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Flash Lite Friday Tip of the Day

Scott has started a new initiative based on the Flash Lite Friday Digest, condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world: Flash Lite Friday Tip of the Day.

The Flash Lite Friday Tip of the Day is a post where Scott posts a piece of code or tip every Friday in regards to Flash Lite (1.1, 2.x, 3.x) or Flash Mobile.
This week Scott published the third tip sice the beginning :

• Flash Lite Friday - Tip of the Day #1
• Flash Lite Friday - Tip of the Day #2
• Flash Lite Friday - Tip of the Day #3

Great idea Scott, as usual !

Flash Lite Friday Digest #18 : a compact weekly overview from the world of Flash Lite

The Flash Lite Friday Digest #18 is live. This week I0ve just uploaded a quick list of interesting links about Flash Lite. If I missed something, feel free to add the links in the comment.

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog

Flash Lite Friday Digest #17 : a compact weekly overview from the world of Flash Lite

I'm not (totally) mad.... I know it's not friday.
But I wanted to try giving a second chance to the Flash Lite Friday Digest.

I think  that the FlashLite Friday Digest initiative was great.  A condensed and organized set of links created by users to help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.
When I first created it I made it for my own convenience :) And it worked. I could easily find all the links I needed and I reached and knew new contents dedicated to Flash Lite.

Last post was written by Darren (thank you mate) and it was long time ago !
So I would try again and start Flash Lite Friday Digest again.

This is my collection of links for the past week :

I'll start with some news on Chumby. Chumby was announced one year ago and the company has made upgrades to the hardware and sofware that makes up the device, and say they will make it available for sale in a couple of months. The biggest change is that Chumby now runs Flash Lite 3, which is the first mobile version of Flash to support streaming audio and video. Users can now run music or video over the Internet and play it on the Chumby. (Chumby: One Year Later).

Bill Perry revelead (MAX 2007 Conferences: Mobile Sessions ) the mobile sessions sheduled for the MAX Conference at Chicago :

20 Tricks to Improve Flash Lite Development
Creating Flash Cast Channels for Verizon Wireless
Creating Flash Lite Multiplayer Games
Designing for Mobile Experiences
Flash Lite 3 Development
From Desktop to Mobile: New Revenue Opportunities
Introduction to Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium
Introduction to Flash Lite 2

Other news for Flash Lite developers. :

• A new Flash Lite video Channel has born and it looks cool. So if you have Flash Lite videos, post them !
• Create icons (at different sizes) for your Flash Lite and J2ME applications :  When you develop a Flash Lite or J2ME mobile applications, you'll need to create icons for your app. Although many developers think that it's not important, having an icon associated to your application is important and it helps the user to start up your app faster !
• Lufthansa airlines japan with some Flash lite content : Just by searching airlines company i found Lufthansa airlines, japan mobile site. Intrestingly it contains Adobe Flash lite content like wallpaper, Games, animations.

News on Flash Lite  iRiver support (via Scott) :

• iRiver NV PMP has a Flash Lite 2.1 User Interface
• iRiver U:MO PMP features Flash Lite 2.1 UI and content
• Creating and Testing Mobile Web Sites with Adobe Creative Suite 3

Other useful links :

• On Flash Lite 3, Heavy expectations:  When you compare the enthusiasm and activity against other Adobe juggernauts like Flex 2 and AIR (formerly Apollo), it’s hard to explain the absence of leadership for Flash Lite. Those in the space that do post often..
• SWF2Go review: package your swf into sis for Nokia phones : If you are developing Flash Lite content for Nokia mobile phones and you want to package your swf into sis files and have an icon SWF2Go from Orizon is the right tool (http://www.orison.biz/products/swf2go/). The tool costs $69.95.
  
• Mobilize your FLV file : how to convert FLV (Flash Video) to 3GP for mobile devices : how to convert FLV to 3GP format using a server side batch procedure. A great free tool that allows you to convert FLV video to 3GP is FFMPEG

News about new mobile devices that support Flash Lite 2 and Flash Lite 2.1 :

Nokia 3500 Classic(Flash Lite 2.0 enabled)
Nokia 6267 (Flash Lite 2.1 enabled)

A list of upcoming events dedicate to Flash Lite (via Alessandro) :

• June 25th: Allysson Lucca presents Mobile UI
• June 27th: Best Practices for Performance and Memory for Flash Lite
• July 2nd: Alex Tur presents Sonopia MVNO Flash Lite Client

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog

Flash Lite Friday Digest #16: : a compact weekly overview from the world of Flash Lite

Here the Flash Lite Friday Digest #16 from Darren at Ludicrous Software.
great sets of links!

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog

Flash Lite Friday Digest #15 : a compact weekly overview from the world of Flash Lite

Luciano is hosting Flash Lite Friday Digest #15.

