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is Beta Maps What Nokia Preview: New 2.0 in
This new method of accessing information about a certain city has a lot of advantages compared to traditional electronic or written city guides. Breadcrumbs show your previous position and mark down the route you’ve been walking. Read on for the specifics. I just spoke to Ricky Cadden from Symbian-Guru, James Burland from Nokia Creative, and they are also testing the beta as well. Pedestrian navigation: Bigger cities are more and more pedestrian-oriented and less suited for cars, therefore Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers you the possibility to explore a city by walking! After the feed is received, the device can dynamically re-route you to avoid a traffic event. The results are displayed, sorted by category. Multimedia City Guides have to be purchased as an additional feature via Options > Extras > Guides. Real time traffic information (RTTI): Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers real-time traffic feeds and dynamic rerouting in 18 European countries. Stop at any place you’d like to and continue your route afterwards. Just enter the address or name of a place for which you are looking in the search field and press Search. Navigation is visual and without voice guidance. It is, for example, enough to enter the first three letters of a street name. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Improved user interface for car navigation: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers clear guidance and improved visual elements for car navigation. Please note that you do not necessarily need to enter all letters of an address. You can change the view from the normal map view to satellite or hybrid map view via Options > Map mode > Satellite or Hybrid. Of course this increases the number of search results. Multimedia city guides: This new type of city guide features photos, videos, and audio streams. Try it yourself by just choosing your destination and select Drive to from the selection key (in the middle of your mobile device). RTTI is a feature that can be purchased separately. In summary, the update includes new pedestrian navigation, satellite and hybrid images, improved car navigation interface, and real-time traffic information. I’m about to preview the New Nokia Maps 2.0 beta, but before I use it, let me share with you what’s new with Nokia Maps 2.0. Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use pedestrian navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). Satellite and hybrid images: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers satellite and hybrid view maps for selected bigger cities. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpMobile World Congress Here I ComeNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 How To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your Blog Satellite images offer an accurate map view and they display individual city buildings. Real-time traffic feeds inform you of collisions, roadworks, and traffic jams. To start a pedestrian navigation, choose your destination and select Walk to from the selection key menu (in the middle of your mobile device). Downloading satellite images may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network. You can purchase RTTI via Options > Extras > Traffic info. Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use car navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). One box search: One box search to search for addresses or places that interest you is available with start-up of the application! Note that the usage of RTTI may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network.

Brightness Nokia Flash Vlog: LED N96 Demo
Sure, the Nokia N96 does not have xenon flash for photography like the Nokia N82, but it will take better videos in dark situations. Other video format: Mobile Related PostHands on With the Nokia N96First Nokia N96 Sample PhotosVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoVlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product ManagerNokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the US I got it on video for you to find out. The Nokia N96 was announced today and you might be curious how bright the dual LEDs flash. This is the product manager of the Nokia N96 at Mobile World Congress showing a demo of the LED brightness. The Nokia N96 now offers something I’ve been missing since I said goodbye to Nokia N93: flash while taking videos.

Japanese for developers mobile Adobe Service Device Central Premium game
Adobe has announced a Device Central Premium Service for Japanese mobile game / content developers, together with CELL (most of the content in their site is in Japanese only; shortly put, they are one of the leading mobile Flash Lite game developers in the world & Japan - they have a game catalogue of over 600 Flash Lite titles): The new service: Allows real-time device information two days after the devices are released to the market Web subscribtion based (no pricing known yet) Available later this spring (Japan only) Alessandro saw some of their games & numbers at the Adobe booth in Mobile World Congress (Barcelona): “I saw some of their games and a presentation at the Adobe booth and some of their numbers are quite impressive. On one of they game they had 1.5 million downloads the first day of release on their social network service.”

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GDC: Carrier’s Japan Mobile How In Deck The Developers Avoid Game
The company has 7 million registered users, and nearly 1 million Flash games are played daily. In another, the player creates an avatar and a room, where friends could visit and leave a message. He said by using Flash, the developers won’t have to tweak an application for every phone because it runs in the browser which are fairly standard. Even with Flash if you spend a lot on the initial game, the porting cost is next to minimal,” he said. In one game Collier demonstrated, a waiter grabbed the food as a buffet passed by. He said the business model is still evolving, but many of them rely on Flash ads inside the games. In some cases, people also pay monthly subscription fees. Via MocoNews In Japan, Collier said the trend is to create short, simple games based on Adobe’s Flash Lite that create games in a browser. “With Java or Brew, you don’t spend that much on the initial game, but then you do when porting it. At the GDC Mobile, David Collier/Pikkle (mobile content provider in Japan), told developers how Japanese game developers are overcoming two of the mobile game industry’s biggest obstacles, device fragmentation (porting the game to hundreds of mobile devices) and sharing revenue with carriers. The most popular is Mobile Game Town, which for context, said has three times as much traffic as Yahoo! Mobile, and gets about 15 billion page views a month. “Flash does solve a lot of the porting problems, when you are turning around a lot of games every week,” he added. He said the games have been phenomenally successful. And because it’s not an application, it also means that developers can avoid the carrier’s deck as being the main point of distribution. For one Japanese site, he tested the game on 20 phones, but it ended up supporting about 200. You guessed right - Flash Lite is the key - and we couldn’t agree more with David *** “There is a new type of application category that will bring us out of the claws of the carrier and bring us to the promised land of mobile entertainment,” he said.

#5 CS3 Adobe Update Device Device Profile Central
5th update for the Adobe Device Central is now available from Adobe. This update features the first Flash Lite 3 devices on the market, 41 new device profiles, and 26 updated profiles. Note: before downloading the update, you must first download and install these two separate updates (they are multi-lingual), Flash Lite 3 Update for Device Central CS3 and for Flash CS3 Professional. Download the update from Adobe (note that you must log in as existing user, or create a new user account).

Service Japanese Central for Device developers Adobe game Premium mobile
Adobe has announced a Device Central Premium Service for Japanese mobile game / content developers, together with CELL (most of the content in their site is in Japanese only; shortly put, they are one of the leading mobile Flash Lite game developers in the world & Japan - they have a game catalogue of over 600 Flash Lite titles): The new service: Allows real-time device information two days after the devices are released to the market Web subscribtion based (no pricing known yet) Available later this spring (Japan only) Alessandro saw some of their games & numbers at the Adobe booth in Mobile World Congress (Barcelona): “I saw some of their games and a presentation at the Adobe booth and some of their numbers are quite impressive. On one of they game they had 1.5 million downloads the first day of release on their social network service.”

