Re: I can't play some video files on my iPhone

Hello Sharon,

Only people that aren't thinking the issue through, are fixing blame -- or are expecting an answer anytime soon. Most of us with iPhones came to grips with the math very early on and are not really expecting a change soon.

As pointed out in Zane Barker's post, a dual-quadcore (8 proc) Intel desktop Mac measured in the 2.6 Ghz range -- as compared to the single proc 620 MHz range of the iPhone -- finds Flash adding 10% to the dual quadcore to play a Flash video. So what do you think is going to happen on a 3G connection (which is far less pipe than the cable modem many surf on) using a single proc 620Mhz chip?

Compression gets better and better with each passing year and I have no doubt that video will eventually play on the iPhone using Flash. But will it be this year? I doubt it.

If a finger is going to be pointed in blame at anything, then I blame mathematics.

Anything else is merely pointing in the wrong direction and is likely the outcome of reading too many conspiracy theories.

Ron Lindeboom