FlashLite blog.

via Mark,

Mark Doherty from adobe has released a set of components on his blog which have been design by Matt snow & team at Adobe mobile UI design.

What will you get from them:

* Discover how to create low memory yet rich components
* List, Slider, Tile, NavModel and Gapper components for Flash Lite 2.x/3.x
* Carousel, Menu, Story and scroll bars in Flash Lite 1.1
* Key Handling for Flash Lite 1.1 and Flash Lite 2.x/3.x
* Image Handling, loading and unloading etc (TileMenu)
* Creating device UI and multi-screen applications (NavModel)

I have used some of these in one of my recent projects (streamMobile) and they are a great way to implement some great looking navigation very quickly. The are also reasonably easy to customize graphically and also in implementation.

You can get them from here . enjoy!

Matt

via blocket,

Nokia Publishing has launched a new competition to find innovation in the Mobile games market. Development companies can take part for the chance to win a first prize of 40,000 euros, and a publishing contract with nokia.

The first competition of its kind to encourage unique concepts in mobile gaming from developers of all backgrounds and all levels, the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge seeks the best in groundbreaking ideas and game concepts from the brightest and most creative minds in gaming today.

The three most innovative game concepts will be offered Nokia Publishing pre-production contracts, targeting publication of their winning concept on the corresponding Nokia device platform. In addition, the first winner will be awarded 40,000 Euros, the second 20,000 Euros and the third 10,000 Euros to enable the participant to further develop the concept.

Looks like a great opportunity to make some money, and get yourself a publishing contract with nokia.

follow the link for more details

matt

Via bill,

Over the weekend Verizon Wireless launched “Dashboard” which is their branded version of Adobe Flash Cast.

If you’re a Flash, Flash Lite or web developer and interested in creating Flash Cast channels for “Dashboard” which is the Verizon Wireless version of Adobe Flash Cast you can now get started.

Dashboard will provide an ecosystem for Verizon Wireless consumers to enjoy rich and interactive services by leveraging the proven content authoring tools and workflow that Flash developers are familiar with. The wide range of experiences that developers and brands will create are known as “channels” which can be thought of as “widgets”.

Dashboard will launch in mid-2008 in the United States on specific handsets however those details are not yet available. The LG VX8700 handset is the reference device that will be used for developing and testing Dashboard channels.

This looks like a great new opportunity for flashlite developers to have the ability to place content on-deck with an operator.
Hopefully now distribution networks such as App Store are available, developers in general will start to get a better route to the consumer, with a much better percentage return, as apposed to the 30 - 40% from traditional aggregators.

For more info on the process of setting up and running a channel, please visit : http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/verizon.html

via alessandro,

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia is paying 264m euros ($410m; £209m) to buy out the other shareholders in handset software firm Symbian.

Nokia, which already owns 48% of the UK-based firm, intends to develop its software to compete with Google’s planned Android operating system.

For its part, Symbian said the takeover was “a fundamental step” in the establishment of the Symbian Foundation, which is expected to start operating in the first half of 2009.

The foundation will bring together Nokia, AT&T, LG, Motorola, NTT Docomo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone in collaboration on a new, royalty-free open software platform for mobile phones.

This looks like great news for flashlite development,

check out The BBC technology news for a full article

check out Mark Doherty’s post for an Adobe insiders view

view symbian’s white paper on the symbian foundation for indepth details

view the symbain foundation website for upcoming news

I have just put a flv demo online for one of the new FL applications i have been working on.

It is in effect a mobile “channel” for a company called Stream that provide On Demand video via set-top boxes & a broadband connection in your home.

The mobile client allows you to log in and view Stream’s content on the move.

It is a completely dynamic menu system, updated via the server, which allows new content to be added on the fly.

The video is handled via Flash media server, and streamed directly to the handset.

The Demo application is connected to the internet by a o2 3G connection in this video.

view the demo here, (apologies for lack of sound)

DEMO LINK

check out stream’s online service @ streamOnline.co.uk
matt

via macworld,

the WWDC keynote has just finished, and Steve jobs has announced the iPhone 2.0 will be shipping in 22 countries (including UK) on the 11th of july.

new features include :

price:

For a blow by blow account of the Keynote at WWDC, click here

Matt

hi all,

there is a great new article on the adobe M&D dev center , Working with Flash Lite 3 and Flash Media Server video written by Nick Hippe from Adobe.

