truth. I hate hearing people complain about these devices not
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  Flash is not the answer. If people really want to “develop the content this device was made for,” then they should be...
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  You are so right. Not having FLASH support has really hurt the iPhone’s growth. If they had only buckled and...
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