Nokia Developers just went live with my interview about Nokia development, Flash Lite and 10x10 Mobile. Thanks to Alessandro for the opportunity! Take a look.
Serge Jespers just published Package Assistant Pro for Mac/Windows. Package Assistant Pro is an easy-to-use tool that help you with package native installers for AIR 2 and APK files for AIR on Android and eliminates the need to use the command line.
A few months ago I released an early version of my Package Assistant application. The application made it easier to compile native installers for AIR 2. While it was a lot easier to use compared to using the command line the application wasn’t very user friendly. A few weeks ago I started working on a brand new version and I think you will like it!
(via Mark) - With CS5 now available the EMEA Evangelism team have scheduled a series of E-Seminars covering everything from design in Photoshop CS5 to development, and even deployment of your applications using the Flash Platform suite of tools.
The tools covered will include Flash Builder, Flash Professional, Flash Catalyst, Flex 4 and the Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2 runtimes. In my own session we’ll also be covering Device Central and some asset optimization guidelines for targeting mobile phones.
Read more from Mark or sign up here!
(via Alessandro) - The Forum Nokia Online Flash Lite Packager is back LIVE! This is a great news for Flash mobile developers since it proves that Nokia's interest for Flash technologies is still high.
The Forum Nokia Online Flash Lite Packager provides Flash developers with a simple and convenient way to package Flash Lite applications into SIS files for installation on Nokia S60 devices. By packaging Flash Lite content in this way, the application is installed as though it is a native Symbian application. The user can then run the application from an icon in the device's Applications menu. In addition, the packager will sign the SIS file with a developer's Symbian Publisher ID. Such signed files can then be Express Signed and submitted for publication in Ovi Store.
For more information, please read the Forum Nokia Online Flash Lite Packager Guide.
Another 2-session webinar scheduled from Forum Nokia about Building Video Apps with Nokia Web Runtime & Flash Lite. One of the speakers of the event is a friend, Kirk Ballou from Flash Widgets LLC:
In this webinar, Robert Burdick of Forum Nokia and Kirk Ballou of Flash Widgets LLC will show you how to build great video and multimedia based applications on Nokia smartphones with Nokia Web Runtime and Adobe Flash Lite. Starting with an overview of video format and codecs supported by the devices, you will quickly know which devices to target your applications to. Next, you'll learn the basics of doing video playback in Flash Lite via streaming or progressive download. Then you'll see how easy it is to combine your web programming skills with Flash Lite's multimedia capabilities to create great rich mobile Internet multimedia applications. You'll also see some great examples of polished, commercial applications that bring the mobile experience to life with video!
Building Video Apps with Nokia Web Runtime & Flash Lite EMEA
27 May: 2 p.m. London | 4 p.m. Helsinki
Building Video Apps with Nokia Web Runtime & Flash Lite AMERICAS
27 May: 11 a.m. San Francisco | 2 p.m. New York
Christian Cantrell demonstrates a Reversi game that runs on the desktop, in the browser, and on the iPad, iPhone, and on Android devices -- all using the exact same code base.
There's a new page on Forum Nokia showcasing latest Flash Lite tutorials created by Forum Nokia and Omega Mobile, made possible by funding from the Open Screen Project Fund.
Want to learn how to best take advantage of support for Adobe Flash Lite on Nokia devices? If so, these demonstration applications are a good place to start. These tutorials are designed to provide you with working code for key aspects of Flash Lite integration with the latest S60 devices from Nokia. You will find code for key tasks such as obtaining location information, sending an SMS message, and many more.
Read the full article and download source code here.
The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on Thursday April 15th at 12 PM EST (check your time). Speaker for this eSeminar is Matt Pollitt from digital agency ustwo™. He will talk about the company ustwo and the mobile projects they are working on.
Topics: ustwo™
When: Thursday April 15th at 12 PM EST
eSeminar link: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/ustwo/
Speaker: Matt Pollitt
Matt will talk about ustwo™ Flash Lite mobile projects (for example: b@tv), their distribution, performance issues and results. You don't want to miss! More info here.
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