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Flash on Mobile Devices is Jerky, Slow, and Mostly Terrible
Laptop magazine did a thorough review of the new Flash Player 10.1 on a new Droid 2 phone, and came away less than impressed.
How bad is mobile Flash? When I went to ABC.com and tried to play a clip, I waited five minutes while the player said “loading.” During that time, it was nearly impossible to scroll around the page or tap objects on it. Eventually, I scrolled up to see a message that was previously obstructed and said ”Sorry. An error occurred while attempting to load the video. Please try again later.” It gets worse…
Mobile Flash Fail: Weak Android Player Proves Jobs Right [Laptop Mag]
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- Published 08/19/10
Try Symbian s60 v3 or v5 mobiles. Even full flash sites works very good. And If you want Net-book in pocket then hands on to Nokia N900.
So it mans Apple made the right decision of not using Flash in its OS…
I have a Droid ONE and my flash is buttery smooth? Find this a bit hard to believe.
I used it on an evo, and I was amazed at how well it worked! Kongregate and Pornhub on mobile device!!!! Can’t wait to get ride of my iphone 3GS and get an EVO.