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog

Flash Lite Friday Digest #14: : a compact weekly overview from the world of Flash Lite

Alessandro made a great job for the new Flash Lite Friday Digest #14 .

 
Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog

Flash Lite Friday Digest #13: a compact weekly overview from the world of Flash Lite

Flash Lite Friday Digest #13 is finally live on Anyway blog site.
After a long break the initiative I created on March 2006 started !

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog

Flash Lite Friday Digest #12

Flash Lite Friday Digest #12 was hosted by Chris and Ghada from ZoDAL.
Enjoy with Flash Lite links of the week !

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog

Flash Lite links of the week: Flash Lite Friday Digest #11

The 4th issue of Flash Lite friday is hosted by Thomas Landspurg
We'll see great links for Flash Lite and mobile field this week !

Read all the Flash Lite Friday Digest #11 's links.

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

Read the Flash Lite Friday Digest Archive.

The 4th issue of Flash Lite friday is hosted by Thomas Landspurg
We'll see great links for Flash Lite and mobile field this week !

Read all the Flash Lite Friday Digest #11 's links.

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

Flash Lite links of the week: Flash Lite Friday Digest #10

This week Flash Lite Friday Digest will be hosted by Nick Gerig of Device54.com and he did a great job !

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile

Flash Lite links of the week: Flash Lite Friday Digest #9

This Flash Lite Friday Digest is the Luciano's turn ! And he did a wonderful job !
Don' miss the Flash Lite Friday Digest #9.

  Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog.

Flash Lite links of the week: Flash Lite Friday Digest #8

This week's Flash Lite Friday Digest is is hosted at The Life of Bryan blog , check it out!

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog.

Nokia S60 Flash Lite Technology section

Recently S60 has redesigned its site and added new section for developers.
Yesterday a Flash Lite page was added and I'm pretty sure we'll see more and more documentations from S60 guys !

For now you can read a White paper on S60 and Flash Lite – an emerging global ecosystem, white paper, May 2006, (PDF 2 MB)

S60 wrote that with Flash Lite:

• The S60 community gets access to a whole new developer base – with some 2 million passionate developers and designers, offering exciting new content and applications with very short lead times
• The Extensibility of S60 is further improved – for standalone applications, browsing, personalization features, user interface extension components, and more
• S60 Licensees can opt-in for a well-integrated version of the player with enhancements especially optimized for S60-based devices.

Flash Lite links of the week: Flash Lite Friday Digest #7

This week Flash Lite Friday Digest will be hosted by Aniway (Flash Lite For Mobile Game Developers blog).

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog.

Flash Lite best links of the week: Flash Lite Friday Digest #6

Flash Lite Friday Digest #6 will be hosted by Richard Legget.

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog.

Flash Lite links of the week: Flash Lite Friday Digest #5

Past week the Flash Lite Friday Digest was hosted by Moket (Dale).
So do not miss his best Flash Lite links of the week :

Flash Lite Friday Digest #5

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

You can find all Flash Lite Friday Digest post on my blog.

Flash Lite links of the week: Flash Lite Friday Digest #4

The 4th issue of Flash Lite friday is hosted by Alessandro Pace (Biskero).
Great links for Flash Lite this week !

Read all the Flash Lite Friday Digest #4 's links.

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

FLFD #3, the new Flash Lite Friday Digest is live !

I decided to move the Flash Lite Friday Digest to different blogs every week.

This week the digest is hosted by Scott that did an excellent job.

Read the Flash Lite Friday Digest #3.

If you don't know Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on the Flash Lite mobile world.

Flash Lite Friday Digest #2: a compact weekly overview from the world of Flash Lite

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on Flash Lite mobile world.
This week issue of Flash Lite Friday Digest starts with two great articles on Flash Lite 2 :

• Flash Lite 2 Performance optimization
• XD Mobile: Lightweight Programmatic Tweening

Mark Horsel, after playing around with Falsh Lite development, gave us the reason why he's disappointed about this technology :

1. FlashLite isn’t a develop once use everywhere technology, yes things are easier than they are in JAVA but its not as simple as its sometimes portrayed.
2. Performance on devices generally is poor, so forget complex motion graphics
3. Flashlite 1.1 is a real pain to work with, so for a while at least its going to be very simple games or applications

This is just a summary so read his "Show me the money - Flash on Devices" post and don't miss some good comments (John Dowdell, Bill Perry and Alessandro).

Tim came back blogging and he explain why many people are still trying to write off J2ME and companies like Everypoint are interesting in that they are providing viable solutions for real time mobile content delivery. He thinks it also requires us to revisit some Flash Lite vs J2ME comparisons.
So in order to have a reply to his  last question "What's this mean for FlashLite and FlashCast?" you have to read the full post : Flash Lite / Flash Cast alternatives.

