Category: Mobile

Flash Cast Channels on Verizon Wireless

 Flash Cast Channels on Verizon Wireless

Little posting late about this news but its a great news!! via Bill, Developers now can develop Flash Cast Channels for Dashboard on Verizon Wireless.

There is now more details available about Dashboard, the tools for creating and testing channel content and how to contact Verizon Wireless about getting started. Once a developer is accepted by Verizon Wireless to participate in the Dashboard program, they will then receive access to new tools, testing server, documentation, discussion forums and other information. The Dashboard be available around Mid 2008.

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“Nomophobia” Are you fear of being without mobile phones !

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Image source from Jcyrai

I found this very intresting while reading some blogs that Researchers have named the fear of being out of mobile phone contact called as ‘Nomophobia’.

No one want to loose loved ones and it’s a highly common fear that most of us possess. Everyone keeping in touch with friends or family using mobile devices and its something no one can forgot to keep anywhere and always carry.  Weather in job or personal we never swtich off our phones normally.

Stewart Fox-Mills, the head of telephony at the Post Office, UK commissioned the survey, noted that nomophobia affects many people. However, men (52 percent) are more likely to be mobile phone phobic as compared to women (48 percent).
Out of the 2,163 people who were questioned, more than 20 percent agreed that they never switched off their handsets, whereas 10 percent admitted that due to their job profile, they needed to be contactable all the time. While, over 55 percent people of the volunteers use their phone to be in contact with friends and family, 9 percent agreed that switching off the phone made them anxious.

I have to be honest and yes i am nomophobic 😉

Are you in the category of nomophobia?  😀

vivek

DeviceAnywhere users now have access to next generation Japanese Mobile Devices

DeviceAnywhere

DeviceAnywhere users now have access to next generation Japanese Mobile Devices across four japanese mobile networks. DeviceAnywhere, today launched DeviceAnywhere Japan. DeviceAnywhere Japan was launched in response to increasing demand from Japan-based customers and other global organizations interested in extending their mobile applications to the Japanese marketplace. This extended service currently includes 30 Japanese handsets covering major mobile operators, including NTT DoCoMo, Softbank, Willcom and KDDI.

What is DeviceAnywhere?

A revolutionary online service that provides access to more than 1000 real handsets, on live worldwide mobile networks, remotely over the Internet, meeting all development, porting, testing, and monitoring needs. Unlike emulator/simulator-based solutions, DeviceAnywhere employs real, physical handsets – so, anything that a user can do with a device in his/her hand, he/she can do with the handsets in DeviceAnywhere – in real-time. This includes tasks such as pressing device buttons, tapping on touch screens, connecting/disconnecting the battery, viewing the LCD, listening to ringers and speakers, and opening/closing a handset.

Something really great, it was my great experience when i got engaged with DeviceAnywhere and my only curiosity with Japanese devices  which i asked for and finally i see it 🙂 love to test my flash lite content on Japanese phones soon.

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Japan Mobile Internet Report: Carriers, Handsets, Content and Services

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Just found this very intresting report which i was finding and looking since quite some time An indepth report on Japan Mobile Internet Report — Carriers, Handsets, Content and Services. A must check to see the reason behind huge popularity and stunning revenues generated by Japan’s mobile Internet ecosystem!. As the reasons behind the success and how these lessons apply to other markets are little understood outside of Japan.

Japan is arguably the world’s most advanced mobile market: 40 percent of mobile data revenues worldwide are generated here, three-quarters of the population use the mobile web, and 4-in-5 users are on 3G devices. More than $8 billion in revenues are generated from official mobile content and mobile commerce alone each year, in addition to data access and mobile advertising revenues.

These lessons from Japan can be applied to create success in other markets worldwide, and which are unique to the country and will not transfer elsewhere.

Some of the compelling service by  carriers, content providers and handset manufacturers are:

  • Mobile Search
  • Mobile Music
  • Mobile Social Networking and User-Generated Content
  • Mobile Payment and NFC Applications
  • Mobile TV
  • Location-Based Services
  • Mobile Advertising
  • Fixed-Mobile Convergence
  • Handset Catalogue

Download sample Pdf here

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Junior keitai, your child can be safe from strangers!!

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Pretty old news but i still love this beautiful advertisement of Junior Keitai. Really sweet looking cute phones with great security features which can save a child’s life. 🙂

Equipped with ‘Movement Tracking System’, a device which allows parents to track the location of their children from their mobile phone or PC whenever a warning buzzer is sounded or when the child’s phone is switched off. This system also has automatic camera and phone functions, further allowing parents to confirm a child’s location through sound and images.

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Nokia N95 just got Flash Lite 3/Web runtime firmware update

Nokia N95 firmware update

Nokia N95 just got its Flash Lite 3/Web runtime firmware update. Although not as big an update as v20 was (which introduced demand paging and transformed the speed of the device, remember), v21.0.016 is still a major firmware and well worth installing.

