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Fixing iPad’s Flash Problem

Nov 3, 2010
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Wired: Fixing iPad’s Flash Problem

The new app, a browser, reportedly translates Flash video into HTML5 video on the fly. It will be available later this week.


“Steve Jobs has successfully prevented Adobe Flash from getting on the iPhone for years, but a new iOS app promises to bring Flash video to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch without upsetting the CEO.

Skyfire is a web browser that automatically transcodes Flash video into HTML5 so it can display on your iDevice (instead of the blue Lego block symbolizing a lack of Flash support).

To our knowledge, Skyfire will be the first app of its kind to offer a roundabout method for watching Flash videos, when it goes live in the App Store this week.”

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