If you're looking for an up to date document for showing all Nokia, Sony Ericsson and BREW (Verizon Wireless) devices that have Flash Lite pre-installed in all of its flavours, Bill has just updated this on his blog and is available for download here.
Interesting to see that the BREW handsets have not changed in a long time. For me this is a major drawback of the current ecosystem in North America, as these devices are getting very old and doesn't really demonstrate a dynamic or growing market. I know there are several devices that are on the verge of being certified, so hopefully they might appear in Bill's next update. Qualcomm's recent announcement about further Flash Lite adoption should remove this problem of certifying handsets sometime midway through next year.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Introductory Flash Lite eSeminars
Adobe Pacific are running a series of eSeminars on Flash Lite, with yours truly speaking at each of them on various topics related to Flash Lite development and the wider ecosystem.
These are targeted as introductory sessions that don't get too heavy on code samples, but take a look at some of the features and aspects of Flash Lite, and how they relate to real world solutions or products.
This week's session was on Flash Lite and the Nokia Web Runtime (WRT) platform, and you can find the recording of that sessions here.
Here's the schedule for the upcoming eSeminars:
Thanks to the local Adobe office for organising these, in amongst the other regular eSeminars that they run each week (up to about 7 per week now!)
These are targeted as introductory sessions that don't get too heavy on code samples, but take a look at some of the features and aspects of Flash Lite, and how they relate to real world solutions or products.
This week's session was on Flash Lite and the Nokia Web Runtime (WRT) platform, and you can find the recording of that sessions here.
Here's the schedule for the upcoming eSeminars:
- July 9th - Adobe Flash Lite Widgets for the Chumby
- July 23rd - Reactive Mobile Content with Adobe Flash Lite
- Aug 6th - Persistent Data in Adobe Flash Lite
- Aug 20 - Tips and Tricks for Effective Adobe Flash Lite development
Thanks to the local Adobe office for organising these, in amongst the other regular eSeminars that they run each week (up to about 7 per week now!)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Nokia buys out remaining Symbian shares
It's all over the mobile news feeds - Nokia have announced they will be buying the shares in Symbian that they don't already own, becoming their sole owner. Perhaps even bigger news is that they will turn over the IP to the Symbian Foundation to further develop the platform in an open source environment. This is massive news from a platform point of view, and obviously a move to keep Nokia/Symbian at the front of the oncoming surge from other "open source" mobile platforms.
In terms of impact to developers (and Flash developers in particular), Mark Doherty had this to say:
In terms of impact to developers (and Flash developers in particular), Mark Doherty had this to say:
Building applications for this new platform will undoubtedly be much simpler, you can fully expect to develop a single code base and have that run on handsets globally from at least four manufacturers. SDK, documentation, sample code, forums and tech support will be free.Interesting times ahead ...
Friday, June 20, 2008
All too easy
For all you geeks out there who like to bust a move ...
Because one dancing Stormtrooper wasn't enough, here is the final dance-off of the Star Wars stars from Disney's Star Wars Celebration 2008. Watch the whole thing or, if you're impatinet, skip ahead to 3:14. Words fail me.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
webDU photos and trading cards
Andrew Muller has posted some great pics from webDU this year, including shots of each of the trading cards in the playing deck of the experimental social game that took the conference by storm :)As was the case with many of the conference delegates, Andrew found it hard to trade his cards away, and even went to the extent of getting each of them signed by the person they represented.
By the way, for some reason in a moment of weakness I traded my Julie Steadman to Adam Lehman so if you happen to have a spare Julie in your post-conference stuff, I'd be happy to trade you a Tim Buntel, Greg Rewis, Kai Konig, Geoff Bowers or even a rare Dale Rankine :) Email or Twitter me!
Friday, June 13, 2008
webDU 2008 Wrap Up
Well, webDU has come and gone for another year, but I have a feeling that this year was different. I knew that numbers seemed to be up on previous years from discussion I had been having with Geoff and the Daemon team. These guys are first class event organisers, not to mention first class people, and I very much appreciate the work they do each year to run webDU. It just seemed to me that the number and enthusiasim of delegates, the quality of the sessions, and the overall vibe of the conference was on a higher level to previous years. It was great to be around - motivating, inspiring, and a lot of fun.
