Category: Adobe

Adobe bringing full-fledged Flash to phones

Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch at Adobe’s Max conference

Adobe has worked for years on a lightweight incarnation of its Flash technology for mobile phones, and now is working to bring the full-fledged Flash Player 10 to higher-end smartphones 🙂 Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch said at Adobe’s Max conference.

“We are midst of evolving Flash Player 10 for mobile,” Lynch said. “We’re taking the full Flash Player and making that run on the higher end of the mobile market.”

Distributable Flash Lite player – This is awesome news for all of us, Lynch acknowledged that it’s hard to actually run Flash content with existing technology. Now, though, Flash Lite applications can be shared as a simple Web address, he said, and if Flash Lite isn’t installed, it can be retrieved automatically.
“You can package your application built with Flash and deploy it to smartphones like Windows Mobile and Symbian, and we hope to get to Android as well,” Lynch said. “If you don’t already have Flash Lite, it will detect that and install it on your mobile phone over the air.”
Flash includes auto-update technology so users generally have a current version installed, and Adobe plans to keep that philosophy with its push into the mobile realm, he added. Partners to help enable that update process include Cisco Systems, NTT DoCoMo, Verizon, Comcast, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Qualcomm, and ARM.
Lynch also boasted that Adobe is exceeding its goals for Flash on mobile phones. “Our goal (was to make) a billion phones Flash-enabled by 2010,” Lynch said. “We’re actually going to get 1 billion Flash-enabled phones by 2009.”

Adobe also working on Adobe air for mobile which they released AIR 1.5 on Monday, a version that inherits Flash Player 10 abilities such as better text rendering, support for right-to-left text scripts such as Arabic, multichannel audio, and 3D effects.
“Like Flash, AIR is headed for the mobile world. Lynch also demonstrated AIR 1.5 running on a Linux-based Aigo miniature computer–what Intel likes to call a MID, or mobile Internet device.”

Quite many things are happening around Adobe Max 2008 and many great exciting news coming up. keep reading my blog i will update you 🙂

vivek

Adobe Flash Lite Penetration Forecast for 2008/2009

This is great news for all Adobe Flash lite developers via Mark, This time Strategy Analytics shown a great detail statistics for Adobe Flash lite Forecast worldwide.

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Flash Lite Penetration Forecast for 2008/2009
Forecasted Shipments of Flash Lite Devices Worldwide

As you can see from above images that they are forecasting over 922 million devices to be shipped with Flash lite by this year end. In 2009 it will cross 1 Billion device mark and by the next year end it will ship up 1.5 billion which is very incredible and show a happy face around Adobe flash lite developers. I hope in India we will see some great business around.

Flash Lite Penetration india Forecast 2008-2009
Forecasted Shipments of Flash Lite Devices APAC “India” region

Look the above image Indian regions are growing pretty well too 🙂

Forecasted Installed Base of Flash Lite Devices Worldwide
Forecasted Installed Base of Flash Lite Devices Worldwide

Forecasted Installed Base of Flash Lite Devices in India
Forecasted Installed Base of Flash Lite Devices in India

Strategy Analytics also project the penetration of Flash Lite 3 across the install base. In the above image you can see the decline of Flash Lite 1.1 devices and Flash Lite 2.x and 3.x increasing globally but yes as in case of India Flash lite 1.1 devices are increasing a bit :).

I must say that Strategy Analytics and Adobe shown a very clear and sharp data for Flash lite developers.
Thanks Mark for sharing this important data with us.

Download pdf here

vivek

Adobe Creative Suite CS 4 – The Grand Unveil, event in India

adobe creative suite 4 the grand unveil

Via Adobe, Adobe Creative Suite CS 4 event “The Grand Unveil” organised in India in cities “Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai.

Details of the Event:

Mumbai
Date: 4th November, 2008
Time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Place: NCPA, Nariman Point

Delhi
Date: 12th November, 2008
Place: Essex Farms (P) Ltd.

Hyderabad
Date: 18th November, 2008
Place: ITC Kakatiya

Chennai
Date: 19h November, 2008
Place: GRT Grand

Bangalore
Date: 21st November, 2008
Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Place: The Chancery Pavilion

Register here
or
Phone: 9313597474/9313597470
Email: adobe@channel-technologies.com

i will be there, lets meet the creative brains 🙂

vivek

Adobe Flash CS4 and Flash Player 10 Articles online

Adobe Flash Professional CS4

Via Mike Chambers, Adobe Developer Center has just post some new articles on Flash Player 10, and Flash Professional CS4.

 Flash

Flash Player

vivek

Register for Mobile Sessions at MAX North America

MAX 2008

Via Bill, register for the mobile sessions at MAX North America (San Francisco), a lot of good sessions lined up with some of the best presenters. From Flash Lite development, to the new features of Device Central CS4 to using the CS4 tools for designing, development and testing of mobile Flash experiences – there’s something for everyone.

Here’s a quick listing of the mobile sessions, labs and a pre-event workshop:

Sessions

Hands-on labs

Pre-event workshop

vivek

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I2fly released Indian mobile travel guide on “Mysore Dasara 2008” Under the Brand of EMO.ZINE

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EMO.ZINE – Mysore Dasara 2008
I2fly released again a mobile Indian travel guide on “Mysore Dasara” for your mobile devices under the Brand of EMO.ZINE

Its Simple to browse EMO.ZINE – Mysore Dasara 2008
Type http://mysoredasara.i2fly.mobi in your mobile browser.
or
QR-Codes
If you have a QR-Codes reader you can scan below image and browse the EMO.ZINE-Mysore Dasara 2008 directly in to your mobile devices.

qr code mysore dasara 08

So what this travel guide is all about?
A compact Mobile travel guide with easy access to all information like . .

