Via Dale, another great video on “Flash Lite for the Digital Home” is the jumping point for application developers to move their existing skills and experience onto an entirely new screen – the TV! In this episode we outline the fundamentals of understanding Flash for TV, and some of the things developers will need to consider.
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Adobe and Nokia announced a $10 million Open Screen Project fund which is designed to help developers create applications and services for mobile, desktop and consumer electronics devices using the Adobe Flash Platform “a singular experience for multiple devices”
“The Open Screen Project Fund encourages the use of Adobe tools and existing developer skills to create exciting and unique Flash applications for millions of Nokia devices,†said Tero Ojanpera, EVP, Nokia Services. “With more than 300 million Flash enabled devices in market, we will support these developers through the Forum Nokia developer community while providing a more targeted distribution channel to consumers with Nokia’s Ovi Store.â€
The new fund is a result of the Open Screen Project, an industry-wide initiative of more than 20 industry leaders set to enable a consistent experience for web browsing and standalone applications. you can find additional information on the Open Screen Project website and Forum Nokia website.
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Watch From Adobe Flash Catalyst to Adobe CS4, see highlights from Day 2 of the Adobe MAX 2008 General Sessions.
Read more Day 2 keynote here.
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Azingo has integrated Adobe Flash Lite into its advanced mobile browser enabling the display of animated web content and videos and making Adobe Flash available on a Linux mobile platform. Azingo also announced integrated support for rich mobile applications based on Adobe Flash Lite.
This collaboration enables Azingo Mobile customers to strongly differentiate their mobile devices by offering a richer web experience and dynamic, animated applications that leverage the power of mobile Linux. Based on LiMo Foundation software and leveraging the economies of open source innovations, Azingo Mobile provides a less costly and more flexible platform for designing and deploying mobile devices.
Azingo Mobile now delivers rich Flash-based content offering advanced browsing of most Flash-based websites and enabling the display of animations and Flash Player compatible videos that make the mobile Web experience more familiar and complete. Integrated support for Flash Lite applications means that these applications can be immediately deployed on handsets based on Azingo Mobile.
“The Azingo/Adobe collaboration provides customers with the most complete mobile browsing experience on mobile devices available today. We’re very pleased to be working with Adobe to offer the mobile industry ever richer mobile experiences, incorporating the latest and most innovative applications on Azingo Mobile,†said Mahesh Veerina, president and CEO of Azingo.
“We are committed to providing rich user experiences through Flash across a broad number of devices and mobile platforms in the world,†said Gary Kovacs, vice president and general manager, Mobile and Devices at Adobe. “Azingo has provided a fast and comprehensive integration of Flash Lite, opening the world of mobile Linux to Flash developers and enabling rich web browsing experiences for mobile phone users worldwide.â€
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The contest offers the opportunity to win a $5,000 grand prize, $2,500 first prize, and an added $500 bonus prize for the most downloads via the Xuinet community in the following categories:
To participate, Flash developers simply download the SDK at www.xuinet.com, create their content and publish it to the Xuinet network to enter before November 3, 2008. Once published, developers can share with family, friends, and the entire community of Windows(tm) Mobile users. Further details on the FlashR Developer Challenge can be found at www.xuinet.com/2008FlashR.
The Xuinet FlashR awards will be announced in San Francisco on November 17, 2008. In addition to cash prizes, some of the latest Flash development software from Adobe will also be awarded. Title sponsor Adobe is joined by additional sponsors and contest judges including DeviceAnywhere, through which developers can leverage 1500 real devices to build, test and port best-in-class mobile applications, and Millennial Media, the leading mobile advertising network in the U.S. in terms of both impressions and reach.
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