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First off, we've been Apple users for over 20 years.  So we're not by any means Apple haters.

But Steve Jobs' decision to disable the ability to use flash in any of their products is real disappointment.  There are some great websites built on Flash technology.

Steve Jobs' recent slamming of Adobe's Flash technology is a smokescreen.  Adobe Flash provides hands-down THE BEST multimedia experience on the web today.  And has done for ten years.

Now Steve Jobs wants to shut that technology out.  He clearly has $$$ signs in his eyes.  He wants users to buy all their games through the Apple App Store.  Any iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or even Safari 5 users cannot access any Flash websites.

As Web Developers we have used Flash (Once Shockwave Flash, then Macromedia Flash, and now Adobe Flash) since the very early days, and quite possibly know more about the technology than Steve Jobs claims to.

Sure, Flash can be heavy on processor speed, but this has been greatly improved.  And it is up to developers to optimise their code.  It is nowhere near as much of an issue as it used to be.  And it will continue to improve over time.

We can say this with confidence when Steve Jobs claims that HTML5 and CSS3 are just as powerful as Flash.  It is simply not possible to create a game with these technologies.

Flash is THE ONLY CROSS-PLATFORM game creation tool for the web.  

That is, if you create a game with Flash, you can play it on any browser - except Apple's new Safari 5 browser.  And on any platform - Windows, Apple or Linux/UNIX.

Steve Jobs, you're a bad sport.

So, a guy walks into a bar, drinks a few beers and leaves possibly the most awaited consumer product in history in the bar.

Shrouded in secrecy no more, Gray Powell, an Apple employee appears to have left his prototype iPhone 4G in a bar in Cupertino, Northern California, before its imminent release.  The leak has appeared on Gizmodo.

Apple's new iPhone has a host of new features, including two cameras, for video chatting, and a flash for the main camera.  Not to mention the new iPhone 4.0 Operating System, which has a swag of new features, including iAds, Apple's new Advertising network.

We cam across this great JQuery library today dedicated to making your website iPhone-friendly.

Check out JQTouch here:

http://www.jqtouch.com

Steve Jobs' recent announcement of the iAd technology is nothing short of revolutionary for the Advertising Industry.

With control over the  platform and the advertising network, Apple is really set to make some serious money.  By Jobs' estimates by the end of 2010, Apple will be serving 1 billion ads per day.  His calculations? 100 million users spend an average of 30 minutes a day in an App, and are served an ad every three minutes.

App developers are being encouraged to deploy the iAd technology inside their apps.  Apple will retain 40% of the adshare, and developers will make 60%.

What is Android?

It's the new operating system for mobile phones, funded by Google and set to revolutionise the phone industry.

Heard the same thing about the iPhone a few months ago?  Well, let it be known that this operating system is a serious contender for best phone OS available.


- This exciting new mobile-phone software wasn’t created by Google and isn’t owned by it, though its development was largely funded by Google via a body known as the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). This loose confederation of tech firms includes handset makers, mobile-phone networks and Google.

- The OHA allows phone makers to run Android on a suitable handset, without charge. Several have signed up, including Samsung, LG and Motorola. T-Mobile is the first UK-based mobile network to join. Others may soon follow.

- Android is less demanding of a phone’s hardware than traditional smartphone software such as Microsoft’s Windows Mobile and runs quickly, making its rivals seem sluggish by comparison.

- As Android is open source, anyone can create programs for it. These are available to download to the phone from the online Android Market. Many are free; others must be paid for via Google’s payment. system. Innovative new programs include ShopSavvy, whereby you scan a product’s barcode with the phone’s camera and it checks for the best online price, then shows you the nearest store on a map.

- Android’s open-source approach also means that a handset maker or mobile network could hobble its version of the software by removing features such as a phone’s ability to make free calls over the internet.

- As the software is self-policed by an online community of fans, Android raises security concerns. That said, this already works well for Linux, the computer-based operating system upon which it is based, and the Firefox web browser.

- Despite Android’s multimedia pretensions, it cannot yet play videos in either Apple’s QuickTime or Adobe’s Flash format – both popular on websites. Google has at least fixed this problem for fans of YouTube, which uses Flash.

Ok, so this post is not strictly about Web 2.0. In fact, it's more likely about Web 3.0 .... it's about when the web truly upgrades to a new version - portable internet After using and testing the iPhone in its' factory release format, we decided that the iPhone will redefine the Internet and Web 2.0 Apps as we currently know them. So we decided to Jailbreak an iPhone to see what else might be instore for the future. And rest assured there's plenty in store! Here's how you can Jailbreak your iPhone for some added functionality.