On this topic I wrote a post about an interesting emerging technology by Openwave : Openwave MIDAS   (Mobile Integrated Dynamic Application System), that in practise, is a scripted application environment that lets operators manage the device UIs of their subscribers, including pushing new applications to the phones out there.
Could it be a Flash Lite / Flash Cast competitor ?

Bill Perry pointed out some great news for developers : the Flash Lite 2 Update availability in International Languages and 3 new Flash Mobile forums from Adobe ! Great resources for the resto of us !

Richard Legget from the last London MMUG randomly selected the winner from his  mobile phone with a very simple little Flash Lite 1.1 app at the end of the night !
From his blog you can download this funny application and modify it to be the next winner ! :)

Scott keep us updated wiht the release of iriver U10 1.27 MTP Firmware update  and with the Adobe Six Stories mini site, a similar vein to the mobile Engage campaign, but encompasses more of the product line from Adobe. Now complete with all the products … Flash, Flash Lite, etc.

Two new phones added to Flash Lite world : Samsung SCH-V910 Handset (Flash Lite UI) and Nokia 3250.

And the winner is .... Flash Lite.
CMP Media Announces Winners for the 16th Annual Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards (via Alessandro)  :

Last but not least a new great resource for Flash Lite developers : Flash Lite for Mobile Game Developers blog. by Miikka Lyytikäinen CEO of Aniway.
This blog concentrates on mobile game development with Flash Lite, and issues relating to mobile game industry.

Productivity Winners:

• – Carbide.c++ Express (Nokia)
• – Flash Lite 2.0 (Adobe)
• – NetBeans IDE 4.1 (Sun Microsystems)

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Flash Lite Friday Digest: a compact weekly overview from the world of Flash Lite

I love the concept behind Carnival of the Mobilists. It's a compact weekly overview of the most important mobile news and happenings.
I want to inspire from that :) and do the same for Flash Lite.
So here it is my first number of Flash Lite Friday Digest.

Flash Lite Friday Digest is a condensed and organized set of links that help users to get a weekly overview on Flash Lite mobile world !

Let's start from the Adobe's announcement of the final Flash Lite 2 Update for Flash 8 Professional . Once you download the update you're ready to start developing so you could evaluate to create Flash Lite content for U10; we have some interesting links from Justin where he shows us how fun is to make games for this device. He starts from the following problem: when you hook the device up to your computer you can see some directories, but there must be some that are simply not exposed. If you want to read the solution he gave you, go reading the H4X0R1Ng the U10 Interface post. Don't miss  the U10 Key Firing post, too !

After the end of Webdu 2006 (read Mike Chambers conference's keynotes) conference, Chris Blair give us a call with Zodal solutions and his Multi-Player Mobile Game with FLASH LITE 2 session.
Keep an eye on the ZoDAL news feeder on the front of the Zodal's website for more infomation about some upcoming free trial accounts for developers to easily plug their flash mobile projects into our FlashLite Remoting Gateway. Cool !

Last week I started a new activity on my blog for improving  my knowledge on User Interface and Game Design for mobile. My first mini interview is with the designer Juri Pratesi (Kurai.it) about his experience on mobile game designing at MicroForum International company.

When we talk about Flash Lite development we usually refer to develop contents for Nokia Series60 devices. Nick Gerig (Device54.com) gave us some few reasons why Flash Lite is failing with SonyEricsson in his Flash Lite and Sony Ericsson post.
Speaking of SonyEricsson read the announcement where Google and SonyEricsson declared that they are working closely together to integrate Google's Blogger and Web Search features on their mobile phones (see Sony Ericsson Bundles Google) and the recent partnership with Orange for distributing music contents.

Do you want more Flash Lite enabled phones ? This week you can add to your collection the Nokia E61 and Nokia E62 :) where you can read the first mobile magazine developed with Falsh Lite: Mobizines (by AllAboutSymbian).
Moreover with Mobizines, you could get Flash Lite 1.1 for free, installing the mobile magazine !

If you're still thinking to use J2ME instead of Flash Lite, you should read this article from Adobe Mobile and Devices Developer Center where the author chose the Stocks application from the example Demos project that comes with the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2 from the Sun Developer Network and set to work on creating a Flash Lite–equivalent application. The author's conclusion is that once you start using Flash Lite, you won't want to stop !

Before leaving I want to point you out these cool links :

• Talk! Buy! Talk! by DoCoMo
• Flash Lite Terminator Game
• LifeBlog 2.0 for Nokia Series 60
• Capcom Goes Wireless With Resident Evil: The Missions
• Device Differentiation Drives Demand for Wireless Content Management
• How to get contents to all mobile devices: more on mobile fragmentation
• Mobile content price is king!
• New Flash Lite 2 discussion forums from Adobe
• ROK Launches Free Mobile TV Trial

Please, feel free to leave your comments and let me  know what you think about this new initiative !

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