New mobile 3.0 Lite from Flash phones Nokia
Nokia announced new handsets at the Mobile World Congress, among them the first Flash Lite 3.0 phones: Nokia N96 (Flash Lite 3.0) Nokia N78 (Flash Lite 3.0) Nokia 6220 Classic (Flash Lite 3.0) Nokia 6210 Navigator (Flash Lite 2.1)

Guillemot games mobile GDC about Mobile Gameloft’s speaks 2008:
At the GDC Mobile 2008, Gameloft’s President & CEO Guillemot spoke at his opening keynote about mobile games and the market, all nicely put together in this Gamasutra article. Some keypoints: Guillemot showed just how much of a change has occurred in the industry by showing the growth of the large mobile developers, with Gameloft now making almost ten times what it did in 2003 (from 14.9 million US to 141 million US). The major problem that all developers face are thousands of different handsets in use and hundreds more that are developed every year, plus hundreds of carriers across the world with tens of languages to support. “That’s one of the difficulties of the business,” Guillemot admitted, showing that if you created five games a month, across 1,000 handsets, in ten languages, you’d end up with 50,000 SKUs. And even then developers have to submit their games to the carriers. Note: naturally the fragmentation is something that Flash Lite is able to handle well (optimally, only one build per language version is needed, instead of thousands of SKU’s - and the weakest point being market penetration of the Flash Lite devices (still too small for most distributors) Additionally, the non-standard data charges (how much does it cost to download data from mobile network) is an issue > although we are moving towards flat-fee rate charges mobile games industry groth actually slowed in 2007 due to: slowdown of the US economy and its impact on the world walled garden approach of carriers the distinct lack of gaming upon the iPhone delayed launch of Nokia’s OVI platform

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Device Adobe Premium mobile developers Service for Central game Japanese
On one of they game they had 1.5 million downloads the first day of release on their social network service.” Adobe has announced a Device Central Premium Service for Japanese mobile game / content developers, together with CELL (most of the content in their site is in Japanese only; shortly put, they are one of the leading mobile Flash Lite game developers in the world & Japan - they have a game catalogue of over 600 Flash Lite titles): The new service: Allows real-time device information two days after the devices are released to the market Web subscribtion based (no pricing known yet) Available later this spring (Japan only) Alessandro saw some of their games & numbers at the Adobe booth in Mobile World Congress (Barcelona): “I saw some of their games and a presentation at the Adobe booth and some of their numbers are quite impressive.

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in Nokia Press Blog: Live Barcelona Box
More everything what the N95 is plus a kickstand. Highlighting geotagging. 1102 Nokia N96 is the Nokia N95 successor. Read on as I try to liveblog from Barcelona. Nokia N78 is the update to the Nokia N73. 3q 2008. Full flash support. 1107 Q&A Related PostMobile World Congress Here I Come Pedestrian, Satellite and hybrid maps. 1048 Ovi video is showing. Starting from the announcement of the Nokia Maps 2.0. I’m in the press box above the Nokia booth watching the keynotes. My wifi access is going nuts, but I’ll try to make this work. 1030 Nokia gave us USB keys with pictures and info of the new products and services: Nokia N96, N78, 6210, 6220, Share Ovi, and Nokia Maps 2.0 1043 Missed the beginning of the keynote. 350 Euros. it is the N95 phone turbo-charged. 550 euros. 1104 faster usb transfer for N96. Now talking about Ovi SHare 2.0. . 1058 Introducing Nseries devices. 1051 Nokia Music is Live in UK with good traffic. 2q 2008. GPS.

Hands Nokia With N96 on the
We had a meeting with the product manager and I also took some hands-on pictures of this beauty. Read on for the pictures. Nokia N96 with keyboard open Nokia N96 closed Nokia N96 with the playback controls revealed. Nokia N96 rearview Nokia N96 with power, audio/tv/out, and keylock Nokia N96 power port and miniUSB Nokia N96 camera button and volume control All these photos were taken with the Nokia N82! Related PostVlog: Nokia N96 LED Flash Brightness DemoFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoVlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product ManagerNokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the US It looks good from the front, but I’m not as fascinated with the back. So the long rumored Nokia N96 finally got announced. Nokia is naming it as the upgrade to the Nokia N95.

is Preview: 2.0 in Maps What New Nokia Beta
You can change the view from the normal map view to satellite or hybrid map view via Options > Map mode > Satellite or Hybrid. Just enter the address or name of a place for which you are looking in the search field and press Search. After the feed is received, the device can dynamically re-route you to avoid a traffic event. Breadcrumbs show your previous position and mark down the route you’ve been walking. RTTI is a feature that can be purchased separately. Note that the usage of RTTI may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network. Try it yourself by just choosing your destination and select Drive to from the selection key (in the middle of your mobile device). Real-time traffic feeds inform you of collisions, roadworks, and traffic jams. Please note that you do not necessarily need to enter all letters of an address. Navigation is visual and without voice guidance. Of course this increases the number of search results. Multimedia city guides: This new type of city guide features photos, videos, and audio streams. It is, for example, enough to enter the first three letters of a street name. You can purchase RTTI via Options > Extras > Traffic info. Multimedia City Guides have to be purchased as an additional feature via Options > Extras > Guides. Real time traffic information (RTTI): Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers real-time traffic feeds and dynamic rerouting in 18 European countries. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Improved user interface for car navigation: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers clear guidance and improved visual elements for car navigation. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpMobile World Congress Here I ComeNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 How To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your Blog This new method of accessing information about a certain city has a lot of advantages compared to traditional electronic or written city guides. In summary, the update includes new pedestrian navigation, satellite and hybrid images, improved car navigation interface, and real-time traffic information. Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use pedestrian navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). Satellite and hybrid images: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers satellite and hybrid view maps for selected bigger cities. Downloading satellite images may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network. Stop at any place you’d like to and continue your route afterwards. I’m about to preview the New Nokia Maps 2.0 beta, but before I use it, let me share with you what’s new with Nokia Maps 2.0. To start a pedestrian navigation, choose your destination and select Walk to from the selection key menu (in the middle of your mobile device). Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use car navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). One box search: One box search to search for addresses or places that interest you is available with start-up of the application! The results are displayed, sorted by category. Read on for the specifics. I just spoke to Ricky Cadden from Symbian-Guru, James Burland from Nokia Creative, and they are also testing the beta as well. Pedestrian navigation: Bigger cities are more and more pedestrian-oriented and less suited for cars, therefore Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers you the possibility to explore a city by walking! Satellite images offer an accurate map view and they display individual city buildings.

