Engadget reports that Apple will be detailing iPhone 0S 3.0 at a March 17 event. Because the event is being billed as an "advance preview," it's unlikely we'll see the new OS for some time, however, across the internet, hopes are high that the new OS will include many of the most commonly requested features, such as cut and paste, MMS, A2DP, Push notifications, and background tasks.
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Member since:2008-07-15
Trouble with the video tag is the codec problem, i.e. you don't know what codec the video will necessarily be in or whether your running browser will support it. Theora was supposed to be adopted as the standard, but as far as I know that hasn't actually happened, and Theora doesn't really seem to be going anywhere. And then of course, Apple chose not to support it, so Theora probably won't be running on the iPhone any time soon. H.264 is riddled with patents, making it unlikely to be adopted as the standard (though it'll probably end up being the most used anyway). Dirac shows promise, perhaps that will become standard.
This is one thing you don't have to worry about with Flash, as long as you have Flash installed correctly the video will play. Right now, that's its biggest strength, while it limits the compatibility to operating systems that have a flash player it usually works about the same on all of them. Doesn't change the fact that it's a buggy piece of crap, but it's more universal right now than anything else.
Member since:2009-03-17
It's a bit unfair to say that Theora is going nowhere. Mozilla just inveted $100k into the development of it, and WikiMedia favors Theora above all else. Those two items alone make Theora something worth considering.
Now, Theora support on the iPhone, on the other hand... I agree, not happening any time soon.
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2007-12-13
I would just assume they forgo Flash. There's just all sorts of problems with Flash, not the least of which being that it can torpedo both battery performance and bandwidth availability on something running off tiny batteries with a lackluster 3G network for it to ride on.
If you're using it for video content, just use the video. If you're using it for dynamic graphical elements, use a canvas or SVG.