One interesting solution to the continuing public battle between Apple and Adobe over Flash support on its mobile platform would be for Apple to release its own Flash compiler, one that would allow a developer to create Flash applications without ever purchasing an Adobe product. Before you laugh, hear me out. Neither company is open [...]

As previously reported, Apple has made it quite difficult for Adobe by banning its Flash CS5 Flash-to-iPhone converter a mere 4 days before the public release of Adobe Flash CS5. Nearly two weeks later, Adobe has responded by announcing they are ending development on the Flash CS5 iPhone compiler. Mike Chamber, the Adobe Flash Platform [...]

Want to know what went  on behind the scenes of JavaRanch’s mobile site creation? Timeline January 2009 – We started talking about how poorly the site renders on a BlackBerry July 2009 – I got a BlackBerry for work.  And ugh.  The forums do look horrible. August 2009 – Tried out BlackBerry emulator and explored [...]