Nokia Photos N96 Sample First
Make sure to click on the pictures to see the full-size resolution. Auto Mode Close-up Mode As you can see, the images are bad. The photos were also taken indoors. For the photography geeks, take a look at the exif data below. I managed to transfer the pictures via bluetooth to my Nokia N95 to bring back home after taking a couple of pictures from the 5 megapixel camera on the Nokia N96. I hope the quality on the final production will be better. Let me know if you see anything interesting. Auto Mode: Close-Up Mode: Camera Info: You can also view the technical exif data at the Ovi Share page of the photos by clicking he pictures. Related PostNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoNokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the USMobile World Congress Here I ComePreview: Nokia N96 Specifications Leaked Since the photos were taken from a pre-production unit, I’m not that worried. Take a look. These are resized pictures. Here are the first photo samples taken from a Nokia N96 pre-production model at Mobile World Congress.

Battery Nokia Manager Explained N96 Life by Vlog: Product
He also claims that software optimizations were attributed to the Nokia N96 to make it more efficient. The most concerning issue on the Nokia N96 is the small 950mah battery. Nokia, don’t make me remember those days. Related PostFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoHands on With the Nokia N96Nokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the USVlog: Nokia N96 LED Flash Brightness Demo Take a look at the video below. Other video format: Mobile We all have to wait and see if what he is telling us is true. We all know this battery performed poorly on the original Nokia N95 so why did Nokia decide to use it again with the Nokia N96. It was more important to keep the device comfortable to hold. I wanted to throw my original Nokia N95 with the 950mah battery in the garbage every day after hearing the low battery warning. I was able to talk to the manager at Mobile World Congress and get his answer on video. The Nokia N96 product manager says that bigger battery means bigger device.

version FlashDevelop: release for 3 6 Beta new
There is a new version of FlashDevelop available, Beta 6 release for version 3. If you haven’t used/heard about FlashDevelop (which is a open source script editor designed mostly for Actionscript 2/3 development) read more here about it. The changes in the newest version (compared to the old ones) can be found from here. Download FlashDevelop 3.0.0 Beta 6

industry NetsizeGuide Mobile The overview, 2008
All those who want to get solid package of data related to the mobile industry, should go and grab the latest NetsizeGuide 2008. It is a 300+ page .pdf filled with information: hard data about the market, senior executive interviews from some 25 top people in the industry, survey results, speculation about the future etc. Best music Get here mp3Best mp3 wanted Only musicMusic you sought All tracksMusic you ever saw Best catalogQuality tracks Best musicMp3 library download store Mp3Box mp3 music Download musicMP3 music zone downloadsMP3Fara archive mp3 downloadsSounds mp3 buy FiroMusic Download The topics include: mobile marketing mobile payment mobile gaming mobile music mobile TV mobile communities mobile search The guide is not tech oriented, and Flash Lite is only briefly mentioned as part of one question, made to CEO of the Gameloft, Michel Guillemot. In his answer, he doesn’t mention Flash Lite, so really nothing to see there Flash Lite wise

Day Getting and First In Barcelona: Meeting Lost Up
I’m staying at a duplex with a balcony having an incredible view of the beach. We discussed what we anticipated at the Mobile World Congress tomorrow. You can view this video on the Mobile World Congress virtual event. We concluded that we will see the Nokia N96 and Nokia N78 as well as an S60 touch device. Thanks to Jeremiah’s Nokia N95 showing that we were going the wrong way, we didn’t end up somewhere hours away from the hotel. When we got back to the hotel, all the bloggers were there already. Knowledge deficit in the Spanish language led to getting lost in the train. Donna and Robbie from Nseries WOM World were there to capture it on video. We eventually found our way back to meet with the rest of the group, though. However, I think Nokia will surprise us tomorrow. I was looking to buy a pre-paid sim-card, but no luck. Only a few more hours to find out! Related PostHow To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your BlogPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaMobile World Congress Here I ComeNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 Jeremiah from Nokia Users and I decided to preview Barcelona before meeting up with the rest of the bloggers at night. These included James from Nokia Creative, Norm from Symbian World, Vaibhav from The Symbian blog, Matthew from Darlamack, Amir from Phone Rush, Stefanos from Pestaola, and Neil from iGadget Life. I arrived in Spain this morning and headed to a beautiful resort, Le Meridien RA in Calafell. Take a look at my picture story with the Nokia N82. The resort the we are staying at is incredible. We ended up taking the train the opposite way and wasted about half hour. You can lie on the bed and see the beach through the high-ceiling window. The wonderful morning went downhill when Jeremiah from Nokia Users and I decided to check out Barcelona, which was an hour away via train because all of the closer hotels were fully booked for the Mobile World Congress. When we got to Catalunya, Barcelona, most of the stores were closed because of Sunday (so weird). The street performers entertained us while we looked for free wifi hotspots on our Nokia N82, Nokia N810, and Nokia N95 to contact others to meet up. When we couldn’t connect our phones to the internet, we used our little Spanish speaking skills for directions.

