It was a great experience going to the conference and speak for the first time in Italian since the 1900th … Got mixed up between Italian and English but hopefully I made it through ! For anyone who attend my presentation thanks again and please ping me if you have any questions.

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“As mobile devices, platforms, and app stores proliferate, it’s more important than ever to have the latest device information at your fingertips. Adobe Fireworks CS5 is integrated with Adobe Device Central CS5, enabling you to leverage handset data and work more productively from inception to final launch of your mobile project.”

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“Test embedded SWF or FLV and HTML-based content with built-in WebKit support and integration with Dreamweaver. Emulate server requests and inspect Flash Player memory consumption to adapt network performance to the mobile context.”

“Simulate inputs like location and movement to test response on supported devices. Take advantage of the physical features of mobile devices with a new set of Adobe device APIs such as geolocation, accelerometer, and multitouch”

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• Flash Player 10.1: Rich media experiences go mobile
• Design tips for creating mobile RIAs
• Delivering video for Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices
• Authoring mobile Flash content for multiple screen sizes
• Optimizing mobile content for the Adobe Flash Platform

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Adobe Device Central CS5 Sneak Peek from Adobe Flash Lite on Vimeo.

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So for the future the only standalone option would be Air Mobile (beside Flash on iPhone)?

I think is important to clarify these information.

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Browsing the Forum Nokia discussion forums I found out that Mark as mentioned a solution to this problem.

1. fscommand2(”FullScreen”, true); in frame 1
2. Open a connection to your web server
3. In the onLoad function call fscommand2(”FullScreen”, true);

I tested on the S40 6th Edition SDK with Flash Lite 3.0 and it seems to work fine. I will try to test on other SDKs.

Can someone test it on real S40 devices?

Note: maybe Device Central should simulate this behavior?

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• Speaker: Mark Doherty from Adobe
• Topic: Flash Mobile development opportunities on different platforms and new tools
• eSeminar link: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/flashmobile/

More infos here: http://www.flashmobilegroup.org/?p=215

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“We will be having the Device Central team over to talk about the new version, and give a sneak peek at some of the new features that will be available to you in the upcoming version. You will also get a chance to ask questions, give feedback and talk about feature you would like to see available.

Mark Doherty will be giving a demo of the new work flow for developing iPhone applications, using the flash IDE that was announced at MAX this year, as well as going over some of the new developments we will be seeing for the mobile space in upcoming versions of the Adobe software.”

Check here for more details and RSVP.

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• Nokia 5530 XpressMusic
• Nokia 5630 XpressMusic
• Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Flash Lite 3.1
• Nokia E52
• Nokia N86 8MP
• Nokia N97
• Samsung I8910 HD

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• #fitc
• #fitcmobile

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Last moment addition, Dale provided 2 Device Central CS 4 traning DVD from Lynda.com up for raffle!! So 2 people will have the chance to win a copy, to win you must be a member of the Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group.

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

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This past week was great! I met again great friends from all around the world, some from other planets, and made new ones. Put faces to emails, blogs and mobile content!!

As other speakers noted the sessions dedicated to Flash Lite were very well attended. There were very few Flash Lite developers/designers (we count it 1 or 2 per session), 2 or 3 mobile developers and the rest coming from web/design world. Which is good and at the same time they will need a lot of “mobile education” !! If you are one of those people without mobile experience I would suggest you to do the Flash Lite training.

From Adobe Mobile side we got several great news:

• Flash Lite distributable player: “The Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player is the first runtime provided by Adobe to developers for over-the-air distribution together with applications. Flash Lite 3.1 has the same functionalities as Flash Lite 3.0, such as support for Flash Player compatible video, with some enhancements including improved security model for SWF file access.”
• Adobe Mobile Packager: “The Adobe Mobile Packager is a desktop application to combine SWFs, a player version checker, an icon, and metadata into one installable file for user-friendly discovery on S60 and Windows Mobile devices. The resulting output file is recognizable by Symbian (.SIS) and Windows Mobile (.CAB) operating systems.”
• Adobe AppZone: “Adobe AppZone is the on-device catalog where consumers can discover Flash Lite applications from a Featured Application category and from aggregator partners, such as Thumbplay and Zed. Consumers can browse and launch downloaded Flash Lite apps in a visual and user-friendly way.”

