Giorgio, Alessandro and me worked toghether to bring new life and energy in one of the oldest community related to mobile in Italy (mobile.actionscript.it). The result is MobileRevamp.org.
The aim of this community is to share as much as possible information related to the mobile design and development using all the social networks and the new capabilities of the NET to make easier find updated contents and to create a deep feeling of connection between developers.
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(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!
Couple days ago Adobe announced Creative Suite 5, the next evolution of Adobe products. It will be available on April 30th and will include many great features for mobile developers, from the iPhone packager in Flash CS5 to the new Device Central (including geolocation, HTML rendering, multitouch, accelerometer and many other powerful features).
This happens just after Apple unveiled both its iPhone OS 4.0 and its new iAd mobile advertising effort but most importantly excluding de-facto Flash developer to publish their iPhone packaged app on the Apple AppStore. Sad but true.
Flash Player 10.1 will become available in the first half of 2010 and Mark Doherty just published more details about flash Player 10.1 installation and update process.
One of the most important parts of our work with our Open Screen Project OEM partners is to enable the seamless discovery, installation and update of Flash Player 10.1 on device platforms. I know that some have asked questions on this, and so I’m glad to bring you some responses, if a little late.
Read the full post here.
(via Adobe) - Couple days ago at Mobile World Congress 2010, Adobe made a couple of exciting announcements: advancements to the Adobe Flash Platform including unveiling AIR on mobile devices and Adobe joins LiMo Foundation to bring Flash Platform to the LiMo Platform.
Adobe unveiled AIR running on Android OS. Expected to ship later this year, AIR for Android takes advantage of mobile features from Flash Player 10.1 and is optimized for mobile screens. Developers can use Flash Professional to build apps for the iPhone and deliver those same apps to other platforms on AIR, including Android. [...]
Read more here.
A couple of new articles were published recently on Adobe Developer Connection: Design tips for creating mobile RIAs and Delivering video for Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices.
Design tips for creating mobile RIAs. Mobile-specific websites (mobile RIAs) can be built with various combinations of HTML, JavaScript, or Adobe Flash technology. This article focuses on exploring some of the design opportunities offered by such websites.
Delivering video for Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices. From providing engaging experiences through rich Internet applications to delivering video, Adobe Flash has revolutionized the way we interact with rich media content on the web. More than 75% of all online video depends on Flash technology. Now that Adobe is bringing Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to mobile devices, you can ensure that all this great content can reach users across devices by taking note of recommendations from this article.
(via Mark) - Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, given the huge investments with the Open Screen Project, will be Adobe's most important event in the mobile calendar. There will be a lot of interest for the launch of Flash Player 10.1 and iPhone native apps with Flash and Adobe AIR®. For this reason Adobe is giving away upon request complimentary passes to the Mobile World Congress exhibition halls. The free passes are limited to two per company on a first-come, first-served basis. Send an email to mwcstaff@adobe.com with your name, company name, and email address.
Join us at Mobile World Congress 2010, where Adobe and partners of the Open Screen Project will preview some of the innovations enabled by the Adobe® Flash® Player runtime for smartphones, smartbooks, and netbooks running popular entertainment, gaming, and video websites. In 2010, more devices will come to market supporting Adobe Flash Player and a new class of application known as "contextual applications." Experience firsthand contextual applications from leading brands that adapt presentation and performance to different application contexts — including various operating systems, platforms, and devices — and user personalization.
Read more here.
Here it is, another great video tutorial from Dale added to the Developing with Flash Lite series: Adobe Device Central CS5 Sneak Peek.
Device Central is going through some significant changes and improvements to cater for a Flash Platform that is maturing and growing across multiple screens. In this episode, we take a look at an early pre-release version of Device Central CS5 and some of the new features particularly around Device Profiles.
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