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!
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
Via Biskero, John Agger from Adobe’s Mobile Division Adobe’s latest Podcast showing Flash Lite and Flash Home Applications focused around major brands such as Nickelodeon, Nasdaq, and Barcardi. very cool 🙂
vivek
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:
Very Interesting!! as sports is a proven, key driver for on-demand mobile content.
vivek
Morph is a concept looking at the potential applications of nanosciences in future handsets.
From nanowires that can sense the chemical properties of compounds in the air to nanowire grass that can turn the sun’s rays into electrical power, and nanoelectronics with greater computing power than today’s fastest computers, Morph is a beguiling vision.Read the BBC Technology Story to know “what Nokia’s scientists and researchers at their lab in Palo Alto to talk about the future of mobile phones in three, five and eight years.”
I love to be in Nokia design Center one day to see how they work and what is the process to design or thinking methodolgy for designing a new devices. . .curious 🙂
Very intresting concept, imagine answering your mobile phone by pressing an area of your skin, its not a sci-fi movie scene but one of the entries in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition.
The Digital Tattoo Interface works via a Bluetooth device implanted underneath your skin. Don’t worry, you won’t have anything bulging out like a weird growth – the chip is flat, flexible and made of silicone. It lies between your skin and muscle tissue.
Intrestingly this device electricity powers up by bilogical components of the body “convert’s the blood’s glucose and oxygen from the artery as electricity required”.
This device communicates wirelessly with the world as well as with other devices implanted in the same body. It is always present, always on, but out of sight and non-obtrusive. It also continually monitors for many blood disorders, alerting the person of a health problem: A human version of the check engine light. Product styling is the latest and coolest downloaded display interface showing on any tattoo on the block. This product is waterproof too!!.
Great ideas 🙂
vivek
On2 Technologies announced that it has licensed its optimized TrueMotion(R) VP6(TM) video decoder software to Sony for use in its mylo communicator “COM-2” device.
The COM-2 uses On2’s TrueMotion VP6 decoder with Adobe(R) Flash(R) Lite 3 software, and provides access to videos posted on Flash-based web sites. When connected to a wi-fi hotspot, the mylo communicator can also upload and download content to and from the Web using the touch screen interface on its 3.5-inch high-resolution display. By integrating an optimized version of On2’s VP6 decoder, the mylo communicator users have the ability to enjoy web based video content, while on-the-go.
“We continue to improve the quality of our video solutions for leading handheld device manufacturers, and the mylo communicator is one of the best examples of mobile video products on the market today,” said Bill Joll, president and CEO of On2 Technologies. “Most of the leading user-generated content web sites today use our Flix Engine product and VP6 compression scheme to create and publish video, and we see the market trends moving toward mobile video sharing and consumption.”
I think trend to see video on mobile is going to be a big hit in current year. 🙂
vivek
Found another video which showcase 01Design Flash Lite MTV Application straight from Mobile World Congress 2008. Have a look to this. It’s very intresting and design very creatively. 🙂
Love to see this in my Mobile phone.
vivek
Adobe unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a new client/server streaming media delivery platform with a new mobile profile built to Adobe’s server backend is designed to enable personalize-able user interfaces (UIs) that can be branded by operators and delivered over the air to subscriber phones.
The new mobile profile client software empowers mobile operators to monetize the UI “in the way that ringtones and wall papers are monetized,†says Anup Murarka, director of technical marketing for Adobe’s mobile and devices unit. “You can make the entire UI brandable and we think there is a revenue opportunity there. For operators, we also can elevate key data services to the top of the UI, so you don’t force users to drill down to discover hot new services.â€
It’s intresting that people are talking more about mobile experiences and “The evolution of mobile has changed with the iPhone†how it can be improve more or give a another great user experiences to mobile users. Intresting! 🙂
vivek
Nokia Maps is approaching the release of its second major version (2.0). a semi-public beta.The new version brings a number of improvements which includes a new pedestrian mode, enhanced driving navigation mode, satellite maps, much improved search and new real time traffic information.
Some details on features are:
vivek
Just found this White paper about Improving the Mobile User Interface through Touch, a very intresting to read. An Independent research suggesting how haptics can be used to improve the user experience, and how operators can use haptics to increase differentiation and customer satisfaction, enhance brand, and drive additional revenue using high-value, haptic content and services.
