Mobile communications devices could be the testing ground for the next generation of media technology for the World Wide Web. If you ever looked at pictures or watched videos on the Web, you may already know Adobe Flash Player. It is a program for playing videos and it operates on many different Web browsers(浏览器).
Right now, Adobe Flash Player is probably the most common way to watch media on the Internet. But new mobile devices are testing Flash’s market position. The research company IDC says fifty-five million smartphones(智能手机) were sold worldwide in the first three months of this year. The handheld devices serve as a telephone as well as an e-mail and Web connection.
But there is something few of them can do: using Adobe Flash Player. If you attempt to open a Flash page, you get what has become known as “the blue Lego of death”. The little blue sign means that your device cannot open Flash.
Browsers on Smartphones and netbooks(上网本) are different from those used on personal computers, few of which, at least for now, can play Flash.
Adobe makes Flash and other popular products like Photoshop and Acrobat. It is also developing Flash 10.1., which is meant to work with personal computers, smartphones and other devices with different operating systems.
But Flash will not work with Apple’s mobile devices. Apple chief Steve Jobs criticizes Adobe. He says his company’s products like the iPhone and iPod Touch will not use Flash in the future. That also means the popular iPad will not use Flash either.
Steve Jobs says new multimedia players should be based on a more open system. Apple wants a new language for Web page design, called HTML 5. That could mean trouble for media players like Adobe Flash. HTML 5 will be able to do many things. It will have open rules or standards. And he says the goal is to create licensing agreements that will let people use those standards without cost.
Recently, Apple and Adobe’s argument over Flash made news. Adobe placed advertisements criticizing Apple’s move against Flash. The ads appeared in major newspapers and on the Web. However, the Web community continues to move towards the standards for HTML 5. Adobe is already releasing products that can use this system.
From: http://www.51voa.com
TRUE or FALSE:
( ) 1. Adobe Flash Player is a popular program for playing videos and media on Web browsers.
( ) 2. Most of Apple’s products like iPhone can play Flash at present

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