I was looking to create a Web RunTime and Flash Lite 2 demo to investigate this new technology from Nokia. So I created a Web RunTime and Flash Lite 2 MOSH application to browse the RSS feed of MOSH for the various categories. The application is still work in progress especially on the integration with WRT and navigation.
I used the W’d-get-it for Flash Lite tool from Samir, couple of things did not work but they will be fixed soon. The tool is very simple to use and it’s a great addition to the work flow.
Once the mosh.wgz package was created I tested on the
Nokia S60 3rd Edition FP2 Beta SDK which supports the
Web RunTime but not Flash Lite 2. So you can test installation and
Web RunTime related things.
I also setup a MIME for my webserver to download the WRT MOSH application from a mobile site for download and installation and it worked fine (application/x-nokia-widgets wgz).To test both
WRT and
Flash Lite part of the
MOSH application I used the
Remote Device Access free service from
Forum Nokia, which has several N-Series mobile phones with a special build of the
WRT. I tested on a Nokia N95 8GB. So you can test everything you need both from the
WRT and
Flash Lite 2 point of view.
So the application has the following categories from MOSH:
- Audio
- Graphics
- Applications
- Games
- Video
- Users
By selecting one of the categories an rss feed is loaded. By selecting one of the items in the list it will bring the user to the
MOSH item mobile web page where you can download the content.
I tried to investigate if it was possible to begin the download process from the application but the naming convention is not consistent a it defeat the purpose.Also
MOSH hosts videos and links to Flash Video can be build, still the naming convention did not help. But that’s was my first intent to view videos directly on the application. Remember that the
Web RunTime and
Flash Lite 3 will be part of Nokia S60 3rd Edition FP2 mobile phones shipping first quarter 2008.
Couple of comments: the navigation of Flash Lite content within the WRT is similar to the web, so some thoughts about usability must be taken into account. The soft buttons seems not to be accessible to Flash Lite, still need more testing. Packing is interesting and very simple, need to test DRM and WRT.
Also some interesting tests could be to integrate SWX, Flash Lite and WRT.
Here is a video of the application tested on my Nokia N82.
Alessandro
tags: Web RunTime, Flash Lite 2, Flash Lite 3, Remote Device Access, MOSH, Nokia, Forum Nokia, Flash Video, Nokia N95, Nokia N82, N95, N82mobile, biskero
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December 29th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Hi Alessandro,
Thanks a lot to pointing out the issues .
I have made changes to the tool and have uploaded it to http://www.mobilewish.com/wd-get-it-1_0_1_beta.zip
Please let me know your feedback if the fixed version is working fine.
With best regards
Samir
December 31st, 2007 at 5:26 am
Thanks Samir, it works fine for me.
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:11 pm
This looks great. Did you actually publish it on MOSH so that it can be downloaded? If so, can you tell me where?
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Ciao Jennifer,
I did not publish it on MOSH. I am looking into it since it use logos and such from MOSH there will be some legal things that need to be look at.
For now it’s a demo, need to fix few things and make it a bit better since I spent about 2 hours doing it. Also I am looking at doing a FL3 version. Will keep you posted.
Are you a FL developer?
Alessandro
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
[...] Following today news of the Nokia N95 8GB firmware upgrade which adds Flash Lite 3 support, I extended my MOSH demo for WRT and Flash Lite 3. So here is a video showing the MOSH Flash Lite 3 demo, showcasing Flash Video. [...]
January 15th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Appena lo pubblichi fammi un fischio!.
January 15th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Ciao,
ok, let’s see if it is possible!
Alessandro