If you're going to write an inflammatory article, can you at least test against the latest version, especially when the main improvement in the latest version is on the thing you're testing?
The flash experience on the Eee is dire. Watching iPlayer is an exercise in frustration with choppyness and even sound/video syncing issues occasionally. That "not optimized for mobile" message that we see now and again might as well say "this will be very sluggish and likely make you want to pull your hair out". Running HD videos natively is no sweat for the it, on the other hand.
Sorry, didn't flash suppose to stop sucking in 2.2, 2.3 and 3.0? Sorry, I'm just curious, not flaming.