We have heard that Flash is coming to the iPhone even since before the iPhone launched. Gear Live say that it is definitely coming.

Why isn’t it on the iPhone now? They make out that it is due to business decisions, but my guess is that this isn’t the case. The iPhone came out swinging that “the browsing experience is full.” The browser is a desktop-esque browser. No WAP here please.

This means that you would expect to see true Flash instead of Flash Lite, which you often see on a mobile phone. However, Flash does eat up a lot of memory, CPU, and thus battery, so I think that the Apple folks have been playing with Flash and making it fast and economical enough to run on the device.

At certain times it has been frustrating not to have Flash. You feel crippled. On the other hand, it has also often been nice. No silly Flash ads etc.

If it finally does make it on the phone, it will open up the world of iPhone development to Flash developers which will be a big thing.