  • About this festival.
  • Time to visit, Weather conditions.
  • How to reach by rail, road and air
  • Ticket discounts to save money when you visit this city during the festival.
  • Hotel, Travel agents and resturants
  • Beautiful picture gallery to see how festival looks, Download free wallpaper too 🙂 .
  • Other places surrounding city, a must see.
  • Events “to know whats happening around the city”.

Finally each section includes tips for travel and visit.

What is Dasara festival ?
The Dasara festival, also called navaratri or dasahara is perhaps the most widely celebrated festival of India. And comprises nine nights of worship and celebration, called Navaratri.
Mysore- which of all the cities in India is perhaps the epicentre of this particular festival. The city of Mysore has a long tradition of celebrating the Dasara festival and the festivities here are an elaborate affair and attract a large audience including foreigners.
During this festival city is beautifully decorated and illuminated. Different Cultural programmes by famous artists are arranged in the Palace. Musicians and dance groups from all over India are invited to perform on this occasion. A place once you visit it will be forever in your memories.
A must visit place which is also known as “City of Palaces”.

What is EMO.ZINE
A microcontent publishing, bringing rich creative content for mobile devices.
In general it’s an interactive magazine publication, for your mobile devices to know and explore the rich Indian traditions, culture, and many more things coming up…stay tuned 🙂 . We love to capture the emotions and deliver it to your mobile devices to see a smile in your face.

If you have any ideas or looking for similar kind of product to design for yourself or for any business enquiries, feel free to get in touch with us.

Mail Us: vivek@i2fly.com or krvishal@i2fly.com

It will be really nice to hear from you, your feedback/ suggestions anything …feel free to mail me or post your comments here.

vivek

Adobe Device Central – Profile Update 7 available for download

adobe device central

Via Mark Doherty, Adobe Device Central – Profile Update 7 is available for download

Device profile update number 7 is by far the largest profile update which includes 261 Number of device profiles.
This update contains 57 new device profiles from all regions of the world, many released in the last few months, as well as updates to 204 existing profiles. Just to remind you Adobe just released Adobe Device Central CS4 with the coolest features, so keep your eyes open 🙂

vivek

Adobe Device Central CS4 released with smart features

Adobe Device Central CS4 released with smart features

Adobe today announced the release of new Adobe Device Central CS4 with cool new smart features 🙂

Some of the main features are:

Dynamically updated online library of device profiles new
adobe device central cs4
Access the latest device profiles through the dynamically updated online device library, which contains more than 450 Adobe® Flash® Lite™ supported devices. Browse, search, and sort device profiles; directly compare multiple devices along several dimensions; and create custom sets of devices for quick project access.

High-quality video for communicating ideas
Pitch ideas to clients and executives more easily by recording and sending a high-quality movie clip of your content, all from your desktop.

Improved video support and integration
adobe device central cs4
Benefit from improved video integration through support for FLV emulation and recommended mobile export presets for Adobe Media Encoder. In addition, easily set up an Adobe After Effects® mobile project with device-specific compositions by selecting the target devices in Device Central.

Organization of work for mobile projects
adobe device central cs4
Adobe Device Central CS4
Manage and save all assets, target device profiles, and export options related to a mobile project in one central location.

Performance simulation and testing automationnew
adobe device central cs4
Save time by automating the testing of mobile content across device profiles. Throttle throughput and emulate the latency of various wireless networks to simulate the performance of your content for Flash Lite in real life. Record, save, edit, and share test sequences, including capturing snapshots at certain frames. You can then view the log to quickly and visually identify any problems with the content. Also rerun existing test scripts with the click of a button.

Easy upload of content to multiple locations new
Simplify project collaboration and content deployment on mobile phones by choosing one or more wizard-guided export services, such as Upload to FTP Server and Send to Bluetooth device, which you can save and then reapply with a single click. Create your own export services, or benefit from third-party plug-ins built using the Adobe Device Central Export Service software development kit (SDK).

vivek

Nokia releases Nokia Flash Lite (NFL) packaging for S40

Nokia Flash Lite (NFL) packaging for S40

Via Mariam, a great news for Flash Lite developers: Nokia releases the Nokia Flash Lite (NFL) packaging for S40 for 5th Ed1 FP1

  • Allowing launch of a swf file directly using it’s own icon (overriding the default Flash icon), from the Gallery.
  • Allow localization of the application name in the Gallery instead of the file name.
  • Allowing DRM protection.

“This document outlines a procedure and file format for distributing Flash Lite from Adobe content to Series 40 devices. The format is handled correctly by Nokia devices compatible with Series 40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1 or newer. The .NFL format offers developers the chance to package related resource files together and to launch content using an icon in the same way as “full” applications. This format improves both the publishing and user experience of Flash Lite content onto a wide range of Nokia devices.”

The Package format is based on the universally accepted ZIP archive format, with some requirements for mandatory content as well as file extension. I feel this is something really important as Flash lite developer needs an easiest way to package and distribute their content for mobile devices.

Bill perry shown the step by step how to create this package and its similarity in workflow with other Flash packager like AIR, Flex etc.

vivek