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The industry NetsizeGuide 2008 overview, Mobile
All those who want to get solid package of data related to the mobile industry, should go and grab the latest NetsizeGuide 2008. It is a 300+ page .pdf filled with information: hard data about the market, senior executive interviews from some 25 top people in the industry, survey results, speculation about the future etc. Best music Get here mp3Best mp3 wanted Only musicMusic you sought All tracksMusic you ever saw Best catalogQuality tracks Best musicMp3 library download store Mp3Box mp3 music Download musicMP3 music zone downloadsMP3Fara archive mp3 downloadsSounds mp3 buy FiroMusic Download The topics include: mobile marketing mobile payment mobile gaming mobile music mobile TV mobile communities mobile search The guide is not tech oriented, and Flash Lite is only briefly mentioned as part of one question, made to CEO of the Gameloft, Michel Guillemot. In his answer, he doesn’t mention Flash Lite, so really nothing to see there Flash Lite wise

view mobile Part Developers Flash market Lite 1: on game
owned 1/3 of a J2ME mobile money game development company, and during fall 2004 that company released its first J2ME game. that paid the bills), but it seemed like a good idea to do Research & Design as Flash Lite seemed to be a thing for the near future. (to be continued very soon - with years 2005 onwards!) One of our employees Hannu (hi! As that will be a public document, we decided to publish it here as well - well, at least a more informal version of it, and not so short - actually, this will be an account of Aniway’s Flash Lite history & present & bit about the future as well Word of warning: if you are looking for market speech about how lovely & succesful Flash Lite is, you might not want to read this; although we love Flash Lite, we are Finns and blunt when push comes to shove. Flash Lite game and content market, perspective of a developer Our present with Flash Lite: We have developed a portfolio of Flash Lite games during the past. Also, we have done quite a lot Flash Lite work-for-hire, and trained a lot of people to make something useful with it. Our Flash history: Aniway Ltd. Device fragmentation (porting to different devices) was a grave issue even back then, and one could only wonder why something like Flash Lite wasn’t used, as it seemed to offer an easier way for porting games & other content. We didn’t make a dime with Flash Lite in 2004 (so we just did what we were used to doing, web Flash etc. has been involved with Macromedia / Adobe Flash since 1999 (founding year of our company - some of us have experience with Flash couple of years before that; Flash was based on FutureSplashAnimator): during the time we have written 2 books on Flash (published by Docendo, only in Finnish), have done adver, single player & multiplayer games / multimedia / websites / consulting / other work-for hire for companies and organizations: standalone, web, mobile, database driven, xml driven - you name it, we have probably done it . ) asked us to write a short summary on how we (Aniway Ltd.) are viewing the mobile Flash Lite game market currently & in the past, for his thesis. (or have been developed for both versions). And also we have trained companies, organizations, and individuals how to do things with Flash. Mobile Flash Lite 2004: Prologue We have worked with mobile Flash Lite since 2004. After the initial year (2004) we were a bit excited about the possibilities, and digged deeper into the subject. (obviously our background played a big part in this too) At that time, some of the key personnel of Aniway Ltd. Those games are mostly Flash Lite 1.1., some of them are 2.1. It seemed to be somewhat popular in Japan. Why Macromedia / Adobe Flash Lite?

Nokia in Barcelona Box Press Blog: Live
350 Euros. Full flash support. 1107 Q&A Related PostMobile World Congress Here I Come 1051 Nokia Music is Live in UK with good traffic. GPS. 3q 2008. it is the N95 phone turbo-charged. Nokia N78 is the update to the Nokia N73. I’m in the press box above the Nokia booth watching the keynotes. Read on as I try to liveblog from Barcelona. 550 euros. 1104 faster usb transfer for N96. Starting from the announcement of the Nokia Maps 2.0. Now talking about Ovi SHare 2.0. . 1058 Introducing Nseries devices. My wifi access is going nuts, but I’ll try to make this work. 1030 Nokia gave us USB keys with pictures and info of the new products and services: Nokia N96, N78, 6210, 6220, Share Ovi, and Nokia Maps 2.0 1043 Missed the beginning of the keynote. Pedestrian, Satellite and hybrid maps. 1048 Ovi video is showing. More everything what the N95 is plus a kickstand. Highlighting geotagging. 1102 Nokia N96 is the Nokia N95 successor. 2q 2008.

In Game Carrier’s The Developers How Avoid Japan GDC: Mobile Deck
For one Japanese site, he tested the game on 20 phones, but it ended up supporting about 200. In Japan, Collier said the trend is to create short, simple games based on Adobe’s Flash Lite that create games in a browser. In some cases, people also pay monthly subscription fees. Via MocoNews “Flash does solve a lot of the porting problems, when you are turning around a lot of games every week,” he added. He said the games have been phenomenally successful. He said the business model is still evolving, but many of them rely on Flash ads inside the games. The most popular is Mobile Game Town, which for context, said has three times as much traffic as Yahoo! And because it’s not an application, it also means that developers can avoid the carrier’s deck as being the main point of distribution. In another, the player creates an avatar and a room, where friends could visit and leave a message. He said by using Flash, the developers won’t have to tweak an application for every phone because it runs in the browser which are fairly standard. In one game Collier demonstrated, a waiter grabbed the food as a buffet passed by. You guessed right - Flash Lite is the key - and we couldn’t agree more with David *** “There is a new type of application category that will bring us out of the claws of the carrier and bring us to the promised land of mobile entertainment,” he said. At the GDC Mobile, David Collier/Pikkle (mobile content provider in Japan), told developers how Japanese game developers are overcoming two of the mobile game industry’s biggest obstacles, device fragmentation (porting the game to hundreds of mobile devices) and sharing revenue with carriers. “With Java or Brew, you don’t spend that much on the initial game, but then you do when porting it. The company has 7 million registered users, and nearly 1 million Flash games are played daily. Even with Flash if you spend a lot on the initial game, the porting cost is next to minimal,” he said. Mobile, and gets about 15 billion page views a month.