In this article I’ll cover two scenarios for streaming Flash video from the Flash Media Server to Flash Lite 3. The first is the simplest possible example. In the second example, I’ll use script-based bandwidth detection to determine the bandwidth available to the device, and then stream the appropriate video based on that information.

This is a really cool article, and i found the bandwidth detection very useful.

Matt

via flash lite in mobile and embedded world,

Flash Lite 3.1 port is now available to OEMs. Here’s quick summary of what’s new in FL3.1:

- Much better browsability than FL3

- Support for h.264 codec

- Flash 9 content will play in FL3.1 as long as it is published as AS2. AS3 engine is not ported to FL3 yet.

Linux port is available from California Software Labs. Please email me for additional information.

click here for original post

Since my contract was up for renewal this month, i decided to get myself a ‘fun’ phone, so after looking around for a bit i went for the new LG KF700 touchscreen/slider handset.

After getting it home, and messing with it for about 5 mins i found an interesting menu (see below)

After a quick look, i could find nothing on the LG site mentioning flash lite at all. After copying across a number of test swfs, it looks like this phone is flashlite 2.x enabled by LG. As well as access to flash files, the phone also comes pre-installed with 5 fl animated wallpapers. Great!

The problem came when i tried to put on my own wallpapers. Although they would run in the standalone player on the handset, to be able to set the files as a wallpaper, you have to have them in a directory called ‘default SWF’. For some reason, LG seem to have made this folder unaccessable via their PC suite (which btw, also has serious issues when run on vista).

So, for some reason, although the phone supports fl wallpapers, it seems LG has decided to only let it support it’s pre installed selection. Not so great!

I would hazard a guess at saying the ui is made with flash, and the phone it’s self is nice to use (although the touchscreen is no where as responsive as that of the iphone). I really like the addition of the slide away keypad, and the jog wheel at the side is also a great touch. The combination of all 3 input methods makes the phone very easy to use, although it does take you a while to work out the best way to utilize all 3 together.

I have included a couple more pics below, as well as some comparisons for size with an n95 8gb.

Hi all,

This is my first post in a while, have had a v. busy couple of months, and have been neglecting the blog a little. Hopefully, i should get a few post back online within the next couple of days.

The MoCarbon range of Wallpapers has now been launched nokia software market and is available to download as of today. The first 2 to be released at Guru and Squirrel. Check them out here, or search for moCarbon on the nokia software market site.

Matt

Hi all,

there are a number of Upcoming Adobe eSeminars related to mobile development :

Getting Started with Flash® Lite™ 3 and CS3
Presenter: Bill Perry
Monday, March 24, 2008
11:00 A.M. PDT

Flash Lite and Flex for Tourism
Presenters: Michael Epstein/Ira Hochman
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
11:00 A.M. PDT

Blood from a Stone: Flash Game Optimization on Low-end mobile devices
Presenter: Evan Kirchhoff
Thursday, March 27, 2008
1:00 P.M. PDT

click here to sign up

Matt

Date : 29th Feb, 2008

Time : 7pm - 9pm

Venue : At the Adobe Regents Park office
12 Park Crescent,
London,
W1B 1PH,
United Kingdom

The next Uk Mobile and Development Usergroup meeting is being hosted by Mark Doherty & team at the Adobe Regents Park office in London, on the 29th of feb 2008, between 7 & 9pm.

This will give everyone a great opportunity to meet the Adobe EMEA team, and attend a number of presentations including:

• Flash Lite 3 / Flash Video
• Flash Cast - Eagle

There will also be the opportunity for open panel discussions, and Mark has kindly agreed to get some drinks in afterwards.

Also, Mark has invited members to contribute suggestions for other topics of interest they would like to discuss/see as a presentation. Please leave any suggestions as comments on this thread.

Looking forward to seeing as many as possible of you there

Matt

via dale,

Moket has lauched Mojo Monkey trailer, a preview of their new character that is going to be produced for a just for mobile animation series.

