tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:41:56 +0000Flash LiteGeneralNokiaFlash Lite AsiaMax 2007DevicesArticles and GuidelinesFlash CastFlash Lite TutorialGamesIGameStudiomobileAdobeChumbyBrew Mobile PlatformCode Camp CompetitionFlashJobsMax 2008PocketGamerProject CapuchinQualcommSony EricssonSwf2JarWRTcsshtmliphoneusabilitywebsitesGames / XR / Techhttp://mariamdh.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)Blogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-2158440769870798067Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:35:00 +00002008-08-05T11:13:06.627+05:30Max 2008If you plan to attend MAX in North America this year, you can refer to this website which will provide you with useful local information such as ways to move around SF, sightseeing places, dining places and more.This website is the united effort of the local Adobe User Group Managers.Mariamhttp://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/08/max-2008-attendee-information.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-5442167750722683217Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:27:00 +00002008-08-04T19:09:19.028+05:30Flash Litemobile(via Ryan Stewart) Om Malik recently conducted an interview with Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch about the present happenings at Adobe and their vision for technology at large. I've placed the mobile excerpts of the interview in the post below -Om: What about Flash in mobiles? I know there have been some efforts to marry Flash at the interface level with mobile operating systems like Java. Lynch: http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/08/in-conversation-with-kevin-lynch-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-1427622355035963726Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:49:00 +00002008-08-02T11:27:02.730+05:30Flash LiteGamesmobileI recently came across this article which bullets down 50 DONT'S in a game. Although this is more from a web gaming perspective, I'd thought I'd narrow it down to a mobile game experience with a few points of my own.40 Ways to Make Us HATE Your Flash Lite GameAdd loud and annoying sound effects to your gameDon’t add sound control options so we have to listen to your loud and annoying sound http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/08/things-not-to-do-while-developing-flash.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-7964920745731170328Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:15:00 +00002008-07-29T12:23:34.667+05:30Flash LiteProject CapuchinSony EricssonSwf2JarWith the launch of the Project Capuchin Swf2Jar packaging tool last week, Sony Ericsson has increased it's momentum for supporting Flash Lite related developer activities. There has been a consistent launch of new tutorials, guidelines and sample files for developers to whet their hands and develop content.1. New Flash Lite 2.0 tutorial, presenting phone data as dynamic animationsThis tutorial http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/07/sony-ericsson-developer-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-921968913911644237Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:15:00 +00002008-07-27T22:47:47.961+05:30csshtmliphonemobileusabilitywebsitesI recently read this very interesting article on designing websites for mobile phones. The article focuses on usability aspects of mobile websites with some snippets of HTML and CSS code. The good point about the article is that it does not focus on any particular mobile OS or technology making the tips are completely neutral in description.Some more supporting links that I came across about http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/07/need-to-design-your-mobile-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-5472587712961370438Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:30:00 +00002008-07-08T14:45:48.399+05:30GeneralJobsA new mobile jobs site - mobiledevjobs.org, was launched earlier this week. This site is a community initiative by Scott Janousek for getting together job opportunities for mobile professionals at one single place.The idea is great because it covers different technologies and platforms like Java, Symbian, Flash Lite, Android, iPhone etc all under one roof. Within a few days of being launched, it http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/07/mobile-job-site.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-6779769891820044190Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:07:00 +00002008-06-27T22:07:06.143+05:30Flash LiteGamesPocketGamerFlash Lite Headers Euro 2008 game got a great mention on PocketGamer by Stuart Dredge."It's a simple yet addictive game where you choose a team, and then play one-on-one matches of header tennis, where you have to position your player in the right place to bop the ball into your opponent's goal.The characters look very nice, and it's the kind of game we always imagined Flash Lite would be good http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/06/flash-lite-headers-euro-2008-game-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-9136987468136471409Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:02:00 +00002008-06-27T01:21:05.179+05:30Flash LiteGamesWhile the world sits and watches the semi finals between Russia and Spain, I blog about a sport which I have only recently started watching. Soccer was never one of my favorite sports...infact living in India I only witnessed an dizzying cricket furore and concluded that the world consisted