Unlicensed app brings basic Flash to iPhones
By Stewart Mitchell
Posted on 9 Aug 2010 at 11:28
Video-hungry surfers wanting to watch Flash content on the iPhone 4 now have the option, but only if they jailbreak their handset and download an unlicensed, warranty-busting app.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has ruled out including Flash in the iPhone software amid an acrimonious dispute with the software's developer Adobe.
However, the same maverick developer who wrote the web-based Jailbreakme iPhone 4 crack has now recompiled his Frash software to run on the handset.
As Frash requires an unlicensed jailbreak, Apple says it would invalidate users' warranties.
Another reason that consumers might pause for thought before downloading the software is that the lastest Frash is still an alpha version, and the very early iteration cannot support popular sites such as YouTube. Only simple animations are currently displayed.
Anyone wanting to access the Frash alpha does so at their own risk, but there is an eight-step set of instructions at the Redmond Pie website explaining which additional software iPhone owners need to download and install before the application will work.
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Pointless
You can already watch YouTube via an included app.
Presumably all this will allow is Flash adverts.
By red3dwarf on 9 Aug 2010 
That was an example. Flash wasn't designed just for YouTube was it?
Try and book a ticket for an Odeon film without Flash. That's a better example
By TimoGunt on 9 Aug 2010
don't you just click the link at the top of the page that takes you to the non flash based booking system?
By baldric on 9 Aug 2010
The Odeon's site is actually very usable on an iPhone. It detects you're not on a desktop PC and loads a mobile-specific site that doesn't need Flash.
It includes things like location awareness to direct you to your nearest cinema and is actually pretty tasty.
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By davethelimey on 9 Aug 2010
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