Adobe's been trying to bring its Flash technology to the iPhone for long time now. The lack of Flash support is a real problem for iPhone users, as Flash technology is the most widely used format for delivering animations, videos (YouTube, Hulu, NBC.com, etc.) and interactive applications on the Web.

It is well known that the fly in the ointment towards delivering Flash to the iPhone has been Apple. That is until now. It appears Adobe and Apple are now working together to finally deliver the technology to not just the iPhone, but the iPod touch as well.

Speaking with Bloomberg about the topic over the weekend, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said, "It’s a hard technical challenge, and that’s part of the reason Apple and Adobe are collaborating." He added, "The ball is in our court. The onus is on us to deliver."

While it is still not known when iPhoners will get their Flash fix, at least we now know Apple is on board with the idea.

Flash-based video support is something common to desktops and is already (or will soon be) available to a number of other mobile platforms. These include Windows Mobile, Google Android, Symbian, Qualcomm BREW, Sony Ericsson, and Linux.

The technology has already shipped on over 800 million mobile phones. This number is expected to exceed a billion handsets this year.

Almost a year ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs indicated the iPhone and iPod touch wouldn't be supporting Flash technology. Why? Because, as it stood, Flash wasn't good enough for Apple's mobile devices.

Jobs said, “The full version of the Flash player "performs too slow to be useful," and Flash Lite, Adobe's version for mobile phones, "is not capable of being used with the Web." He added, "There's this missing product in the middle," but "it just doesn't exist."

Looks like Apple's changed its mind.