• Blogrunner: Technology, Wednesday, October 1, 2008 11:30 AM

Adobe is putting the finishing touches on a version of its ubiquitous Flash application made specifically for iPhones. If it passes muster with the Apple's Ap Store screening process, the revamped software could be available "in a very short time," according to an Adobe official.

Adobe chief executive Shantanu Narayen publicly confirmed his company's attempts to create a version of Flash for the popular Apple phone back in March, and had said nothing further about it until yesterday's comments. But there is still much he didn't say, such as how the player would function within Web sites given Apple's current iPhone developer guidelines, or how it would prove useful in accessing Flash media as a standalone application.

Adobe's efforts take on added significance given Steve Jobs' earlier pronouncements that Flash simply didn't work on the iPhone. Earlier this year, the Apple founder roundly criticized gaps in the software that left it useless to iPhone users, presumably prompting Adobe's attempts to remedy the situation.

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