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Hopefully by the time you read this, you will be able to download your iTunes play-list as an XML file then embed an interactive Flash animation that displays your songs on your Facebook page or website.  Um, you probably won’t get this mashable app from Apple, but instead from some clever basement developer doing it for fun.  The embedded application could perhaps look something like this picture (but actually work).  Would it play the songs?  Perhaps not, most likely it could simply bunt you into the iTunes store where you could listen to part of the song and buy it if you like it.

The unfortunate thing seems to be that Apple and Adobe haven’t played nicely together since the release of the iPhone (or has it been longer?).

You can easily understand why Apple has not supported Adobe Flash on the iPhone.  If I designed the product, I’d do the same thing, there are just too many Flash applications on the web that do far too much (like play music or display stock quotes or you name it).

The thing I don’t understand, is how Apple has missed so many opportunities with viral embedded apps?  To be honest, I’ve never subscribed to the Apple web services (iWeb? iDisk? iMobile? whatever it’s named)  So, perhaps Apple has all sorts of APIs use with their web services, I just haven’t noticed.  Off on a tangent, I once had an Apple eWorld subscription, I miss that odd little virtual village!  It’d be funny if someone replicated that service on a fansite.  mAppleshup!  Sort of tastes like ketchup with apple sauce.  Yum.

Update: Apple lets you share your favourite songs with Twitter and Facebook directly from within iTunes.  Unfortunately, it’s a pretty dismal sharing eXperience.  Somehow you’d expect a bit more.

Here are the Facebook results when you share from iTunes, somehow the Rolling Stones album cover got mixed up with John Lennon.

Update 2: Flash CS5 will soon be able to create apps for iPhone and iPod touch.

Sneak Peak: Flash CS5 exporting to iPhone (the code hinting/completion feature is so sweet).

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