The Flash Mobile Show


Speaking @ “Flash on Tap” in Boston

July 3rd, 2008 by Scott Janousek

This October, I will be speaking at year’s first Flash on Tap conference here in Boston.

From the conference name, I think you can gather what some of the conference agenda entails … but in case not, here you go:

“The Flash on Tap conference is burring the lines between business and pleasure. Experience the excitement of a beer festival while soaking in presentations by top tier design and technology professionals. It’s a three-day event, by Flash professionals, for Flash professionals.”

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Nokia & Symbian Deal announced - Symbian Foundation formed

July 2nd, 2008 by Scott Janousek

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Kind of old news this past week, but: “Mobile leaders to unify the Symbian software platform and set the future of mobile free” … but I wanted to post about the deal that was announced not too long ago … because it will be very important to the evolving mobile device platform playing field (IMHO).

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b.Tween and EyeGT explained

July 1st, 2008 by Scott Janousek

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Barefootsoft posted about their products (b.Tween and EyeGT) on a blog and how they work (to some degree).

” … Just a few lines to clarify that it is NOT a Flash Player (Lite or otherwise), but rather a sets of tools, a graphical engine (eyeGT) and a framework (b.Tween) that extract, rework, and optimize the Flash application, turning it into a fully native and compilable Objective-C/C++ application that doesn’t require any runtime, thus complying with the iPhone SDK requirements.

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Flash content ported to iPhone (via 3rd party b.Tween framework and EyeGT technology)

June 30th, 2008 by Scott Janousek

I just read via Peter Elst that Thomas Joos (mobile guide “extraordinaire”) used a framework called b.Tween framework (currently betaware) that is part of EyeGT technology, created by a company called barefootsoft to port and run his original Flash mobile guide on the iPhone (quite a mouth full, eh?)

“eyeGT is the most comprehensive graphics and multimedia toolkit that combines an antialiasing vector animation and rendering engine with extensive texturing support and a multi channel synchronized sound system. eyeGT provides all this in a compact code base that interfaces to applications via an extended set of methods and functions (API). The API controls every aspect of eyeGT, allowing for the finest and most detailed customizations without reinventing and changing the structure of your existing code.”

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Flash Enabled Handset spreadsheet had been updated

June 27th, 2008 by Scott Janousek

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Bill updated his ongoing Flash Enabled Handset spreadsheet (PDF).

Current #’s of Flash enabled handsets as of June 25, 2008 are:

85 Nokia
71 Sony Ericsson
13 Verizon
149 NTT DoCoMo
110 KDDI
and 60 Softbank handsets.

All the info is in the PDF.

Report all discrepancies and updates to Bill via his blog.

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ECINA Wireless Special Interest Group (SIG) Seminar, June 26

June 25th, 2008 by Scott Janousek

This upcoming wireless event came into my inbox:

Event: ECINA Wireless Special Interest Group (SIG) Seminar
Date: June 26, 2008

Topics:

1. Wireless Sensor Network: Promises and Challenges
2. Navigate the Mobile Ecosystem

Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm, Thursday, June 26, 2008
Location: Foley Hoag LLP, 1000 Winter St, North Entrance, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA

Wireless Sensor Networks, the epitome of a pervasive technology, are shaping many activities in our society with an endless array of potential applications, ranging from building automation and homeland security to manufacturing, robotics and healthcare. NECINA Wireless SIG is proud to invite Professor Yannis Paschalidis, Academic Director of the Sensor Network Consortium, to give a presentation on the Promises and Challenges of Wireless Sensor Networks.

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Adobe MAX 2008 NA sessions and info available

June 25th, 2008 by Scott Janousek

Via MAX blog, (some of) the Adobe MAX 2008 NA session info is now available.

In terms of Flash Mobile, there appears to be a small track, including the following sessions (subject to change, a wee-bit):

Adobe Roadmap: Video
Learn about Adobe’s product roadmap for video and discuss Adobe’s vision so that together we can forge a new future in video technology.

Building and Showcasing Mobile Applications
Discover how a leading web and design agency has successfully added mobile to its portfolio. You’ll get a sneak peak into the development process and the agency’s adoption of Adobe mobile technologies.

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Adobe Flash Lite and Nokia WRT (Web Runtime) APAC session

June 25th, 2008 by Scott Janousek

Dale is giving his Adobe Flash Lite and Nokia WRT (Web Runtime) APAC session right now (12am EST).

You can check it out here.

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Design for Mobile 2008 Conference (Sept 22-24, 2008)

June 23rd, 2008 by Scott Janousek

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On September 22-24, 2008 “Design for Mobile” Conference (D4M) is taking place in Lawrence, Kansas.

This appears to be a new conference sponsored by Little Springs Design.

Here is a little about this mobile conference:

“Design For Mobile will be the first North American mobile user experience conference. This will be a two-day conference focused on strategy and tactics for user research, product definition, interaction and other design, and usability testing. A day of workshops preceeds the conference sessions.”

Looks like there are dozen or so speakers on the final roster.

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Shantanu Narayen is the keynote speaker @ CTIA Wireless 2008

June 22nd, 2008 by Scott Janousek

I noticed Shantanu Narayen (President and CEO, Adobe Systems Incorporated) is giving the keynote at CTIA Wireless I.T & Entertainment 2008 in September. Pretty cool!

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