Will adobe flash run on iPad -ever?

Probably. The new macbook air might suit you better, or you can wait for one of the windows tablets that will support flash. But if flash is really important to you, the ipad just isn't a good fit.

The iPad is great -- so cool because of the fact it does not use flash which is memory hog! If you need videos then the iPad is not for you.

Wrong, if you need videos that use Flash then the iPad is not for you. There are plenty of videos that don't use Flash that the iPad is perfectly happy with.

Yes, you should return it as Steve Jobs said this.

Apple has just released an 11.6" MacBook Air. It runs full OSX (including the ability to upgrade to 10.7 Lion that has many iOS inspired features), has an app store coming soon, can still install other non app store software, has a trackpad and keyboard, only weighs 2.3 pounds, and when closed is roughly the size of the iPad...

This solution should work for you...

The nice thing about the Air is it does not have Flash either 😉.

Out of the box...doesn't the ad say somewhere you can download if you want?

The question there is "if you want" 🙂

Like any other computer really. Neither Windows nor OS X come with Flash installed OOTB either, do they?

OS X used to come with the flash browser plug-in pre-installed. I presume the main reason apple stopped doing this is not to defy adobe but because they didn't want to be responsible for the security issues, especially from outdated versions.

MS don't pre-install either. That is my point. I can't think of any OS that does.

You can download it if you want. Previously, it came preinstalled on Macs.

According to Steve Jobs, the answer is NO...
if you must have Flash you can try this.

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/skyfire-will-display-flash-video- on-ios-devices/

Who cares?

I just purchased an iPad...and I knew Flash wasn't available or java etc. But I am realizing now how intrusive and painful it is that they don't work. Apple either has to sort themselves out or find and alternative. For as many good reasons that I would recommend the iPad as a business tool, these decisions by Apple seriously hinder the growth as said business tool.

Alot of people are asking why?? Has anyone ever heard of online college, most textbooks for online colleges are etextbooks accessed only by .swf. As far as I am concerned without flash this thing is just a glorified kindle that costs a whole heck of a lot more. I was ****** when I bought my ipad because the **** store salesman said it would open my textbooks and now I will probably return it.

Philly_Phan wrote:
Who cares?

According to a recent survey, a lot of people. It is by a huge margin, the #1 reason that stops people buying an iPad.
I'm only the messenger!