Originally Posted by nom3rcy

HTML5 is part of the reason for the exclusion of Flash. APIs can do everything flash does and more and require far less bandwidth and processing power on the device.

I think we are only seeing the beginning here. Apple is pushing the market and positioning itself to dominate it. Once Flash is out of the way and all media is funneled through their stores they will be quite a force, even compared to how they are now. Once the iPad is put to the test by real world users and developers make apps to fill every niche imaginable it will create a niche in itself, regardless if we can see it or not.

I just wish it was closer to my niche, but in time even operating systems as we know them will be obsolete. Apple is taking a lot of heat now but down the road it will pay in huge dividends.