Flash on the iPhone is becoming reality. HDD vs Flash memory.

Posted on March 21, 2008
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All works will do Adobe Systems Inc. (SAN FRANCISCO). It has aleady begun with a media player for Apple Inc.’s iPhone. Why it will be Adobe?- you may ask. They have been partners for many years. Adobe’s Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen has confirmed that the company is going to set Flash memory to the iPhone, reports The Wallstreet Journal:

“We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone,” Narayen said. “We have evaluated (the software developer tools) and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves.”

Maybe it is because the company is always blamed for using HDD instead of flash memory.

Apple replied that desktop plugin for Flash wouldn’t run well on the iPhone. Who is right we will see after a new iPhone 2.0 appears.

Is it good or bad?

For flash memory
1. Battery life. A hard drive needs more energy. Remember that the screen in iPhone is big and it also requires more power. What will you do when your battery is suddenly low and you are waiting for a call?
2. Flash memory is smaller in size. Mind the iPod Nano. It is much lighter and smaller than iPod video. So I think it will be the same with the iPhones.
3. Some people say that it is faster than a hard drive, but it is an issue question. So the iPhone can work smoother with multiple-apps running.

Against
1. The price will be higher. 4G is 500$ and 8G is about 600$. Why should you overpay? iPhone already has memory more than 4G.
2. A 30gr hard drive is not heavier than a flash would be.
3. I have never had any problems with Toshiba hard drive on iPod.

So flash memory on the iPhone 2.0 maks a lot of sense.