Wow :) Flash Lite 3.1 distributable player announced, over-the-air (OTA)

Flash Lite player 3.1

Via Alessandro, Wow 🙂 this is something really great news from Adobe Max 2008 for all Flashlite developers. Now you can Create, Package & Distribute your Flash lite content easily and developers and content providers no longer need to worry about whether the device has the latest Flash Lite runtime.

The Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player is the first runtime provided by Adobe to developers for over-the-air distribution together with applications. Flash Lite 3.1 has the same functionalities as Flash Lite 3.0, such as support for Flash Player compatible video, with some enhancements including improved security model for SWF file access. Please note that at this time h.264 video is not supported. Adobe’s goal is always to provide the latest version of Flash Lite for over-the-air (OTA) download through the distributable player solution. Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player will work on supported S60 and Windows Mobile devices. The Distributable Player is integrated with Adobe AppZone.

vivek

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

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Nokia Developer Confrence ’08’, Bangalore

Nokia Developer Confrence ‘08′, Bangalore
Nokia Developer Confrence ‘08′, Bangalore
Nokia Developer Confrence ‘08′, Bangalore
Forum Nokia is organising Nokia Developer Confrence ’08’ in Bangalore. So let’s join, share and see what you are dreaming about 🙂
I like this character also very much its simple and cute ;) 

Event details:

Date: 10 Dec. 2008
City: Bangalore
Venue: Taj residency, Bangalore, Karnataka

Register here

Update:
The great news is Forum Nokia is offering IndiMaD members an additional 25% discount on the registration fees. If you plan to attend the event, please register for the event & send an email to group moderator for the discount. This discount is available till the 21st of November 2008.

I will be there for sure so feel free & buzz me on my mobile 9986642998, let’s meet and discuss anything you like.

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

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New Adobe eSeminar on Flash Lite Mobile Gaming, Device Central CS 4, Nokia Series 40

Adobe eSeminar on Flash Lite

Via adobe, three new seminars announced in during october and november on Flash Lite Mobile Gaming, Device Central CS 4, Nokia Series 40.

Mobile eSeminars

  • Adobe Device Central Creative Suite 4
    Speaker: Dale Rankine
    Wednesday 29 October 2008 2:00PM Australian EDT
  • Adobe Flash Lite Mobile Gaming
    Speaker: Dale Rankine
    Wednesday 12 November 2008 2:00PM Australian EDT
  • Adobe Flash Lite and Nokia Series 40
    Speaker: Dale Rankine
    Wednesday 26 November 2008 2:00PM Australian EDT

Register here.

vivek

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My article updated on Adobe DevNet: Designing for mobile devices using Fireworks CS4

i2fly-designing for mobile devices

I recently updated my article on Adobe Devnet “Designing for mobile devices using Fireworks CS4“. Using design and i much passionate about  creating engaging experiences which differentate any simple application in to enjoyable, usable and engaging.

“The visual elements that comprise the user experience on mobile devices are themselves becoming more important as devices become more complex and users become more adept. I believe there is a great opportunity at this time to help shape the future of user interfaces on handheld devices and promote intuitive interaction as a standard. Making something beautiful, as well as functional, will result in an application that is useful and offers a more interesting and compelling experience for consumers.”

“Put simply: small is beautiful. When interface design effortlessly fulfils the purpose of an application while also enhancing its aesthetic, there is a greater chance that the end product will be successful. Users are naturally more drawn towards an application that they view as enjoyable and engaging.”

Its great and love to know your feedback, kindly post your comments.

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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Google Developer Day 2008 in Bangalore

Google Developer Day 2008

Little late posting about this news, but Google is organising an exciting event “Google Developer Day 2008″ in Bangalore.

Google Developer Day 2008 will focus on pushing the boundaries of web applications using Google developer technologies. Google engineers and web development leaders will lead you through one full day of in-depth Tech track sessions and hands-on codelabs on the latest Google technologies.”
“Google Developer Day 2008 is also about bringing brilliant developers together to share their own ideas. There is plenty of time to meet other developers, discuss ideas and share what you’ve been working on.”

Date: October 18, 2008
Place: Chancery Pavilion, Bangalore, India

  • Building Scalable Web Apps with Google App Engine
  • Getting started with Google App engine
  • Google Desktop Gadgets – Access, Share and Personalize Information
  • Building a desktop presence for your web site/web application
  • OpenSocial : A platform for the Social Web
  • Building OpenSocial compliant applications with OpenSocial APIs
  • The World is Not Flat: Building the Indian language Web
  • A Richer Indic Language Website
  • Geo Web 2.0: Making local information truly local
  • Building a Geo Web Application in two hours
  • Google Web Toolkit: The Technical Advantage

Read more details on sessions and speakers here.

Unfortunately registration is closed, i too haven’t got it. But still you can send mail in registration page and try that!!

Check it out this registration page for Google Developer Day 2008 as happening in other Places of the world. Make sure to register early to confirm your seat.

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