new Beta version 6 release 3 FlashDevelop: for
There is a new version of FlashDevelop available, Beta 6 release for version 3. If you haven’t used/heard about FlashDevelop (which is a open source script editor designed mostly for Actionscript 2/3 development) read more here about it. The changes in the newest version (compared to the old ones) can be found from here. Download FlashDevelop 3.0.0 Beta 6

is Maps Nokia What New Preview: Beta 2.0 in
The results are displayed, sorted by category. You can purchase RTTI via Options > Extras > Traffic info. Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use pedestrian navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). Satellite and hybrid images: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers satellite and hybrid view maps for selected bigger cities. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Improved user interface for car navigation: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers clear guidance and improved visual elements for car navigation. In summary, the update includes new pedestrian navigation, satellite and hybrid images, improved car navigation interface, and real-time traffic information. Real-time traffic feeds inform you of collisions, roadworks, and traffic jams. Satellite images offer an accurate map view and they display individual city buildings. Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use car navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). One box search: One box search to search for addresses or places that interest you is available with start-up of the application! Just enter the address or name of a place for which you are looking in the search field and press Search. Of course this increases the number of search results. Multimedia city guides: This new type of city guide features photos, videos, and audio streams. Read on for the specifics. I just spoke to Ricky Cadden from Symbian-Guru, James Burland from Nokia Creative, and they are also testing the beta as well. Pedestrian navigation: Bigger cities are more and more pedestrian-oriented and less suited for cars, therefore Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers you the possibility to explore a city by walking! To start a pedestrian navigation, choose your destination and select Walk to from the selection key menu (in the middle of your mobile device). Navigation is visual and without voice guidance. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpMobile World Congress Here I ComeNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 How To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your Blog Please note that you do not necessarily need to enter all letters of an address. Downloading satellite images may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network. It is, for example, enough to enter the first three letters of a street name. RTTI is a feature that can be purchased separately. Breadcrumbs show your previous position and mark down the route you’ve been walking. Multimedia City Guides have to be purchased as an additional feature via Options > Extras > Guides. Real time traffic information (RTTI): Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers real-time traffic feeds and dynamic rerouting in 18 European countries. Try it yourself by just choosing your destination and select Drive to from the selection key (in the middle of your mobile device). After the feed is received, the device can dynamically re-route you to avoid a traffic event. Note that the usage of RTTI may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network. You can change the view from the normal map view to satellite or hybrid map view via Options > Map mode > Satellite or Hybrid. I’m about to preview the New Nokia Maps 2.0 beta, but before I use it, let me share with you what’s new with Nokia Maps 2.0. Stop at any place you’d like to and continue your route afterwards. This new method of accessing information about a certain city has a lot of advantages compared to traditional electronic or written city guides.

Live DVB-H Nokia N96 Vlog: Demo TV
Amir from Phone Rush asked the questions while I captured it on video. You can basically watch live TV on your phone. Take a look. Additional video format: Web high resolution, Mobile DVB-H is one of the features on the Nokia N96. The 2.8 inch screen is enough to to satisfy. My phone has it for video-calling… but I can’t use it in the US. I think only a half dozen countries can broadcast mobile TV. On a positive note, the Nokia N96 will have a built-in 16gb of storage plus an expandable microSDHC card slot. Before the Nokia N96 DVB-H (live TV on your phone) demo at the Mobile World Congress Nokia booth, the the stand staff said, “Please don’t play around with it too much.” I’m sorry, but I haven’t seen anything like it and I know I won’t any time soon. The only problem is that it is not widely available. I’ve read about DVB-H on the internet and devices capable of showing live TV. By the time the Nokia N96 comes out, we will probably have up to 32GB cards for a total of 48GB of storage. It looks great on the Nokia N96. Related PostFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventPreview: Nokia N96 Specifications LeakedVlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product ManagerHands on With the Nokia N96 It is like having the secondary front-facing camera on my Nseries phones like the Nokia N95 and Nokia N82. I’m glad I finally saw a live demo.

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Nokia Hands the With N96 on
So the long rumored Nokia N96 finally got announced. It looks good from the front, but I’m not as fascinated with the back. Nokia is naming it as the upgrade to the Nokia N95. We had a meeting with the product manager and I also took some hands-on pictures of this beauty. Read on for the pictures. Nokia N96 with keyboard open Nokia N96 closed Nokia N96 with the playback controls revealed. Nokia N96 rearview Nokia N96 with power, audio/tv/out, and keylock Nokia N96 power port and miniUSB Nokia N96 camera button and volume control All these photos were taken with the Nokia N82! Related PostVlog: Nokia N96 LED Flash Brightness DemoFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoVlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product ManagerNokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the US

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Here Congress World I Mobile Come
Read on to see my coverage plans. I’ll be taking many photos and videos and post them online as soon as possible. I’m looking forward to see some cool new gadgets and services related to the mobile industry. Check back frequently and subscribe to the Nokia blog feed to stay updated. If you are going to be there, let me know and say hi! Using Shozu on either of the phones, I’ll be able to upload photos to Flickr automatically after pictures are taken. My main gadgets will be the Nokia N95 NAM, Nokia N82, and Macbook Pro. Using the laptop, I’ll be posting live on the blog during the keynotes. I just received confirmation that I’ll be heading to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. 10th. I’m excited that Nokia and Nseries WOM World are giving me the opportunity to attend such events and share my experience with my readers. I know a bunch of bloggers I follow will be there as well so I’m looking forward to meet them in person. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 I don’t know what my itinerary will be like, but I will post it as soon as I find out. Using Qik or Flixwagon on the phones (I’m still not sure which one I’ll prefer), I’ll be able to stream video to you live. Isn’t it amazing what our phones are now capable of? I will be leaving New York City tomorrow and land in Barcelona Saturday morning, Feb.

about Guillemot 2008: games Mobile GDC speaks Gameloft’s mobile
At the GDC Mobile 2008, Gameloft’s President & CEO Guillemot spoke at his opening keynote about mobile games and the market, all nicely put together in this Gamasutra article. Some keypoints: Guillemot showed just how much of a change has occurred in the industry by showing the growth of the large mobile developers, with Gameloft now making almost ten times what it did in 2003 (from 14.9 million US to 141 million US). The major problem that all developers face are thousands of different handsets in use and hundreds more that are developed every year, plus hundreds of carriers across the world with tens of languages to support. “That’s one of the difficulties of the business,” Guillemot admitted, showing that if you created five games a month, across 1,000 handsets, in ten languages, you’d end up with 50,000 SKUs. And even then developers have to submit their games to the carriers. Note: naturally the fragmentation is something that Flash Lite is able to handle well (optimally, only one build per language version is needed, instead of thousands of SKU’s - and the weakest point being market penetration of the Flash Lite devices (still too small for most distributors) Additionally, the non-standard data charges (how much does it cost to download data from mobile network) is an issue > although we are moving towards flat-fee rate charges mobile games industry groth actually slowed in 2007 due to: slowdown of the US economy and its impact on the world walled garden approach of carriers the distinct lack of gaming upon the iPhone delayed launch of Nokia’s OVI platform

