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Two of the ten things we hate about BlackBerrys are the BlackBerry Browser and the fact that you cannot play YouTube videos on the device. If Research in Motion were to add Adobe’s Flash Lite to the BlackBerry you would be able to play YouTube videos and the BlackBerry Browser wouldn’t be as horrible as it is today.
I bring this question up because Adobe and Microsoft are expected to announce today that MS has signed a license deal to use Flash Lite in Windows Mobile.
The bigger question for the BlackBerry, however, is could the BlackBerry even run Flash Lite? I remember back when I first started getting into the BlackBerry one of the biggest knocks was that it just didn’t have enough processing power to run some of the cooler apps that you saw on Windows Mobile and Palm devices.
Today, the BlackBerry’s horse power really isn’t the question, but, the BlackBerry OS. I’ll leave that, however, to another post.
If the BlackBerry is capable of running Flash Lite should it be something that RIM looks to add?
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It seems to me like it wouldn’t as simple as just adding Flash to the BlackBerry. The browser would have to be totally rewritten. I don’t think that you will see anything like this for some time to come.
by Treo Hater on 2008-03-17 at 12:00 pm
It would be cool to see Flash in the BBies… but I’m thinking that Treo Hater is right. It would take awhile for them to re-write the browser.
by GBVZ on 2008-03-17 at 12:06 pm
nah… blackberry will very quickly be left in the dust. It is a shame really
by Keith on 2008-03-17 at 6:39 pm
I have no idea how this would work technically, but it really needs to happen!
by Bob on 2008-03-17 at 8:03 pm
I agree with Treo Hater, I’d think that they need to redo the browser in order to make it flash compliant. No time soon on it’s capability, at least with the current browser. Security may also come into play here as well…
As to Keith’s post, not sure how it would be left in the dust? By the iPhone? Apple already announced that they will not support it on the iPhone. Their relationship with Adobe is already a rocky one to begin with. And I’m not sure why Flash would be a major issue anyway…
Technically, I don’t think you need Flash to run YouTube on the device (I could be wrong…need to check it further), but some of the other issues I’d think that could come into play is Flash Lite loading and running and hitting the memory on the BB. Got enough memory leaks on the BB to crash it. I think BB need to add more internal storage or allow mail to be stored on the card along with the calendar and contacts in order to run certain apps effecitvely on the device.
by bluehorseshoe on 2008-03-18 at 12:23 am
I think adding flash would be the best thing that happened to Blackberry. I almost went with iPhone because I could watch video on it but went with the curve instead for email. Its my 4th BB but if iPhone comes down it might be all over.
by street credit on 2008-03-20 at 11:30 am
I just bought the new 8830 and I am hoping an software update will make this happen. iPhone is very close to taking over if they get a bit more functionality (imo).
by PLO Pro on 2008-05-18 at 4:42 am
We need flash if bbies to last in this life
by simply4play35 on 2008-05-28 at 6:14 am