Even though Apple has very little interest in seeing Adobe’s Flash run on the iPhone, the enterprising hackers behind the Spirit jailbreak tool have apparently managed to port Flash to the iOS platform. While the details are still murky, this video shows a well known Flash clip on a jailbroken iPhone.
The fact that this video was shot by Comex – the developer behind the Spirit jailbreak – leads us to believe that this video is most likely genuine. Assuming this is true, it will also be interesting to see if these hackers will manage to run Flash content inside the iOS’s version of Safari.
More than Just Another Workaround?
Over the last few months, we have seen a number of workarounds that allowed developers to showcase their Flash content on the iOS. This, however, is the first time we have heard of a project that managed to port Flash directly to the iPhone. Comex considers this to be a “very preliminary” demo, but it definitely looks promising.
All of this, of course, could still turn out to be an elaborate hoax or just another workaround that converts Flash into a format the iOS can play natively. If it turns out to be true, however, then iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners will soon have another reason to jailbreak their devices.
