Distribution, 2 channel. Verified apps via iTunes, Joe Bob’s garage app otherwise, with a “this application is not approved by The Jobs” warning. Otherwise, we need a complete iPhone simulator, which just isn’t possible without multi-touch screens on Macs.

Because I don’t think Apple doesn’t want Flash. They haven’t said that. What Jobs has said is that currently Desktop Flash doesn’t work well on the iPhone, and what they call “mobile flash” isn’t good enough to be on the iPhone because it’s not for the “real” web.

I don’t believe Apple is worried about one proprietary format over another…unless of, of course, they release their own version of Flash today.

Especially since they have been pushing open web standards so hard. Their own Apple Shop have much of the “requires Flash features” from other sites, but implemented using pure open standard web technologies.

Because Microsoft has stated that they will make a version of Silverlight for anything with an SDK. It would be in Microsoft’s best interest to get Silverlight on the iPhone ASAP – because it would be a huge publicity deal, and would further their attempt to create competition (or destroy competition, depending on what you think of Microsoft) in the online video market.

Adobe hasn’t made any kind of comments about making an effort to create a custom version of Flash for the iPhone. All they have said thus far is that the iPhone is “incomplete” without it. While I agree to a point, until Adobe is willing to come in and make a version that will actually work well on the iPhone, I don’t care if the iPhone has Flash or not.

Yeh, there’s no way. The iPhone is Apple’s “good thing”. There’s no way Apple is going to give M$ a piece of it.

Just wishful thinking though.