Android phones are currently getting quality video from sources such as TV.com, Discovery, YouTube, etc. It all works great on the Droid right now -- minus Flash. Flash is simply no longer necessary. Like other Macromedia products I mentioned, it has been superseded by superior and more widely available products and technologies.
Even Google isn't exactly excited about putting Flash in Android, they're only doing it because many people want it. Specifically, access to sites such as Hulu are mentioned. But wait, Hulu is moving to HTML5 and H.264 anyway (in fact, already have H.264 versions of all of their video, ready to serve).
The inclusion of Flash is also just a jab at Jobs.
/sarc. Is that why I use Flash very day to watch great programs on HULU, playoff clips/matches on Foxsports.com, NBA.COM, NHL.COM all running really great with no problems at all. And is that why there are literally thousands of sites serving great Flash games on the internet?
” Like other Macromedia products I mentioned, it has been superseded by superior and more widely available products and technologies.”
Like what?
Name me even one technology that has superseded Flash on the internet for video streaming and games.
“Even Google isn't exactly excited about putting Flash in Android, they're only doing it because many people want it”
That's what companies(and politicians fort that matter) are supposed to do. Do what the people/their costumers demand.
“Specifically, access to sites such as Hulu are mentioned. But wait, Hulu is moving to HTML5 and H.264 anyway (in fact, already have H.264 versions of all of their video, ready to serve).”
Like someone else mentioned on another thread, HTML5 is not even on the same planet as Flash right now. It has a very long way to go before it gets as good as Flash (if ever). Right now, vastly more sites use Flash than HTML5.
Heck, HTML5 does not even work on all browsers yet, nor has it even been standardized yet even by the W3C themselves:
http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/05/_watching_the_google_io.html .
“The inclusion of Flash is also just a jab at Jobs.”
Google is putting Flash in Android because their costumers demand it. It's that simple. Jobs can boycott Flash all he wants, its not gonna stop Android from continuing to grab market share from the iPhone for the foreseeable future, and with it, put Flash on more smartphones than there are iPhones..