[pragmatic]

People "delight" in not seeing videos/pictures etc?

Granted the iPad has a nice experience. But as with the iPhone, the release of Android tables will crack open the market.

I held on the iPad for just these reasons. I don't want "massa Steve" http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/07/18/Mobile-Net... telling me what I can and cant' do on my $900 device.

My personal opinion is that Steve is keeping flash off the phone to control add revenue and media buys. Since most players are flash based, denying flash keeps you away from slacker, pandora etc (iTunes revenue). Steve has a way in with ads now. He can say, hey content producers (news sites, etc) check your stats, you flash ads aren't showing up, come talk to me about what will work on those nice juicy devices that rich people buy (targeted ads).

Btw, flash works on my HTC Incredible on adroid 2.1. It's not a great experience but it is a phone. (I personally don't like flash, but so many sites use it, it's a necessity to be a first class citizen on the net).