| MOjeeper - You spin it that if Apple supports it, it MUST be good, and if they don't it MUST be crap. Maybe your not, but that's the way I read your post.
To be honest, yes. Apple has a long reputation for not allowing crappy running devices on the market. If they don't support flash, there is a good reason for it. Lord knows they have taken a lot of criticism for this decision. But they will take the criticism before supporting a platform that will cause problems with their devices. This is why, as many Apple product owners will tell you, they "just work". As for Microsoft, here's a link to a couple of articles:
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100430/microsoft-on-flash-what-steve-said/
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/05/04/microsoft-joins-apple-in-bashing-flash.aspx
Yes, MS is still supporting flash - but they have a lot lower standards than Apple (IMO). Now THAT is bashing! ;)
Another example, the iPhone 5 due this summer. It was widely rumored that it would be a 4G phone. It just came out today that 4G won't be available until 2012 on the iPhone 6. News outlets are all over this one - claiming Apple is falling behind since there are or will be soon, several Android phones that support 4G. BUT - Apple had previously hinted at this, saying the iPhone 5 will still be 3G since "there are too many trade-offs at this point" to put a 4G chip in the phone - namely battery life, being the biggest. A classic example of Apple willing to take criticism rather than putting a 4G chip in the iPhone, but the battery only last half a day. Android phone makers will push, push, push, their 4G devices - making the claim that they are far ahead of the iPhone. Soon, consumers will complain about battery life. What good is a smartphone with a dead battery? There is a lot of desperation out there by Apple competitors to claim market share - so much so that they are rushing devices to the market that are not ready for prime-time. The Droid I had was a perfect example of that - as are the current tablet offerings running Froyo.
Edited by McCartman 2/24/2011 22:32
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The little things that set the iPhone apart