of no other sport (ok..now that was a little exaggerated :)), until recently when I got to watch a soccer http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/06/while-world-sits-and-watches-semi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-922446869234830827Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:58:00 +00002008-06-02T21:48:13.778+05:30Code Camp CompetitionFlash LiteNokiaWRTForum Nokia recently conducted a Code Camp Competition for attendees of their Code Camps wanting to build Web Runtime (WRT) widgets and Flash applications.The Grand Prize winners of the competition are -Flash: CityLite by MSCorp of Coral Springs, Florida. A mobile guide to night life, restaurants, and entertainment venues in Latin American cities.WRT: Flickret from Mark Caunter of the U.K. A http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/06/forum-nokia-code-camp-winners-announced.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-7589391222111213419Wed, 28 May 2008 12:52:00 +00002008-05-28T18:41:05.652+05:30AdobeBrew Mobile PlatformFlash LiteQualcomm(via Bill Perry) A great announcement makes its way through for developers as Qualcomm and Adobe get together to integrate Flash into the BREW Mobile Platform.Till now the Flash Lite BREW extension limited developers to only the Verizon Wireless network, but with the new BREW Mobile Platform, all the major BREW handsets supported by BREW carriers worldwide can be targeted. This means we now have http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/05/adobe-and-qualcomm-to-collaborate-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-2243730143929416471Thu, 15 May 2008 12:17:00 +00002008-05-15T18:09:49.159+05:30Flash Cast(Via Mark) Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan recently launched their new Channel Me service powered by Flash Cast. This service is supported on Series 60 and Windows mobile devices including the HTC Diamond.Currently they have an online representation of the service with selected channels. The actual service also includes channels such as news, weather, sports, travel, dining out amongst others.This http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/05/chunghwa-telecom-launches-flash-cast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-4144897202423952659Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:40:00 +00002008-04-04T19:53:20.222+05:30Flash LiteThe ICE 08 Conference that took place in Toronto last week had a panel discussion on the challenges and future of the mobile game industry. The iPhone and Flash Lite were a part of the panel discussion with a few positives being discussed. The panel were asked if the Flash Lite platform offered the solution to mobile's current woes. Grunwoldt from Nokia said "I think it's a really interesting http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/04/ice-08-panel-argues-opportunities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-534990787276041403Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:27:00 +00002008-04-03T11:17:59.128+05:30Flash Cast(via Bill Perry) Adobe is now inviting developers to participate in Flash Cast channel development for Dashboard, which is the Verizon Wireless version of Adobe Flash Cast.Dashboard will provide an ecosystem for Verizon Wireless consumers to enjoy rich and interactive services by leveraging the proven content authoring tools and workflow that Flash developers are familiar with. The wide range ofhttp://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/04/adobe-to-open-flash-cast-development.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-6094956451800801920Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:10:00 +00002008-04-03T10:51:20.233+05:30Nokia(via Alessandro) Forum Nokia now has now extended to India with a dedicated website. We can now read the latest news, testimonials, and India related events right here.Mariamhttp://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/04/forum-nokia-comes-to-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-8910299562852303188Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:12:00 +00002008-03-19T15:25:12.746+05:30Flash LiteAnd then the Flash on iPhone news never ceased to disappear. The latest to appear this morning was that Adobe has already started development of the Flash Player for the Apple iPhone. This revelation was made yesterday by Adobe's chief executive officer, Shantanu Narayen during a conference call."We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/03/once-upon-time-there-was-iphone-born.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-1426961840107242213Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:23:00 +00002008-03-18T22:03:43.330+05:30Flash Lite(Via Ryan Stewart) Beet.tv recently released two interviews related to Flash Lite. The first is with Rhett Woods, director of Mobile Expression at Adobe, who talks about the cool stuff that the technology can do along with some videos. The second is with Briank Frank, of the Mobile Applications and Solutions at Adobe, who talks about the history and growth of the Flash Lite technology.Both videoshttp://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/03/flash-lite-interviews-on-beettv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-4073063283381782309Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:55:00 +00002008-03-18T21:38:39.933+05:30GeneralApparently the most expensive iPhone is ready for sale for a whopping 120,000 euros!!! Sure you are wondering what makes the phone so expensive... it