The content
As per ususal the main technologies were covered - Flash, Flex, AIR, Colf Fusion, Mobile, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript, 3D. I managed to see both keynotes (a rarity for Day 2 since the evening activities of Day 1 normally wipe out a lot of us for an early start the next day!) and both were great. Mike Downey and Greg Rewis had their schtick down pat for showing off AIR and some new features of Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks CS4. Tim Buntel on Day 2 had a great session on the next top 5 trends we'll see in web, and although remaining sceptical over timing (as we all have been really Tim), he did outline Mobile (Flash Lite, AIR Mobile) as a big trend to watch for in the coming years.
Some other sessions I attended was Mobile Web 2.0 with Gary Chan from Forum Nokia (talking on WRT and the opportunities for web developers on Nokia), Michael Wise and his crazy box of fun (hooking up Flash to Wii remotes, multi-touch surfaces, RFID and GPS), and Brian Chau on ActionScript 3.
Mobile
From a mobile point of view, I think we did ok (as well as Gary, I spoke on FLV and Flash Lite 3) for a web conference. This was my 5th webDU, and 4th as a speaker, and every year I speak on Flash Lite. I have a feeling that next year I will have some better opportunities to speak about, but for the main, I felt that we covered the mobile aspect pretty well considering that most people come to webDU for Flex, AIR, CF and Flash. There may be some photos circulating soon that show the extent that I went to in order to draw a crowd to my session - and that's all I'll say right now.
A shout out to Gary, Ung-Ping, Hawa, and the other nice lady on the Forum Nokia stand whose name embaressingly evades me at this moment (!) to say thank you for getting involved with webDU the way you did.
The fun
The "event" this year was a little bit more relaxed than the banquets of previous years. This year, we had the total run of a bowling/bar/laser tag/karaoke entertainment centre for the night. I will say that while my bowling score was pretty average, it was enough to snatch victory for me on the final frame :) A word of warning - playing laser tag with Darren Tracey and Mark Mandel can be hazardous to your health, if you are on the opposing team. The trading card game was a massive success and I look forward to seeing the concept trademarked, patented and rolled out for large licensing royalties at other "big technology conferences" by Kai and Minty ;) Well done boys.
We have the speaker party on tonight which always proves to be a lot of fun and a great time to hang out and get to talk with some really clever people in a very relaxed setting. I won't ever forget Mike Downey doing Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen at the karaoke machine one year, or watching Ted Patrick kick everyone's butt on Wii Tennis. Ahh, these are the memories :)
So for all of you who have always heard about webDU but have never made it, it's getting better every year so make sure that 2009 is the year you finally come to one of the best conferences in the world.
UPDATE: Just reading through my Google Reader this morning and found Alessandro has already spotted some of my webDU antics via Flashmagazine.
The content
As per ususal the main technologies were covered - Flash, Flex, AIR, Colf Fusion, Mobile, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript, 3D. I managed to see both keynotes (a rarity for Day 2 since the evening activities of Day 1 normally wipe out a lot of us for an early start the next day!) and both were great. Mike Downey and Greg Rewis had their schtick down pat for showing off AIR and some new features of Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks CS4. Tim Buntel on Day 2 had a great session on the next top 5 trends we'll see in web, and although remaining sceptical over timing (as we all have been really Tim), he did outline Mobile (Flash Lite, AIR Mobile) as a big trend to watch for in the coming years.
Some other sessions I attended was Mobile Web 2.0 with Gary Chan from Forum Nokia (talking on WRT and the opportunities for web developers on Nokia), Michael Wise and his crazy box of fun (hooking up Flash to Wii remotes, multi-touch surfaces, RFID and GPS), and Brian Chau on ActionScript 3.
