There are many drawbacks in the Apple iPad, but one of the most significant problems is that Apple and its CEO, Steve Jobs have prevented Adobe’s Flash technology to run in the Mobile Safari browser. According to Steve Jobs, Flash is not really required as with newer advancements in HTML5 standards, it becomes possible to achieve the same visual experience that flash provides. In fact, users would have already been used to such HTML standards over the years.

But despite all this, there are lots of sites on the Internet that do not work correctly on the iPad and Apple Unlocked iPhone, as well as other IOS devices. But fortunately, the eternally helpful community for iPhone development has tried to solve this problem, and has ported the Flash application to the iPad. At the moment port is called “Frash”, and it is the infant most stage in introducing Flash technology to the iPad.

The real brain behind this very helpful development is Comex, known for great deal of iphone hacking and it is totally responsible for Adobe’s Flash runtime compatible with the iPad. The Frash port is based on version 10.1 of Adobe Flash. This same application runs on Android phones (Google Nexus One) with Android 2.2 Froyo Operating System. In the case of Frash, it was possible to run Flash applications from within Mobile Safari, and it has been seen that Flash applications are working fairly well on the iPad.

Frash uses a multi-process model, which is similar to that of Chrome. So, if Frash/Flash decides to crash, it does not shut down the whole browser with it, which is an advantage. Safari doesn’t shut down, and continues to play other content which has Flash on the page. Frash is not ready for public exposure, as keyboard and video inputs have not yet been made available.

So, for now, only hope is that the world comes to terms with using HTML5, or Steve Jobs and Apple decides to give it’s i-devices some Flash love.

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