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Report: Flash Hardly An Edge For Android

  • NewTeeVee, Wednesday, September 1, 2010 1:47 PM
Well, this is awkward. Flash on Android devices -- which Google and others have touted as a competitive advantage over rival Apple devices -- is "shockingly bad." Or at least according to GigaOm's NewTeeVee blog. "While trying to watch videos from ABC.com, Fox.com and Metacafe on the handset, [NewTeeVee contributor Kevin Tofel] found that videos were slow to load, if they loaded at all, leading to an overall very inconsistent experience while using his Android device for video.

While trying to load an episode of Wipeout on ABC's mobile site, he received an error message urging him to 'try again later.'" In its brutal conclusion, NewTeeVee writes: "It's difficult to imagine anyone actually trying to watch non-optimized web video on an Android handset, all of which makes one believe that maybe Steve Jobs was right to eschew Flash in lieu of HTML5 on the iPhone and iPad."

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