overview, 2008 Mobile industry NetsizeGuide The
In his answer, he doesn’t mention Flash Lite, so really nothing to see there Flash Lite wise All those who want to get solid package of data related to the mobile industry, should go and grab the latest NetsizeGuide 2008. It is a 300+ page .pdf filled with information: hard data about the market, senior executive interviews from some 25 top people in the industry, survey results, speculation about the future etc. Best music Get here mp3Best mp3 wanted Only musicMusic you sought All tracksMusic you ever saw Best catalogQuality tracks Best musicMp3 library download store Mp3Box mp3 music Download musicMP3 music zone downloadsMP3Fara archive mp3 downloadsSounds mp3 buy FiroMusic Download The topics include: mobile marketing mobile payment mobile gaming mobile music mobile TV mobile communities mobile search The guide is not tech oriented, and Flash Lite is only briefly mentioned as part of one question, made to CEO of the Gameloft, Michel Guillemot.

on view market game Developers Flash Part 1: mobile Lite
has been involved with Macromedia / Adobe Flash since 1999 (founding year of our company - some of us have experience with Flash couple of years before that; Flash was based on FutureSplashAnimator): during the time we have written 2 books on Flash (published by Docendo, only in Finnish), have done adver, single player & multiplayer games / multimedia / websites / consulting / other work-for hire for companies and organizations: standalone, web, mobile, database driven, xml driven - you name it, we have probably done it . owned 1/3 of a J2ME mobile money game development company, and during fall 2004 that company released its first J2ME game. Those games are mostly Flash Lite 1.1., some of them are 2.1. And also we have trained companies, organizations, and individuals how to do things with Flash. Mobile Flash Lite 2004: Prologue We have worked with mobile Flash Lite since 2004. As that will be a public document, we decided to publish it here as well - well, at least a more informal version of it, and not so short - actually, this will be an account of Aniway’s Flash Lite history & present & bit about the future as well Word of warning: if you are looking for market speech about how lovely & succesful Flash Lite is, you might not want to read this; although we love Flash Lite, we are Finns and blunt when push comes to shove. Flash Lite game and content market, perspective of a developer Our present with Flash Lite: We have developed a portfolio of Flash Lite games during the past. (obviously our background played a big part in this too) At that time, some of the key personnel of Aniway Ltd. One of our employees Hannu (hi! (or have been developed for both versions). After the initial year (2004) we were a bit excited about the possibilities, and digged deeper into the subject. Also, we have done quite a lot Flash Lite work-for-hire, and trained a lot of people to make something useful with it. Our Flash history: Aniway Ltd. ) asked us to write a short summary on how we (Aniway Ltd.) are viewing the mobile Flash Lite game market currently & in the past, for his thesis. that paid the bills), but it seemed like a good idea to do Research & Design as Flash Lite seemed to be a thing for the near future. (to be continued very soon) Device fragmentation (porting to different devices) was a grave issue even back then, and one could only wonder why something like Flash Lite wasn’t used, as it seemed to offer an easier way for porting games & other content. We didn’t make a dime with Flash Lite in 2004 (so we just did what we were used to doing, web Flash etc. It seemed to be somewhat popular in Japan. Why Macromedia / Adobe Flash Lite?

Update Profile Central CS3 Device Adobe Device #5
5th update for the Adobe Device Central is now available from Adobe. This update features the first Flash Lite 3 devices on the market, 41 new device profiles, and 26 updated profiles. Note: before downloading the update, you must first download and install these two separate updates (they are multi-lingual), Flash Lite 3 Update for Device Central CS3 and for Flash CS3 Professional. Download the update from Adobe (note that you must log in as existing user, or create a new user account).

iPhone to the coming Flash
So, in comparison to the volumes of Flash Lite enabled phones that for example Nokia is selling, 5 or 10 million isn’t really that much. According to this article by Gearlive.com, Flash is finally making it’s way to the iPhone. Hope Flash comes to iPhone soon, and you all will make some success stories If we think only in number of devices out there, iPhone should have no impact on the Flash Lite ecosystem; but it might very well be that the reality is different — currently Flash Lite is (still) suffering from “device base too small” syndrome amongst the distribution channels, and hence Flash Lite applications or games are not gaining visibility or marketing support in the field. But with a single platform like iPhone, a good Flash Lite application might be succesfully distributed, thus increasing the faith in Flash Lite platform among the developers and distributors alike. There is no official confirmation for this, let’s hope this is for real. Do keep in mind, that although iPhone is a favourite pet of press worldwide, the sales have been about 5 million devices - and Apple’s target is 10 million.

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overview, industry Mobile The 2008 NetsizeGuide
All those who want to get solid package of data related to the mobile industry, should go and grab the latest NetsizeGuide 2008. In his answer, he doesn’t mention Flash Lite, so really nothing to see there Flash Lite wise It is a 300+ page .pdf filled with information: hard data about the market, senior executive interviews from some 25 top people in the industry, survey results, speculation about the future etc. Best music Get here mp3Best mp3 wanted Only musicMusic you sought All tracksMusic you ever saw Best catalogQuality tracks Best musicMp3 library download store Mp3Box mp3 music Download musicMP3 music zone downloadsMP3Fara archive mp3 downloadsSounds mp3 buy FiroMusic Download The topics include: mobile marketing mobile payment mobile gaming mobile music mobile TV mobile communities mobile search The guide is not tech oriented, and Flash Lite is only briefly mentioned as part of one question, made to CEO of the Gameloft, Michel Guillemot.

Box Nokia Barcelona in Live Press Blog:
350 Euros. Read on as I try to liveblog from Barcelona. 2q 2008. it is the N95 phone turbo-charged. My wifi access is going nuts, but I’ll try to make this work. 1030 Nokia gave us USB keys with pictures and info of the new products and services: Nokia N96, N78, 6210, 6220, Share Ovi, and Nokia Maps 2.0 1043 Missed the beginning of the keynote. 1051 Nokia Music is Live in UK with good traffic. Starting from the announcement of the Nokia Maps 2.0. I’m in the press box above the Nokia booth watching the keynotes. Nokia N78 is the update to the Nokia N73. Now talking about Ovi SHare 2.0. . 1058 Introducing Nseries devices. Pedestrian, Satellite and hybrid maps. 1048 Ovi video is showing. Highlighting geotagging. 1102 Nokia N96 is the Nokia N95 successor. GPS. More everything what the N95 is plus a kickstand. Full flash support. 1107 Q&A Related PostMobile World Congress Here I Come 3q 2008. 550 euros. 1104 faster usb transfer for N96.

