Flash would reduce iPad battery life to just 1.5 hours, says Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs has thrown in a last-minute bid for being on crack in tech, claiming that if the iPad had Flash on it, battery life would decrease from 10 hours to 1.5 hours. Jobs made the comment to writers at the Wall Street Journal amid claims that Flash is “buggy” and old school technology that’s no longer relevant in today’s landscape. Uh, yeah, the software that powers more than 80 percent of the web’s video content, countless games, and major news websites is no longer relevant according to Jobs.

The Adobe vs. Apple battle has intensified in recent weeks due to the iPad’s glaring limitations by not having Flash support, but Jobs has taken to dismissing Flash and downplaying its importance. The latest shot at Adobe’s software is a bizarre claim that isn’t backed up by evidence. It’s obvious that Apple hasn’t considered loading Flash onto the iPad, so where did they get the idea that Flash would miraculously take away 90 percent of its battery life? And on the remote chance that this claim is true, Flash is obviously not as taxing on other devices, so the real problem lies with Apple in this scenario.

The irony of Jobs statement that Flash would kill the iPad is that he made those comments to the Wall Street Journal, a news source whose website is dependent on Flash for video and slideshows. Jobs was essentially telling one of the world’s largest and most-respected news outlets that their website sucks and will continue to suck on the iPad unless they and thousands of other websites ditch Flash.

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