RATiO Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Hi I got a HTC Radar running WP 7.5 the other day and was wondering a few things.. Will it ever see an update to WP8? Will flash ever come to WP7? Will BBC iPlayer/4oD/ITV Player ever work on WP7? All I know so far is that I will be getting WP 7.8 very soon -but is that then it? No WP8 ever with all the new apps etc? Even if no offcial WP8 update, is it possible for a custom/ported WP8 rom to run on it? (Sorry if stupid questions, I'm a WP noob) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I haven't tried it, but there is an app in the marketplace called Flash for WP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RATiO Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 I haven't tried it, but there is an app in the marketplace called Flash for WP I looked all over market, could only find an offline flash file player, not an internet flash video streamer which is what I'm really after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdtaUK Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Will it ever see an update to WP8? Will flash ever come to WP7? Will BBC iPlayer/4oD/ITV Player ever work on WP7? All I know so far is that I will be getting WP 7.8 very soon -but is that then it? No WP8 ever with all the new apps etc? Even if no offcial WP8 update, is it possible for a custom/ported WP8 rom to run on it? No No Probably Not 7.8 has the new start screen, maybe new lock screen, and 7.5 apps will probably still be made No idea about ported ROMs - Windows CE and Windows 8 are very different OS's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I looked all over market, could only find an offline flash file player, not an internet flash video streamer which is what I'm really after Ah right, maybe that was what I saw, it had the red flash logo as its own logo, like I say I never tried it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rk_b0mb Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I'd say no. Flash is going the way of the dodo and being replaced with HTML5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pack34 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Adobe has discontinued development of Flash for all mobile devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RATiO Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 So will BBC/Channel 4/ITV switch their websites to HTML5 rather than flash? (hope so) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I think you'll have to wait till hell freezes over. I heard that's the estimated release date... :p So will BBC/Channel 4/ITV switch their websites to HTML5 rather than flash? (hope so) Probably not anytime soon, as right now only Flash or Silverlight (so in other words: plugin technologies) allow for the "protection" of their content. *sigh* Glassed Silver:mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Johnny Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I'd say a no to every single one of those question, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdtaUK Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 The BBC will not be supporting HTML 5 video, until the W3C can implement some kind of DRM mechanism in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King of GnG Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 My Windows Phone is a surrogate mobile device, so I don't see why it should support computer technologies that belongs elsewhere like Flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 The BBC will not be supporting HTML 5 video, until the W3C can implement some kind of DRM mechanism in it Exactly, and I'd rather have less content via HTML5 than see that bullcrap (DRM) spread even more. Glassed Silver:mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pack34 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Exactly, and I'd rather have less content via HTML5 than see that bullcrap (DRM) spread even more. Glassed Silver:mac Streaming services such as Netflix can not, and will not, be able to exist without some form of DRM. It just isn't going to happen for obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Streaming services such as Netflix can not, and will not, be able to exist without some form of DRM. It just isn't going to happen for obvious reasons. I said less content via HTML 5. They can keep their Flash and continue offering apps. :p GS:ios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiHu Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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