Suck it Android (suck the demo form) – Flash on the iPhone, in demo form

Flash has finally made its way to the iPhone, with the help of some sneaky developers. The open sourceGordon project, hosted over at github, has provided a JavaScript-powered Flash runtime. With it, you can actually load and view Flash's .swf files, even on the iPhone's Mobile Safari browser. I gave it a try earlier today and was delighted to find that several Flash demosran fine on my 3GS, no jailbreaking or other installation necessary.

Admittedly, this is a very preliminary build, that supportsjust these SWF tags. Also, to make this work, Flash developers will need to encapsulate the SWF into an HTML wrapper, importing the Gordon JavaScript source and then loading the swf, as shown here. I am not a Flash expert by any means, but this seems like a pretty cool development for any iPhone enthusiasts who would be interested in seeing the platform support that technology. At this point, there's not much to show for it besides a few demos (and who knows what Apple will think about this), but at least there's a currently viable way to run and view Flash on the iPhone

OMG! – Get Up to $100,000 for Evidence of Apple Tablet

Valleywag is offering up to $100,000—yes, One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars—to anyone who can provide them with pictures or video or one hour of touching and licking with the Apple Tablet. Here's the juicy menu:

• $10,000 for bona fide pictures.
• $20,000 for video of one in action.
• $50,000 for pictures or video of Steve Jobs holding one.
• $100,000 to let us play with one for an hour.

The money will be paid after the tablet is revealed and the material is proven to be the real McCoy.

I've to say that we are all pretty excited at the idea of any Bothan spy breaking the Cupertino blockade and running away with one of the prototypes. [Valleywag]

Can't Wait for the iSlate or MacTablet or whatever…that's fine, use your trackpad!

Apple tablet, schablet. Who needs a stand-alone tablet when you can turn your existing MacBook into one? Inklet is a cool program which lets you draw on your trackpad, turning your scribbles into Photoshop masterpieces.

To download, you'll need to give up $24.95 (though there's also a free demo that's worth checking out), and will obviously need a MacBook with multitouch, along with Snow Leopard. Inklet works best with a stylus, so better scratch around for your old DS one if you can. The familiar multitouch gestures work well with Inklet, so if you're at all art-inclined, the video below is worth checking out for a demo.

[Inklet]

Apple Tablet Rumors Condensed In Handy Visual Guide

We're just a couple of weeks away from Apple (supposedly) unveiling its tablet, or iSlate if you will, and while we've heard every possible rumor under the sun let's revisit them in this handy visual guide.

There's a lot of speculation crammed into those four colors, but what do you think we'll see on January 27th? (If that's indeed the date). I think a lot of the speculation is fairly close to what we'll see, but if Apple doesn't allow multi-carrier support, we're doomed. [The Green Room Blog via 9 to 5 Mac]

Economy – The App Store Economy is BOOMING!

We've already followed the iPhone money, but this follow-up infographic from GigaOm proves what we suspected all along: the real money's in apps. [GigaOm]