Developers Invent iPhones, iPads Get App to Run Adobe Flash

Apple touchscreen iPad tablet showing the menu screen, is displayed at the Global Mundo Tapas eatery at the Rydges Hotel in North Sydney on June 4. Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images

Developers have invented an application capable of running Adobe Flash on hacked iPads as well as iPhones, PCWorld.com reported on Monday. The application, called Frash, can run in the Mobile Safari browser on jailbroken iPads.

The program was developed by a company called Comex, who is also planning to develop a version for the iPhone as well. “Frash is a port of the Android Flash plug-in that Adobe recently released for Google’s mobile operating system,” reported Cnet.com.

Currently, Frash is not available to the public. Comex said it is still not stable enough for wide release.

One of the problems with running Adobe Flash on Apple products is that most online games, videos, and animations operate with Flash through the use of a keyboard and mouse, which is not compatible with Apple’s touch-screen devices.

Cnet.com reported that Comex posted the application’s files on GitHub to “allow any developer to tweak and improve the software for iOS.”

In the past, Steve Jobs has criticized Adobe Flash and was strongly against the idea of incorporating it into Apple products. However, consumers may still want the program on their devices, as much online content relies on Adobe Flash to run successfully.