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.
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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
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
Dale has just informed me that ClubMoket has just gone live.
Club Moket (clubmoket.mobi on your phone browser) is, to our knowledge, the first off-deck mobile portal dedicated to selling Flash Lite content. We have launched first with our “Mokimations” catalogue, featuring animated wallpapers and screensavers. Q1-2 2008 will see games, applications and mobile video added to the service. We’re really pushing out content that shows off the great visual nature of Flash, as well as handset interactivity (for clocks, random animations, MoCarbon products, etc)
This presents an entirely new and accessible channel for global customers, and one that we look forward to filling with great content from the wider FL community through the Moket Content Network.
This is great news as it gives the fl community a great opportunity to start making money from personalization content.
to read the full press release , click here
to read dales blog post , click here
and to view the .mobi site, point your mobile browsers to clubmoket.mobi, and gain access to some great flash lite content for your mobile. (or stick your number in the widget on the sidebar of this site to have a wap link sent straight to your handet via SMS)
Matt
hey all,
as of 4pm PST on friday 30th nov, the flash lite 3 developer edition player is available on Adobe Labs.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashlite3/
This now allows the Flashlite community as a whole to start actively creating and testing their own FL3 content.
The developer player provides the Flash Lite 3 Developer Edition for Nokia N95 (non-US 3G version) devices; however, technically it should work on any Nokia S60 3rd edition or later devices. Adobe has not certified Flash Lite 3 Developer Edition on any other Nokia S60 3rd edition devices and cannot guarantee that the player will work on them.
The developer edition has the following features & limitations
• no serial number required
• standalone content support only
• Nokia S60 3rd edition and newer devices supported
• Player loads the developer edition startup screen (as per 2.1 developer edition player) ( this will not be in place on OEM installed devices)
The first shipping devices with Flash Lite 3 pre-installed will be Nokia S60 models and will be available in Q1 2008.
Also there will be a discussion forum dedicated to FL3 Developer Edition:
for more info, Bill Perry has blogged on his site regarding the release:
link here
enjoy 
matt
Date : 5/12/07
Seminar outline:
- Flash Lite and C++ a brief introduction
- Flash Lite and external applications
- Integration between Flash Lite and C++
- Case Study: a Flash Lite chat based on Bluetooth and C++
- Rapid Application Development toolkit: KuneriLite
- Open discussion in the pub
Speakers: Vassilis Legakis and Giorgio Natili
Max participants: untill availability
All our seminars are free, but for each there is a limited number of places, so if you intend to participate please fill out this form.
Time: 18:30-20:30
Venue: Skills Matter
1 Sekforde Street
London EC1R 0BE
During the meeting will be introduced the “2007 Flash Lite game contest” sponsored by Playyoo. The sponsor will offer a beer to all the attendees in the open discussion session and a lot of gadget will be ruffled during the meeting.
As this will also be the first face to face meeting of the UK MaD , there will be a load of adobe giveways, and a raffle for an Adobe product.
Hope to see you all there.
matt
The BBC technology news site, released the following article today.
Google’s dominance of the web will not translate to the mobile phone market, a senior executive at Symbian has said.
John Forsyth, vice president of strategy at Symbian, the platform that powers many of the world’s phones, said Google lacked experience.
A very interesting read, and also interesting to see that Nokia seems to be keeping it’s options open on it’s OS as well… although they are “very Happy” with symbian still.
Read the full article for more details.
Re : Flashlite on Android, lets hope adobe has something up their sleeve….
hi all,
off to orlando for a well derserved holiday for 2 weeks starting tomorrow, so posts will be a bit on the slack(er) side over this time.
will still be checking emails etc (as i have somehow become a massive work a holic lately…) so please don’t be offended if it takes a little longer to reply.
Matt
hey,
found this animation on the web, and it made me chuckle ….
check it out, flash fights back — link
sorry if everyone else has already seen it, i’m a bit slow with these things
matt
The flashlite falling code screensaver for the N95 by outside media has reached number 3 on the top ten themes list on nokia software market. Great to see flashlite content selling well!
Keep your eyes on this and other portals over the next few days for more me mobile/outside media personalization content…
matt
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