Via Moconews, during CTIA, Verizon Wireless announced that more Flash Lite games are available for download from Mobitween and Smashing Ideas.
Here are the press released:
Mobitween release
Smashing Ideas release
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Via Moconews.net, Mobitween is acquired by Zed.
“Zed says Java and Brew, on which most mobile games are built, “require significant resource to port each game or application to a growing number of mobile handsets” but that Flash Lite “will become a prevailing technology platform for games for handheld devices as it has established itself as [...]
Via Bill, several new phones have been added to the list of supported Verizon Wireless phones. Download the updated Flash Lite supported devices spreadsheet.
LG VX5300 (added)
LG VX8700 (added)
LG VX8350 (added)
LG VX9400 (added)
Motorola RAZR V9m (added)
Samsung SCH-U740 (added)
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Scott posted a video of Verizon Dashboard service, Adobe FlashCast on an LG Chocolate 3.
Check it out !
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Via Bill, Verizon FlashCast service Dashboard has launched !
Here some channels currently available that users can add:
News
Business
Comedy Central
Community
Entertainment
ESPN
Fox Sports
Games
IGN Network
MTV News
Music
News
Sports
Weather
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Bill posted an updated version of his list of Flash Lite enabled handsets.
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Another great video showing demos of a great research project: NeuScreen, MultiTouch Screen Engine using Nokia N95
“Today I come to show you my new research project I just finished developing yesterday. It’s called NeuScreen, a multitouch screen engine using Nokia N95. No more any other computer need. Sound similar to NeuTouch? Yes, but this project [...]
Via Fiercewireless, Flash Lite gaming portal Mobigamz released on Verizon.
“This is a tremendous opportunity for Mobitween to release its exciting assortment of Flash-based mobile entertainment. We are very excited and proud to be offering Mobigamz through Verizon Wireless – which has proven itself to be an innovator in the wireless market,” said Marc Alloul, Mobitween’s [...]
Via Fiercewireless, Flash Lite games, Qwikies, from AddictingGames released on Verizon
“We are excited about expanding our relationship with Verizon Wireless to continue delivering the great content available on AddictingGames to millions of mobile customers,” said Dave Williams, senior vice president of Shockwave and AddictingGames. “With more than 75 percent of our audience gaming online, Qwikies [...]
Via Bill, Qualcomm and Adobe announced that the BREW Mobile Platform will be integrated with Adobe Flash technology.
Another great news and an interesting one too!!
“The differences between the Flash Lite extension model and the BREW Mobile Platform are:
Adobe Flash technology will be directly integrated into the platform, meaning no per/device per/carrier certification will be required
BREW [...]
Adobe today announced the Open Screen Project, supported by a group of industry leaders.
“The Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime environment — taking advantage of Adobe® Flash® Player and, in the future, Adobe AIRâ„¢ — that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops [...]
Via Bill, statistics about the number of Flash Lite handsets in 6 countries. Here is the doc.
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Via Bill, FlashCast on Verizon launching mid 2008: Dashboard
“There is now more details available about Dashboard, the tools for creating and testing channel content and how to contact Verizon Wireless about getting started. Once a developer is accepted by Verizon Wireless to participate in the Dashboard program, they will then receive access to our new [...]
Via Bill, there are now 500 millions Flash Lite enabled devices. This is pretty cool. Also around 90% are Flash Lite enabled phones (my guess!) so is great to see this constant growth.
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Mobigamz, Flash Lite games, from Mobitween as been released on Verizon.
“Mobigamz mini casual games are designed for your enjoyment. From one keystroke games like “Turn Left” to true platform games like “Froggy’s way” you will find a cool and intuitive way to be entertained. Mobigamz is updated frequently, check the “what’s new” section very often! [...]
Bill updated his pdf with the list of Flash Lite enabled phones. Here is the number of handsets per OEM: Nokia (73), Sony Ericsson (63), Verizon Wireless (13), NTT DoCoMo (134), KDDI (101), and Softbank (48)
Any chance to get the LG and Samsung mobile phones in the list?
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Bill, updated his Flash Lite enabled handsets spreadsheet.
Latest stats: Nokia = 67 devices, Sony Ericsson = 57 devices, BREW = 13 devices.
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According to this article on CNet, Nokia will launch 6 to 12 new handsets for the North American market in 2008. This is a pretty cool news.
“Its biggest customers in the region are U.S. market leader AT&T and fourth-ranked T-Mobile USA, owned by Deutsche Telekom. Both run networks based on GSM, the wireless technology Nokia [...]
