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vthokies90's avatar

I have an iPod touch and I love everything about it, except that when I go to a website (like usanetwork.com) and want to watch a video (like an episode of Monk) I can't because it doesn't have a flash player and I can't find a way to install one. If anyone knows how to get around this please let me know because I really can't figure out how to?

Asked by vthokies90 (1points) August 13th, 2008 from iPhone
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joeysefika's avatar

You cannot use flash on an iPhone or iPod Touch, Not yet anyway an app has not been released and there is not much chance of one being released in the near future. If it is a youtube video and you click it it will take you to the youtube app.

benseven's avatar

I think you win the ‘longest question title ever’ award…!

xxporkxsodaxx's avatar

I’m guessing you haven’t had your iPod Touch long have you?

yannick's avatar

Don’t count on seeing flash integrated anytime soon, adobe won’t allow apple to add flash compatibility to their mobile products (iPod touchs and iPhones). Sorry…

iwamoto's avatar

it’s also a matter of resources, flash is pretty resource demanding, it would take a slimmed down version, so maybe in a few years…

benseven's avatar

I was under the impression it was Jobs that was against flash on the iPhone, rather than Adobe…

bassist_king1's avatar

yea, i think it was cuz apple didnt want to put a slimmed down version on because it wouldnt be very good, and the iphone/ipod touch cant handle the full version, so they were trying to find something between the two, but i guess they never did.

LanceVance's avatar

Well the thing that bothers me is iPhone and iPod Touch don’t support Flash at all, yet my Nokia N76 can run flash apps. So it definitely isn’t a matter of hardware resources.

benseven's avatar

Lance, I don’t pretend to understand the complexities of of running Flash on the iPhone vs. the N76 (I have an N95 myself), but I’m willing to bet the folks at Apple know what they’re doing…

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