Adobe’s beta version of the Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player for mobile devices may be available for the Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile, but not Apple’s iPhone. The new version of the Flash player will give developers a way to distribute their Flash-based applications to users via the Internet.
While the new version of the Flash player for mobile devices gives application and content developers a new way to distribute their products, they will still be cut off from the iPhone and iPod touch because Adobe hasn’t been able to produce a version of the player that meets Apple’s requirements.
One of the more widely voiced complaints about the Mobile Safari browser on the iPhone and iPod Touch is that neither of these devices supports Flash. Apple continues to push developers to develop applications for it’s mobile devices using Javascript rather than Flash.
Some have argued that Apple wants to prevent Flash on its mobile devices to protect the lucrative iTunes App Store. Flash apps could after all give the App Store some competition that is outside of Apple’s control.