You get started by:

• Apply to the private beta
• Watch the video tutorials

Mobile content distribution options: “The distributable player solution provides new distribution opportunities, including direct-to-consumer and off-deck (or off-portal) options through aggregators for both free and paid content. Expose your application through Adobe AppZone and benefit from the marketing reach and billing services provided by new off-deck aggregator partners such as Thumbplay and Zed.”

• Thumbplay
• Zed

I got to speak to Philippe from Zed and they are working hard to create a valuable content distribution opportunity for Flash Lite developers.

For developers and designer there are a couple of updates for Adobe CS4 that you need to download:

• Flash Lite 3.1 for Adobe Device Central
• Adobe Device Central 2.1 and Flash Lite 3.1

The distributable player (OTA) download) will be available for a number of handsets in 3 countries, US, Spain and Italy. This make sense since now Adobe needs to certify the Flash Lite player for each device and each country. Also the decision is based on the content aggregators pick and the number of people using these devices for accessing the internet with their mobile phones. A very important point here, people will need a data plan to be able to download the player so the decisions that Adobe made are based on several factors. They will roll out more devices in more countries after the initial launch. So be patient !!

Note: the OTA Flash Lite player will be installed in parallel to an existing one (if there is one) and will not replace it.

Also I got to follow most of the sessions on mobile and listen Nokia and Sony Ericsson showcasing their services API to access the sensors, GPS, contacts, calendar and so on from their phones. This looks a promising capability for Flash Lite developer for high end phone development.

The Mobile Summit was great event with presentations from Adobe, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Verizon, Thumbplay, Zed. We had the opportunity to see what they are working on and listen for content distribution opportunity by the 2 content aggregators.

But the blast for the Flash Lite community was the Mobile Networking Event. We had the opportunity to present our projects (12 in total) in front of many people at a bar with free drinks (so  imagine the noise!!). A big thank goes to Suzanne from Adobe for organizing the event, it was the best event for the Flash Lite community ever !! Check the pictures here.

Guess who got the sign? !!

Adobe MAX Awards in the Mobile category went to Design Assembly.

On other fronts there were also other announcements for mobile, Flash 10 running in the browser on 3 different platforms. Google working with Adobe to get Flash on their Android handsets, hopefully is not only the browser. Nitro is another project based on Air mobile and connect it to back-end services.

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PS. make sure you plan to attend next Adobe MAX 2009 in Los Angeles !!

PSS. I got two Sony Ericsson C905 which are Project Caphucin enabled.

PSSS. Last but not least we have an eSeminar tomorrow on Device Central CS4.

Here more information and the publishing settings for Flash Lite 3.1.

“The Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player is the first runtime provided by Adobe to developers for over-the-air distribution together with applications. Flash Lite 3.1 has the same functionalities as Flash Lite 3.0, such as support for Flash Player compatible video, with some enhancements including improved security model for SWF file access. Please note that at this time h.264 video is not supported. Adobe’s goal is always to provide the latest version of Flash Lite for over-the-air (OTA) download through the distributable player solution. Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player will work on supported S60 and Windows Mobile devices. The Distributable Player is integrated with Adobe AppZone.”

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In addition to some basics with working with Mobile and Device content in Device Central, Scott will cover the new features it offers, including:

• Online/Local Device Profiles
• Snapshots and Video Capture
• Automated Testing
• Mobile Projects
• Network Bandwidth Performance Panel
• Working with prebuilt Tasks and Custom Tasks (via the SDK)

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

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Here are the list of videos for Device Central.

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“The Adobe® Device Central Software Development Kit (SDK) allows you to create custom plug-ins that extend the tasks provided as part of Device Central’s project feature. The Device Central SDK is based on ExtendScript and XML.”

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