[Auzy]

No.. They didn't.. For starters, Steve Jobs didn't have anything to do with the HTML5 tags, it was introduced by consumer demand. However, it seems he is trying to take credit for its introduction. Every non-Apple geek wanted the change anyway (but sure, despite the fact I don't use Apple equipment anymore, my feedback to Google "was inspired by Apple" obviously).

Everyone knows that there are still no good tools to replace Flash's development tools, and sites which used flash before, are unlikely to switch only because of the iPhone or iPad (the iPad isn't out yet and the iPhone only has a tiny marketshare). Furthermore, FLASH DOES MORE THAN VIDEO! I am sick of every Pro-Apple article pretending as though video is its only purpose.

[ghshephard]

"iPhone only has a tiny marketshare" - iPhone dominates mobile web content at north of 40%. If you have mobile content, you have no choice but to support the iPhone. When the iPad is released, content providers have no choice but to support the iPad.

I'm sure Flash does more than video, but I've been running (on Windows XP/Firefox) FlashBlock for the last four months, and I've never seen anything but Video and SlideShows when I've clicked on the "F". I'm guessing there is an entire game ecology that I've never tripped across, but, well, the iPhone OS isn't particularly lacking in that area... :-)