Adobe at Mobile World Congress

Adobe has some big announcements today. Among them is Palm supporting Flash 10!

Here are the highlights:

• Flash shipped on 1 Billion devices (cummulative): Flash Lite shipped on 40% of all new handsets in 2008
• Public beta of the Distributable Player solution – the ability to distribute mobile apps with the latest Flash Lite runtime
• Launch of m.adobe.com with leading content providers
• The Flash Lite Developer Challenge – a contest with cash prizes totaling $100,000
  http://flashlitedeveloperchallenge.com/
  
• The Open Screen Project Fund – a $10 Million market development fund open to developers worldwide
• Palm joins the Open Screen Project - “Palm joins the Open Screen Project and intends to ship Flash 10 on devices”

You can find more details here directly from Mark Doherty (Flash Platform Evangelist at Adobe Systems):
http://flashmobileblog.com/2009/02/16/adobe-at-the-mobile-world-congress-2009/

Upcoming eSeminar: GetJar Flash Lite content distribution

eSeminar: GetJar and their Flash Lite content distribution solution

The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is hosting an eSeminar on January 29th: GetJar and their Flash Lite content distribution solution.

The Dallas Mobile and Devices group has been invited to participate in this online event as well. If you want to be on the mailing list either email me: kirk.ballou@flash-widgets.com or join our Mobile and Devices group on Facebook group: Click here

Kirk

Twitter follower widget for your blogs.

I know this is not Flash related but anyone that uses Twitter. This is a cool widget for your blog to show how many people are currently following you and recruit new folks:

Tweet stats Just replace username with your twitter id in the URL.

Teaser: Flash Lite GPS with Touch UI on Windows Mobile

Here is what my team at Teleca and I have been working on a Flash Lite GPS app tapping into Google maps. This allows the user to save their current location (in case you are at a restaurant you like but do not have the address), also view local theaters, hotels, etc. Someone from Teleca will be demoing this @ Adobe Max.

This could essentially work on any platform that supports flash lite and has GPS. There is back end work involved in accessing GPS coordinates this currently works on Windows Mobile. We have it running on a AT&T Tilt and Moto Q9.

Eventually I want to add more features (Messaging, Jogging, Turn-by-Turn) plenty of possibilities.