[linedancer41]

I thought this device was supposed to be the best thing on the planet? And we can't even get a flash player to use it????

Looks like I wasted my money and time buying it, when I can't view video feed over the internet on this device.

[stormsucks75]

Soon my friend. No blackberry has flash yet. Many sites you can watch vids on though

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[corbintechboy]

I thought this device was supposed to be the best thing on the planet? And we can't even get a flash player to use it????

Looks like I wasted my money and time buying it, when I can't view video feed over the internet on this device.

Research is king!

[Radius]

That's what makes the device so good for me, no Flash! I can't tell you how much I hate that bloated inefficient overused technology.

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[codito]

Youtube's mobile site works just fine. And you bought a ****ty old blackberry, so it's not going to be able to do a whole lot compared to any models made in the past 2 years.

[Motorcycle Mama]

"The best thing on the planet?" ?

Who the heck told you that?

Hyperbole makes your argument weak.

Research in advance of a purchase is indeed the key.

[Devlyn16]

the best thing on the planet

I have it on good authority that "the best thing on the planet" is actually one of these:



Gravity

Air

Water

Red Wings Hockey

[Gaiking]

I wasn't aware of any smartphone that has a flashplayer.....are you talking about a high quality youtube app? I know that even the beloved iPhone can't show flash content so what phone does?

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[p08757]

I thought this device was supposed to be the best thing on the planet? And we can't even get a flash player to use it????

Looks like I wasted my money and time buying it, when I can't view video feed over the internet on this device.

If you got it through VZW you have 30 days to return it for a different device.

[papped]

People talk about how they love flash.

Then they're gonna wonder why sites load like crap and all their memory and resources disappear once they get it...

[p08757]

People talk about how they love flash.

Then they're gonna wonder why sites load like crap and all their memory and resources disappear once they get it...

+1 -- Thats why I have a PC and a BB. The BB can't do everything a PC can. Its getting close, but its not there yet.

[papped]

I wasn't aware of any smartphone that has a flashplayer.....are you talking about a high quality youtube app? I know that even the beloved iPhone can't show flash content so what phone does?

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There are quite a few phones with flash-lite enabled browsers and flash 7 standalone player.

And yes, it usually detracts from the browsing experience more than it adds... s60 browser is flash capable, tons of WM phones (can be enabled on both PocketIE and Opera Mobile)... That's a lot of phones right there.

[Coruptyed]

That's what makes the device so good for me, no Flash! I can't tell you how much I hate that bloated inefficient overused technology.

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im definitely with you on this one, browsing on a page with tons of flash ads would be horrid

[rrrebo]

It's a resource hog, and a battery-killer, too. Here's an Adobe statement regarding Flash on BB and iPhone:

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=why+there+isn%27t+adobe+flash+on+blackberry+or+ iphone

[papped]

I'm pretty positive one of the reasons they don't want flash on the current iphone hardware is it's going to make the browsing performance appear much worse...

[rrrebo]

I'm pretty positive one of the reasons they don't want flash on the current iphone hardware is it's going to make the browsing performance appear much worse...

That'd be the "resource hog" effect, you betcha:

"Wow! Safari is awesome! Look how pretty"
*browses to Flash-heavy site*
"Hey, what's happening?"
*smacks iPhone*
"Seems like the browser just locked up."
*shakes iPhone*
"Wow, this website is crawling...SAFARI SUCKS! I hate my iPhone!"

Lather, rinse, repeat.

[gzuszgr8]

I hear flash is coming to BB but I'm not sure when.

[roeod4]

While I can't say that I would mind having access to flash on a blackberry (like wifi, just to have it), I can't really figure out what people would be using it for. As others have said, heavy flash based sites will load horribly slow on a mobile browser (at least until 4G shows up). The only other thing that I can think of would be video on sites like Hulu and those or going to be HUGE streaming files. Can you say, Holy data limit Batman? A person would only be able to watch smaller video clips on a phone and that would limit you to site like youtube, which we can already view, or porn, which I just have to say, really? You really need porn on your smartphone, really? How much on-the-go porn does one really need? Where are you viewing porn that you need it on a mobile phone? Do you still live in your mothers basement?

[davidnc]

I can browse to any site and see any vid I want to like it is as well. What I can't do off my berry I will do of my desktop.

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[papped]

The biggest problem is you normally aren't just loading 1 video.

You're talking 2-6 flash ads + the main video...
Now better browsers support tabs and popups. Popups often have flash also...

It's a performance problem. Standalone .flv/.swf playback is far better (for one, you can save it locally instead of constantly streaming, for two you only load what you want to load), but nobody seems to be investing in that as the flash7 standalone is crappy...

[jpgnfx]

I thought this device was supposed to be the best thing on the planet? And we can't even get a flash player to use it????

Looks like I wasted my money and time buying it, when I can't view video feed over the internet on this device.

so u bought something without reading up.

[rizzzzoooo]

I have it on good authority that "the best thing on the planet" is actually one of these:



Gravity

Air

Water

Red Wings Hockey

LOL I will give you three of those four. But Red wings ??? LOL

[TripletMama]

Facebook games are something that won't play without flash.

[jeffwill2]

Facebook games are something that won't play without flash.

Can play Mafia Wars on Facebook. Not sure about other games. BOLT is by far the best browser for the Blackberry at this point. Wish RIM would just buy them out and implement that as the standard.

[papped]

Can play Mafia Wars on Facebook. Not sure about other games. BOLT is by far the best browser for the Blackberry at this point. Wish RIM would just buy them out and implement that as the standard.

Doubt it, because they already bought Torch and Bolt uses their own server to do the rendering. For security reasons, they probably want a standard browser that doesn't do everything server side.