01 February 2010 | Author: J. Morton Search Copywriter

Apple CEO berates Adobe and Google

Less than a week after personally unveiling the iPad - which news channels have been analysing and speculating over since - Apple CEO Steve Jobs has answered why the device won't support Adobe Flash, at least in a private, employee gathering.

Jobs accused Adobe of laziness, which in turn led to inferior products, according to an attendee of the town hall event. The source, speaking to Wired, could not be named, as they did not have authorisation from Apple to speak to the press. Nonetheless, the source attributed Jobs of saying that Adobe had potential to do interesting things, but the company squandered it.

Speaking directly of the company's Flash programme, Jobs said it was simply too 'buggy' to support, also attributing a large number of Apple system crashes to the software. The source said Jobs explained to employees that in the future, the market will move away from using Flash.

The Apple CEO had a bone to pick with Silicon Valley neighbours Google as well, questioning their prime directive of 'Don't be evil'. While sources differ on Jobs' exact words, the nature of the statement made it clear he does not believe it, much to the delight of the gathered crowd of Apple faithful.

Claiming the search giant entered the mobile phone business with its Nexus One in order to kill the iPhone, Jobs said "we won't let them".

His rabble rousing also included some news on Apple products as well, according to sources at Mac Rumors. Specifically concerned with the iPhone, Jobs said the updates for the smart phone will come fast and furious, outpacing those of Google's Android. Additionally he described the forthcoming new iPhone as an A+ update.