Everybody’s been wondering when Flash will become available on the iPhone, and while speculation has been in the air for quite sometime now, it was just recently wherein everything was finally confirmed.

Yes, Adobe does have intentions on releasing a Flash player for the iPhone, but as Jens Brynildsen, a Flash expert, reports, it’s not up to Adobe on when to release it, but rather, Apple still has the final say on it:

“Upon a direct question from the audience, Paul Betlem for the first time publicly confirmed that Adobe is actively developing a Flash Player for Apple’s popular phone. He said (not direct quote) ‘My team is working on Flash on the iPhone, but it’s a closed platform.’ He noted that Apple makes all the decisions, so in other words, the ball is in Apple’s yard at this time. If Apple says yes, Adobe will have the player available in a very short time.”

Paul Betlem is Senior Director of Engeneering for Adobe Systems, and based on his revalation, it is all up to Apple when they will give the go signal for the Flash player to become available for the iPhone. Why the heistation on Apple’s part? It could be in part on how Flash-based applications on the internet might rival existing apps offered in the App Store which might lower their income from their own revenue-generation feature.

However, I personally don’t think that Flash will have any major effect in total app sales. On the contrary, if and when the iPhone becomes Flash-compatible, it will make the iPhone a more serious contender in the market. I’m just hoping that Apple also sees it this way so that Flash will finally make it to the iPhone.