You can check it out at dojomonkey.com/

You can also check out Dale’s blog post for more detailed info

Dojo is the first title that we will be looking to release under the new MoketTV brand - a division of Moket that focuses on releasing high quality Flash animation to the mobile market.

matt

ryan Unger, has recently posted about a site distributing 50 flashlite games in (probable) violation of copyright. I you are a flashlite develop and have released your games, check out his post to see if your content has been stolen or infringed upon so that you can take the appropriate action.

The Game List (as identified by the target site):

-Pong Lite ——- ———whack attack
-road rider ————– -memik
-monster kick————- -payjaz
-locura ——————–lunar lander
-hiorlo ———————dan muffin
-dawn of the fly ———–clear the field
-foursight —————–dance
-cornrush——————martian mayhem
-bubble shooting ———–are you thirsty
-log jam——————-fruitball
-crazy taxi—————–crazy taxi night
-micro invaders————penalty shootout
-speedracer—————retch
-snapper game————pocket slots
-doodle——————-lite poker
-casino blackjack——– -knights puzzle
-tempiduri—————-danze van hellzing
-frisbee fetch————-fruit slot
-fugitive tortoise——– -go sushi
-jan ken——————cube - puzzle game
-sokoflash—————-snake lite
-presidance————- -moby
-iSnake—————– -cQuenzer
-Tic-tac-toe———— -Fruitball
-Darkkiller —————-Remember
-Ping ——————–Blackjack
-Floored —————–Dodge

matt

Just got an interesting email form Kathy at adobe,

John Agger from the Adobe Mobile & Devices team launched a mobile podcast series last year in the fall. There are some cool videos relating to mobile development with the flashlite platform.

click on the links below to go straight to the M&D sections.

Watch or listen to this podcast series aimed at creative professionals new to mobile, as Adobe host John Agger walks you through tutorials on mobile content creation. The Adobe Mobile Podcast series is created in partnership with Terry White’s Creative Suite Video podcast < http://creativesuitepodcast.com/> and includes the following episodes:

• Why mobile is important < >
• Mobile & Devices Part 2 <>
• Getting started with mobile <>

Matt

Interesting article via Bill’s site, about a new new sony product that supports fl3 web browsing.

The mylo 2 has an enhanced web browser with Flash Lite 3 integrated to allow users to view YouTube videos and other rich, interactive web sites that require Flash support. Since Flash Lite 3 only supports SWF content that’s published as version 8 or lower, web sites that are published as Flash 9 such as Flex applications will not be displayed.

click here for the full article.

Looking forward to seeing this in the UK

Matt

Forum nokia has just launched a new discussion board focusing on flash lite implementation on nokia handsets.

Welcome to Forum Nokia’s discussion board for Adobe’s Flash Lite technology.

This discussion area is for developer issues relating to Flash Lite on Nokia Devices. General Flash Lite queries should be redirected to other Forums.

Posts should concentrate on:

- Flash Lite on Nokia Hardware
- Device Central issues concerning Nokia Device Emulation
- Published FN documents or Device Specifications

Link through here.

hi all,

Happy new year and hope everyone had a nice xmas.

Started to read a new blog this week, PTM - Flash & flashlite Development by Pasi Manninen.
It has some great articles on some of the projects they have been working on, and also access to source code in some cases, making it a great resource for the flashlite community.

If you haven’t already, check it out here

Matt

The Boston MaD User Group is holding an eSeminar on December 13th at 5PM EST (check your local time).

Dale Rankine, CEO of Moket , will present Club Moket.

• Presenter, Dale Rankine, CEO of Moket
• The members of the Boston MaD User Group will also have the chance to win a copy of an Adobe Software package of the value of $2100.

Club Moket is a new direct-to-customer mobile sales portal featuring Flash Lite content. It is the retail channel for Moket and the popular Moket Content Network. Club Moket aims to provide compelling and creative Flash Lite content primarily to markets such as UK, Europe and South-East Asia, where customers have more open (and Flash Lite enabled) handsets (Nokia, Sony Ericsson) and flexible web-browsing capabilities.”

Dale Rankine is the CEO and founder of Moket, and will be demonstrating the portal as well as discussing the opportunities for Flash Lite designers and developers to sell through the channel. The Moket Content Network that feeds the Club Moket portal has been growing rapidly over the past months, and Dale will be able to share with you some feedback and observations on Flash Lite content in the market, and what designers and developers should be watching out for.

To receive the link to the room, please join the Boston MaD UG.

Matt