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Apple Official Video Shows iPad Running Flash?

Posted January 29, 2010 at 11:38am by iClarified · 11098 views
Apple's official introduction video for the iPad may reveal that the iPad does indeed run Flash, according to 9to5Mac.

Notice in the video below Apple shows the New York Times website being used. All the content on the page loads including those sections which are Flash.

Normally, we'd say that Apple simply did the renders in the Mac version of Safari and just CG'ed it into the video. However, you can see the page rendering and being resolution independent as well, so it is likely being done on an iPad. Note the iPad simulator in Dev Tools also doesn't render Flash.

It's possible, though we think unlikely, that Flash support could get added in a future version of the OS. It is more probable that Apple wanted a nice looking demo.