Even if Apple never lets a Flash plugin within 50 yards of an iPhone, you may yet be able to enjoy the richness of those blinking banner ads. Gordon (Get it? Like Flash Gordon?) is an open source Flash runtime written in pure JavaScript. For simple Flash animations, web developers must only slip in a bit of code into the website to allow non-Flash enabled devices like the iPhone. The Javascript pulls the relevant animations.
This only works with simple animations and is still quite resource heavy on the iPhone.
As PCWorld points out,
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