What’s new in v21.0.016:

  • Flash Lite 3 is included, so Flash video sites will work, including YouTube (just as on the N95 8GB v15 firmware from a couple of months ago)
  • The Web runtime is included, meaning that standalone widgets are now possible
    Greater Bluetooth headset compatibility
  • Better handling of entering lots of text into web page dialogs
  • Speedier Gallery in every way
  • Faster Java runtime

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White Paper: Flash Lite 3 Web Browsability Support Guidelines for Web Developers

 Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3

Adobe released white Paper on Flash Lite 3 Web Browsability Support Guidelines for Web Developers. A great resources for do and dont’s, feature list for using filters and limitation of flash player in mobile devices, simply how you can give more power of interactivity to the mobile devices. Ensuring great web experiences in mobile devices to address global demand, Have a look!

Download here

vivek

Nokia launches 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards

2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards

Nokia announced the launch of its 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards. Nokia invites everyone to enter in this competitons by creating and submitting their short videos to ovi.com/pangeaday to be considered for inclusion in the first Pangea Day broadcast event on May 10, 2008. With the growing interest in sharing images and videos through mobile devices and services like Share on Ovi, Nokia hopes to encourage more consumers to get creative.

Pangea Day is a global day of films, music and speakers that will be held simultaneously on May 10, 2008 in gathering places around the world. Inspired by the 2006 TED Prize wish of Jehane Noujaim, Pangea Day endeavors to bring the world together and promote understanding and tolerance. Pangea Day is a celebration of what unites us, rather than what divides us, via films made by the world for the world.

So are you ready to direct and make your own films, seems a right time to make and show what your creative eyes can see 🙂

vivek

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Adobe confirms Flash for iPhone

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Adobe has confirmed it will develop a version of Flash Player for the iPhone. 🙂 finally. The news ends months of speculation on the matter. Apple CEO Steve Jobs this month said that Flash Player for mobile devices isn’t good enough for the iPhone.
“Proper” Flash “performs too slow to be useful,” on the iPhone, Jobs warned. “There’s this missing product in the middle. It just doesn’t exist,” he explained.

We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone,” Narayen said. “We have evaluated (the software developer tools) and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves.”

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New upcoming Adobe Flash lite eSeminars related to mobile development

Via Adobe Developer Week 2008, three new upcoming Adobe Flash lite eSeminars related to mobile development announced. It’s always great to participate in these seminars to make our-self uptodate with things happening around.

Following below are the list:

  • Getting Started with Flash Lite 3 and CS3
  • Flash Lite and Flex for Tourism
  • Blood from a Stone: Flash Game Optimization on Low-end mobile devices

Register here

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Microsoft Becomes Latest Licensee of Flash Lite 3 and Reader LE for future Windows Mobile based devices

 Adobe flash lite 3, windows mobile

Via Bill, Microsoft has licensed Flash Lite 3 and Reader LE for future Windows Mobile based devices and adds another supported platform for Flash developers to reach consumers. Flash Lite 3 will be pre-installed in the Internet Explorer Mobile browser on future Windows Mobile devices and will allow consumers with these devices to enjoy the same web experiences anywhere they are. In addition to Flash Lite, Reader LE will be pre-installed to allow consumers to open and view PDF documents while they’re away from their computer, increasing productivity and enhancing the enterprise workflow. Adding the Windows Mobile platform is important for our developers to expand the reach of their applications to more consumers.

This is something exciting, and make us curious to think !! 😉

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CloseVU extends mobile entertainment using Adobe flash lite 3 at NAB 2008 for Sports Mobile TV Portals

very exciting news for all sports lover 🙂 CloseVU extends mobile entertainment using Adobe flash lite at NAB 2008 for Sports Mobile TV Portals.

CloseVU, the company founded to mobilize sports and action content, will demonstrate its full complement of award-winning production and server products at NAB 2008 in Las Vegas. they provide solutions to package, and publish fast-paced programs such as sports on small screens.

CloseVU Mobile Portal provides turnkey “highlight media players” for creating real time sports portals for multiple mobile platforms including Apple iPhone/Pod, Adobe Flash for Web and Adobe Flash Lite 3 for Mobile. CloseVU Mobile Portal features include ways to create engaging, interactive experiences by adding pop-ups, interactive games, updates, and sponsorships to your media player. CloseVU Mobile Portal offers numerous ways to increase sponsorship opportunities with banners, logos, and targeted sponsorships linked to specific in-game events. The user experience is enhanced with interactive elements including options for close-ups or slow-motion views of key plays.

Some important features are:

  • CloseVU LiveZoom
  • CloseVU Graphics Grabber
  • CloseVU Instant Highlights

Very Interesting!! as sports is a proven, key driver for on-demand mobile content.

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