Brightness N96 Flash Demo Vlog: Nokia LED
I got it on video for you to find out. The Nokia N96 was announced today and you might be curious how bright the dual LEDs flash. This is the product manager of the Nokia N96 at Mobile World Congress showing a demo of the LED brightness. The Nokia N96 now offers something I’ve been missing since I said goodbye to Nokia N93: flash while taking videos. Sure, the Nokia N96 does not have xenon flash for photography like the Nokia N82, but it will take better videos in dark situations. Other video format: Mobile Related PostHands on With the Nokia N96Vlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoVlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product ManagerNokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the USFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting Up

Home Flash Cast launched Flash and 2
Adobe has announced the launch of of Flash Home and Flash Cast 2 technologies at the Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain) according to this press release. Some of the key company names involved are major content providers like MTV Networks, Nasdaq Stock Market, eBay, Reuters and Dolce & Gabbana, which are said to use Flash Player compatible mobile products and solutions. Adobe Flash Home: “Adobe Flash Home application combines customizable data-enabled wallpapers and home screens with live data services to provide users with more personalized mobile experiences. Licensed by operators like NTT DoCoMo, Verizon Wireless and Chunghwa Telecom, Flash Cast offers operators the ability to tailor mobile experiences based on subscriber’s profiles and device capabilities while reaching high volume, mass-market handsets.” In addition, this was said about Flash Lite: “With more than 150 percent year-over-year growth worldwide of devices shipped with Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3 with support for Flash Player compatible video is now available in a wide range of devices, including the Nokia N95 series, Sony Mylo 2 and NTT DoCoMo’s 905i series. Mobile users can also experience full user interfaces in handsets created using Flash technology like the LG KE850 Prada, LG KG800 Chocolate, or the Samsung D900.” By enriching the idle screen with branded content, users can instantly access more expressive, visually rich content.” Flash Cast 2: “Delivers rich, easy-to-use data services through mobile applications such as news, sports or entertainment channels.

guides Updates development SonyEricsson Lite Flash to
Updates to Flash Lite development guides have been released on the SonyEricsson developer website: these updates are for Flash Lite 1.1 and 2.0 development, and there are even Chinese versions of these documents. Do download the documents from the Sony Ericsson Developer website.

Devices Flash Updated Pre-installed Lite Spreadsheet with
There are couple of new devices and some other modifications. Bill has updated the information in the Devices with Flash Lite Pre-installed Spreadsheet.

Device #5 Adobe Profile CS3 Device Update Central
This update features the first Flash Lite 3 devices on the market, 41 new device profiles, and 26 updated profiles. Note: before downloading the update, you must first download and install these two separate updates (they are multi-lingual), Flash Lite 3 Update for Device Central CS3 and for Flash CS3 Professional. Download the update from Adobe (note that you must log in as existing user, or create a new user account). 5th update for the Adobe Device Central is now available from Adobe.

Opera 9.5 Flash Lite 3.0 with Mobile
Opera has announced the new Opera Mobile browser, 9.5 version, which includes the Flash Lite 3.0 player. Some of the new supported technologies are: • Software accelerated graphics and zoom • Opera Widgets • SVG 1.2 • Flash Lite 3.0 More info can be found from the product sheet (pdf), and from the website - including a tour of the new features. Thanks to BeMobile for spotting this

Mobile the whitepaper Ecosystem” “Understanding
It is a 30 page long, and the covered area is vast, this one contains mostly generic & basic data — which nevertheless is quite important, in order to grasp a view of the whole situation. Well worth the read. Adobe has released a new whitepaper (.pdf): Understanding the Mobile Ecosystem, written by Strategy Analytics. This is not just Flash Lite related, but an overlook on the whole mobile ecosystem, including overview on different roles in the mobile ecosystem, and business models to consider.

Nokia World Nseries Event Mobile Congress Virtual
I wonder what they have in store for us. Read on for the itinerary and your invitation link. Click on the image below for your invitation to the virtual event.

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Ecosystem” whitepaper “Understanding Mobile the
Adobe has released a new whitepaper (.pdf): Understanding the Mobile Ecosystem, written by Strategy Analytics. This is not just Flash Lite related, but an overlook on the whole mobile ecosystem, including overview on different roles in the mobile ecosystem, and business models to consider. It is a 30 page long, and the covered area is vast, this one contains mostly generic & basic data — which nevertheless is quite important, in order to grasp a view of the whole situation. Well worth the read.

World Congress Nseries Event Nokia Virtual Mobile
Any predictions? Read on for the itinerary and your invitation link. Click on the image below for your invitation to the virtual event.

Mainstream Nokia N95 US in the NAM Hits
In lieu of the new Nokia N96’s release in the near future, it seems that the Nokia N95 has finally been released to the masses. Apparently, Best Buy now carries the Nokia N95 NAM in it’s inventory. I was browsing my local mall yesterday and happen to come across a very good friend of mine, and it looks like he’s going to be around more. Pics after the jump. It seems a little late, but I’m glad to see that one of the biggest retail chains has finally picked up my beloved Nokia N95. My guess, 4 years? lol Related PostNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventPreview: Nokia N96 Specifications LeakedVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoVlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product ManagerHands on With the Nokia N96 My hope is that we can show the masses what a real smartphone is and to stay away from the stagnant mobiles out there (I’m looking at you Motorola!). I wonder how long it’ll take them to carry the Nokia N96 once it comes out.

