Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently released a high profile statement on why he and his company felt Flash was no longer relevant on the mobile web. It signaled what has turned out to be a sort of tech “war” between Apple and Adobe, the makers of Flash. Steve’s very valid arguments seemed to have won many people over and increased mobile app and web developers interest in native apps and HTML5 respectively. Flash technology seemed doomed. But just when it seemed Apple had gained an upper hand, Adobe appear to have quickly switched their attention from the iPhone platform to others most notably Google Android, which according to reports has just out-sold the iPhone in the US. The video below shows Adobe evangelist Ryan Stewart showing off the full Flash experience on the Google Nexus One phone running the new super-performing OS:

It’s quite an impressive demonstration which Adobe is using to directly prove that Steve Jobs and Apple wrong. Judging by the video, they might have successfully done that. One thing to note however is that the phone used by Adobe in this demo has performance capabilities much better than regular mobiles, so it would be somewhat unfair to compare it with the phones most of us carry today.

But it does beg a question on what should change: The mobile device or the web? Should device makers, including Apple, make higher performing devices to accommodate Flash or should the web completely move away from technologies such as Flash so that mobile users also get the full experience? One thing is certain, the mobile “web-war” is certainly far from over.

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