The writing was on the wall already, but Apple definitely put the final nail in its coffin. Just think about what might have happened though. Suppose the iPhon

The writing was on the wall already, but Apple definitely put the final nail in its coffin. Just think about what might have happened though. Suppose the iPhone would have supported Flash, and supported it without performance or battery issues (a big if!). This would have allowed rich application development with a very mature toolchain for the pre-app store iPhone. How different things might have played out. That whole first wave of iPhone apps and games (air hockey, light saber, flash light, angry birds)? Flash! Who knows what the impact might have been on the App Store and the demise of Flash.