Articulate on iPads?

@will from what I understand, the biggest issue with Flash on a mobile device is that it's a battery drainer. Personally, I think they should have added flash support so they could have shown people how much it drains the battery life and had customers push for a better standard.

I think it would be a huge mistake any company to ignore the iPad. What was the # of 1st gen iPad units sold, 15 million? The Playbook won't touch that, it just won't. RIM seems to be making the same ego-centric mistake regarding the Blackberry that Sony made with the Playstation 3. Sony thought they thought the were kings of the hill in the console game, and didn't think that the user experience on the Xbox 360 would be enough to hurt them. Well it was. Now Microsoft dominates the console market.

Just like Microsoft offered a slick user interface for the Xbox 360, Apple created a slick and very intuitive interface for the iPad and iPhone. Add to that, more business personnel are using iPads every day, and more business-centric apps are being developed. BTW the are 65,000 iPad specific apps and only 100 Android apps. People like variety and options.

Plus, the Playbook is 7" is size with a 5" screen. That's only 1" larger than most top of the line smart phones. Why pay so much for a device that's only a little larger than a Blackberry storm? There's not much of an advantage to having one BB device over another. Whereas the iPad is a significant step up from the iPhone, or any smart phone for that matter.

Toolbook, one of Articulates main competitors, already allows you to publish to HTML for the iPad. Add to that they can also handle Captivate 5 AS3 .swf files perfectly fine, and import PowerPoint decks. Articulate needs to step it up. Versatility is the key to survival in an fast-changing world.