Tech Crunch 2012 - Apple Prediction

Hey Group,

Thought I would share this interesting Tech Crunch report from Ben Savage,
the guy behind Game Engine Spaceport.io: http://spaceport.io/

"*Apple will NOT fix HTML5 sound in mobile Safari*

HTML5 sound used to work well in mobile Safari, back in the days iOS3.
However, Apple disabled most of the API in iOS 4 and 5. It just introduces
competition for iTunes — both the music store, and the App Store. In its
continued fight to maintain total
control<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3009888/autoplay-audio-files-on-an-ipad-with-html5/4903523>
over
the Apple ecosystem, they will refrain from fixing HTML5 sound in 2012."

The Tech Crunch article is here:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/21/guide-to-html5-14-predictions-2012/

-- 
Alistair MacDonald
SignedOn, Inc - W3C Audio WG
http://signedon.com