Mobile
From a mobile point of view, I think we did ok (as well as Gary, I spoke on FLV and Flash Lite 3) for a web conference. This was my 5th webDU, and 4th as a speaker, and every year I speak on Flash Lite. I have a feeling that next year I will have some better opportunities to speak about, but for the main, I felt that we covered the mobile aspect pretty well considering that most people come to webDU for Flex, AIR, CF and Flash. There may be some photos circulating soon that show the extent that I went to in order to draw a crowd to my session - and that's all I'll say right now.
A shout out to Gary, Ung-Ping, Hawa, and the other nice lady on the Forum Nokia stand whose name embaressingly evades me at this moment (!) to say thank you for getting involved with webDU the way you did.
The fun
The "event" this year was a little bit more relaxed than the banquets of previous years. This year, we had the total run of a bowling/bar/laser tag/karaoke entertainment centre for the night. I will say that while my bowling score was pretty average, it was enough to snatch victory for me on the final frame :) A word of warning - playing laser tag with Darren Tracey and Mark Mandel can be hazardous to your health, if you are on the opposing team. The trading card game was a massive success and I look forward to seeing the concept trademarked, patented and rolled out for large licensing royalties at other "big technology conferences" by Kai and Minty ;) Well done boys.
We have the speaker party on tonight which always proves to be a lot of fun and a great time to hang out and get to talk with some really clever people in a very relaxed setting. I won't ever forget Mike Downey doing Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen at the karaoke machine one year, or watching Ted Patrick kick everyone's butt on Wii Tennis. Ahh, these are the memories :)
So for all of you who have always heard about webDU but have never made it, it's getting better every year so make sure that 2009 is the year you finally come to one of the best conferences in the world.
UPDATE: Just reading through my Google Reader this morning and found Alessandro has already spotted some of my webDU antics via Flashmagazine.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Adobe Online Creative Festival
A new concept in events has been launched today by the Adobe Pacific team - The Adobe Online Creative Festival is now open for registrations.
Taking place on July 1st, 2008 customers will be able to attend a virtual creative festival. Take a look at the box office - Sam and the team at Cyberbia have created a rich user experience for those registering, which really has set the bar for the event itself. So what will happen on July 1st in our virtual field of fun (from 11am - 4pm AEST) ...
All this creative chaos and no mud in sight! Visit www.adobeonlinefestival.com to register and for all the infomation you need.
Take a look, tell your customers about it - Get into the festival spirit - roam, chat, share and learn - all from the convenience of your own desk.
Taking place on July 1st, 2008 customers will be able to attend a virtual creative festival. Take a look at the box office - Sam and the team at Cyberbia have created a rich user experience for those registering, which really has set the bar for the event itself. So what will happen on July 1st in our virtual field of fun (from 11am - 4pm AEST) ...
- There will be two live stream, one Adobe presenters, one Adobe customer
- Pre recorded tips and tricks
- Gallery where customers can post their work
- Chat area where you can speak with the presenters
- Concessions stand with great buys, offers and free festival stuff
All this creative chaos and no mud in sight! Visit www.adobeonlinefestival.com to register and for all the infomation you need.
Take a look, tell your customers about it - Get into the festival spirit - roam, chat, share and learn - all from the convenience of your own desk.
Where did that week go?
As is the way with these things, you always plan to blog more often than you actually do! I'm back home in Brisbane now after a whirlwind trip to Barcelona, and still trying to shake the remaining jet lag. The S60 Summit was a great time and very worthwhile from many points of view.
Some of the highlights included:
- Meeting other developers like the guys from Kuneri, FieldSystem, MSCorp and Mark Caunter
- Chatting with Mark and Matt from Adobe and getting to meet a bunch of Forum Nokia guys from Asia, Europe and America.
- Thinking of ways to dispose of the S60 remote control car (it was right next to the Moket stand and I had to listen this thing for 2 days solid!)
- Virtual grafiti on a vintage Volvo - powered by Flash
- Demo'ing Moket products to a bunch of people who didn't know much about Flash on mobile devices.
- Getting lost on the Metro and trying to communicate with a ticket office guy who didn't speak English.
I've got a bunch of people to follow up now that I'm back, and hopefully some of these new contacts will result in some new Flash Lite business for Moket in the coming months.
Next on the agenda is preparing for webDU next week! The fun never stops :)
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