The Latest Salvo In The Flash On Mobile Debate

Ever since the iPad announcement, in which we learned that Flash will not be on the iPad, there has been much debate about the merits of Flash on mobile phones. Besides the argument of Flash being buggy, claims have been made that Flash will just drain batteries too fast. Engadget reports that Adobe’s Flash evangelist Mark Doherty has posted some facts regarding the affect that Flash has on battery life. Doherty says that Adobe’s testing shows that video can be played for well over 3 hours over Wi-Fi, from YouTube in H.264.