The Word * Haptics, come from the Greek “hapesthai,†meaning “to touch.†Haptics technology used in mobile device user interfaces is also known as haptic, tactile, touch, and vibrotactile feedback.
vivek
Today i found this very intresting news!! a mobile handset which released today is being touted as the smallest text-to-speech device ever created.
K-NFB Reading Technology, a joint venture between the National Federation of the Blind and Kurzweil Technologies, aims to help blind, partially-sighted and people with learning difficulties to ‘read’ text. The software has been designed to work with Nokia’s N82 handset to create the smallest text-to-speech reading device in the world.
The software turns the phone into a pocket-sized reader, enabling users to take a picture of most printed material and have it read back to them.
“Blind users hear the contents of the document read in clear synthetic speech, while users who can see the screen and those with learning disabilities can easily enlarge, read, track and highlight the material.”
“The software makes use of the N82’s large screen and 5-megapixel camera, and combines the best available character-recognition software with text-to-speech conversion technology.”
A communication tool which can enhance life and help to the society, is something which always i am keen to!! rather then just a fashion statement.
Have a look in to the details feature list here.
vivek
Espoo, Finland – Today, Nokia unveiled the Nokia 2600 classic and the Nokia 1209, two mobile handsets that offer useful features, range of colors or exchangeable covers for consumers in emerging markets.
Nokia also recently undertook a survey of consumers in emerging markets and exposed a new trend: mobile phone sharing. Apparently, more than 50 percent of those surveyed in India and Pakistan, plus almost 30 percent in Vietnam, either already share or would be willing to share the use of their mobile phone with family or friends.
“Phone sharing is a logical trend – more and more families are purchasing a mobile phone for the entire family to use, not just the head of the household. In addition, digital cameras are quickly becoming more popular in these markets, and as such taking and sharing digital images is becoming more common,” adds Lambeek. “In response, Nokia has developed a number of innovative features like the multiple phonebook to support phone sharing, and we have added technologies like Bluetooth to some models to make transferring images and ringtones easy and affordable.”
vivek
Some of the points which a developer or designer should consider:
“What we’re realizing is that the key item of concern when designing for mobile is the context in which the device is used. What this means is that discussions of “PC†versus “mobile†are misguided, because we shouldn’t be focusing on the device. We are not designing for mobile — we’re designing for mobility. ”
“A key characteristic of mobility is that the environment around the user is dynamic — they’re walking, driving, on transit, in restaurants, theaters, offices, moving from place to place, context to context. Things around them are constantly changing. ”
It’s true that we’re missing big opportunities when we design for the device, and not for the context in which the device is being used!!
vivek
Nokia’s new Chief Technology Officer Bob Iannucci shares his thoughts on the future of mobility in the latest in ‘The Way We Live Next’ series of podcasts about the mobile future.
“What I really want Nokia to be known for in the coming years is the center of open innovation for mobility. I want people to think of Nokia as the preferred partner for creating great things that add consumer value and delight, and help build up not only Nokia but the companies who participate with us to the next wave of mobilityâ€, says Bob Iannucci. Listen to the podcast.
In “The Way We Live Next†series of technology podcasts Nokia’s experts discuss their visions of what the future might bring in mobile communications and technologies.
Can a mobile be emotional !!
vivek
Yahoo today announced the launch of the all-new, Yahoo! Go 3.0, Yahoo!’s flagship all-in-one mobile offering, in early beta at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008. Yahoo!’s leadership position in delivering leading-edge mobile experiences to consumers worldwide.
This new product is designed to deliver more of what consumers want, wherever however and whenever they want it. Yahoo! Go 3.0 takes mobile services to the next level with an upgraded and feature-rich user interface, a truly personalized!
It offers an intuitive and rich design that makes efficient use of the phone’s small screen and speeds consumers’ ability to find the information they need on the mobile Internet. This enhanced experience is both visually stunning and highly functional, enabling consumers to easily navigate Yahoo! Go 3.0 through a choice of two views – either the traditional carousel or the new icon layout.
I like this new User interface and it looks good.
vivek