Come World Here Mobile Congress I
I just received confirmation that I’ll be heading to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Using Shozu on either of the phones, I’ll be able to upload photos to Flickr automatically after pictures are taken. My main gadgets will be the Nokia N95 NAM, Nokia N82, and Macbook Pro. Using the laptop, I’ll be posting live on the blog during the keynotes. Isn’t it amazing what our phones are now capable of? I will be leaving New York City tomorrow and land in Barcelona Saturday morning, Feb. 10th. I’m looking forward to see some cool new gadgets and services related to the mobile industry. Read on to see my coverage plans. I’ll be taking many photos and videos and post them online as soon as possible. Using Qik or Flixwagon on the phones (I’m still not sure which one I’ll prefer), I’ll be able to stream video to you live. I’m excited that Nokia and Nseries WOM World are giving me the opportunity to attend such events and share my experience with my readers. Check back frequently and subscribe to the Nokia blog feed to stay updated. If you are going to be there, let me know and say hi! I don’t know what my itinerary will be like, but I will post it as soon as I find out. I know a bunch of bloggers I follow will be there as well so I’m looking forward to meet them in person. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70

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whitepaper the “Understanding Mobile Ecosystem”
Adobe has released a new whitepaper (.pdf): Understanding the Mobile Ecosystem, written by Strategy Analytics. This is not just Flash Lite related, but an overlook on the whole mobile ecosystem, including overview on different roles in the mobile ecosystem, and business models to consider. It is a 30 page long, and the covered area is vast, this one contains mostly generic & basic data — which nevertheless is quite important, in order to grasp a view of the whole situation. Well worth the read.

Adobe CS3 #5 Central Profile Device Update Device
This update features the first Flash Lite 3 devices on the market, 41 new device profiles, and 26 updated profiles. Note: before downloading the update, you must first download and install these two separate updates (they are multi-lingual), Flash Lite 3 Update for Device Central CS3 and for Flash CS3 Professional. Download the update from Adobe (note that you must log in as existing user, or create a new user account). 5th update for the Adobe Device Central is now available from Adobe.

Mobile Flash Opera with 9.5 3.0 Lite
Opera has announced the new Opera Mobile browser, 9.5 version, which includes the Flash Lite 3.0 player. Some of the new supported technologies are: • Software accelerated graphics and zoom • Opera Widgets • SVG 1.2 • Flash Lite 3.0 More info can be found from the product sheet (pdf), and from the website - including a tour of the new features. Thanks to BeMobile for spotting this

Pre-installed Devices Lite Spreadsheet Updated Flash with
There are couple of new devices and some other modifications. Bill has updated the information in the Devices with Flash Lite Pre-installed Spreadsheet.

the to coming Flash iPhone
There is no official confirmation for this, let’s hope this is for real. Do keep in mind, that although iPhone is a favourite pet of press worldwide, the sales have been about 5 million devices - and Apple’s target is 10 million. Hope Flash comes to iPhone soon, and you all will make some success stories According to this article by Gearlive.com, Flash is finally making it’s way to the iPhone. If we think only in number of devices out there, iPhone should have no impact on the Flash Lite ecosystem; but it might very well be that the reality is different — currently Flash Lite is (still) suffering from “device base too small” syndrome amongst the distribution channels, and hence Flash Lite applications or games are not gaining visibility or marketing support in the field. But with a single platform like iPhone, a good Flash Lite application might be succesfully distributed, thus increasing the faith in Flash Lite platform among the developers and distributors alike. So, in comparison to the volumes of Flash Lite enabled phones that for example Nokia is selling, 5 or 10 million isn’t really that much.

and Flash Cast 2 Flash launched Home
Adobe has announced the launch of of Flash Home and Flash Cast 2 technologies at the Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain) according to this press release. Some of the key company names involved are major content providers like MTV Networks, Nasdaq Stock Market, eBay, Reuters and Dolce & Gabbana, which are said to use Flash Player compatible mobile products and solutions. Adobe Flash Home: “Adobe Flash Home application combines customizable data-enabled wallpapers and home screens with live data services to provide users with more personalized mobile experiences. By enriching the idle screen with branded content, users can instantly access more expressive, visually rich content.” Flash Cast 2: “Delivers rich, easy-to-use data services through mobile applications such as news, sports or entertainment channels. Licensed by operators like NTT DoCoMo, Verizon Wireless and Chunghwa Telecom, Flash Cast offers operators the ability to tailor mobile experiences based on subscriber’s profiles and device capabilities while reaching high volume, mass-market handsets.” In addition, this was said about Flash Lite: “With more than 150 percent year-over-year growth worldwide of devices shipped with Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3 with support for Flash Player compatible video is now available in a wide range of devices, including the Nokia N95 series, Sony Mylo 2 and NTT DoCoMo’s 905i series. Mobile users can also experience full user interfaces in handsets created using Flash technology like the LG KE850 Prada, LG KG800 Chocolate, or the Samsung D900.”

N95 Mainstream in Hits Nokia the US NAM
Apparently, Best Buy now carries the Nokia N95 NAM in it’s inventory. In lieu of the new Nokia N96’s release in the near future, it seems that the Nokia N95 has finally been released to the masses. Pics after the jump. It seems a little late, but I’m glad to see that one of the biggest retail chains has finally picked up my beloved Nokia N95. lol Related PostNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventPreview: Nokia N96 Specifications LeakedVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoVlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product ManagerHands on With the Nokia N96 I was browsing my local mall yesterday and happen to come across a very good friend of mine, and it looks like he’s going to be around more. My hope is that we can show the masses what a real smartphone is and to stay away from the stagnant mobiles out there (I’m looking at you Motorola!). I wonder how long it’ll take them to carry the Nokia N96 once it comes out. My guess, 4 years?

Mobile overview, NetsizeGuide 2008 industry The
It is a 300+ page .pdf filled with information: hard data about the market, senior executive interviews from some 25 top people in the industry, survey results, speculation about the future etc. Best music Get here mp3Best mp3 wanted Only musicMusic you sought All tracksMusic you ever saw Best catalogQuality tracks Best musicMp3 library download store Mp3Box mp3 music Download musicMP3 music zone downloadsMP3Fara archive mp3 downloadsSounds mp3 buy FiroMusic Download The topics include: mobile marketing mobile payment mobile gaming mobile music mobile TV mobile communities mobile search The guide is not tech oriented, and Flash Lite is only briefly mentioned as part of one question, made to CEO of the Gameloft, Michel Guillemot. In his answer, he doesn’t mention Flash Lite, so really nothing to see there Flash Lite wise All those who want to get solid package of data related to the mobile industry, should go and grab the latest NetsizeGuide 2008.