Apple runs afoul of UK law

As I’ve mentioned before, Apple has its eye on the international market for its very popular iPhone. Unfortunately, British regulators have decided that Apple has misrepresented the capabilities of the product by failing to mention that neither Flash nor Java are available natively.

As two of the most common technologies for modern web developing, that’s a pretty big gap, and the advertising regulators weren’t impressed with Apple’s very literal interpretation of its own ad. The web is full of rumors as to when Flash and Java may appear, and developers Adobe and Sun claim they’re working on respective versions for the iPhone. For now, though, Apple has a bit of bad news to digest internationally.