is 318 diamonds of 17.75 carat weight!!!! And it has a name too - The iPhone Princess!!!!!An Austrian designer has redesigned the iPhone for a Russian businessman in diamonds and 18 carat gold making it one of the most expensive iPhones in the http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/03/iphone-trivia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-5195014215997939170Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:09:00 +00002008-03-18T21:18:09.567+05:30Flash LitePlayyoo has interviewed another game developer and this time it happens to be...me! In this interview, I have tried to share my impression of the Playyoo platform and the Flash Lite technology in general.Fortunately for me I met Paolo Dotta, one of the important Playyoo guys, during MAX in Chicago last year and I was quite impressed with their team's presentation of the Playyoo platform and what http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/03/catch-playyoo-blog-for-their-latest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-4680465325400965645Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:28:00 +00002008-03-17T22:29:29.389+05:30This comes from Bill Perry, Flash Lite has been shipped to over half a billion devices and is expected to reach 1 billion by 2010. Now thats what I call an impressive number!!With 500 million devices we have Flash Lite across regions + with varied implementations + big developer community = Interesting content, happy clients and content consumers.You can read the complete press release hereMariamhttp://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/03/over-half-billion-flash-lite-devices.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-4429168433980989320Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:25:00 +00002008-03-15T22:31:31.843+05:30FlashGeneralComing next month to India is ActionScript Expert Colin Moock for an extensive 1 day training workshop of ActionScript 3.0.This event is aimed at all levels of developers right from the beginners to the intermediate. The workshop will not cover expert-level topics so advanced ActionScript 3.0 programmers are unlikely to encounter new concepts, but can attend for a refresher on ActionScript http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/03/colin-moocks-actionscript-30-ground-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-3482388365347806285Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:41:00 +00002008-03-06T14:26:57.033+05:30Flash LiteFlash Lite AsiaNokiaWidgets and Flash Lite Code Camps are coming up in April for the APAC region. This is organized by Forum Nokia and will be held at Sydney, Singapore and Bangalore.Moket will be the guest speaker at the Sydney code camp. The Bangalore guest speaker is still to be decided.Code Camps have become immensely popular in recent times where a developer can immediatelt start coding and sharing his apps http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/02/widgets-and-flash-lite-code-camps-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-6283724140690039245Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:45:00 +00002008-02-22T08:27:30.005+05:30ChumbyThis news comes via Alessandro, there is an interesting article titled - The Chumby is Open but Not for Business, in the the NewYork Times today. This article is a really good read for those who want to know more about this consumer electronic device.I only wish it would be available in India for developers like us to get our hand on it.Mariamhttp://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/02/chumby-in-new-york-times.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-354863511337378581Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:49:00 +00002008-02-22T08:27:17.497+05:30Flash LiteMiikka of Aniway has written a great post on the Flash Lite gaming market by talking about his past and present development experiences.Aniway has been a part of the Flash Lite community since 2004, and this post is the first in the series planned by them.Mariamhttp://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/02/aniway-views-mobile-flash-lite-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-1155622043317897588Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:20:00 +00002008-02-12T19:19:07.331+05:30Flash LiteThis news comes via BusinessWire, QNX Software announced a powerful Adobe® Flash-based framework for accelerating embedded UI design on mobiles, running on Freescale's multimedia processors, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The announcement and showcase included networked multimedia frameworks and multimedia engines in a Flash-based human machine interface (HMI) highlighting the power of http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/02/qnx-software-systems-demonstates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16055770.post-2485378375850270273Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:45:00 +00002008-02-22T08:28:30.796+05:30DevicesGeneralThe International Mobile Game Awards ceremony concluded last night in Barcelona, with the winners of their contest being announced. The giant winner was Ideawork3D's Metal Gear Solid Snake that won the Grand Prix and the Operator's choice award.The other winning games included -Best licenced IP - Furby Island by LemonquestBest 3D Game - One Sequel by Digital Legends EntertainmentBest Gameplay - http://mariamdh.blogspot.com/2008/02/img-award-winners-announced.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mariam Dholkawala)0