(Dr. Evil - Austin Powers, if you must know …)
ok, just kidding … it was Mark Doherty (Adobe MaD) who posted the Flash device penetration recent 2008/2009 stats … but isn’t he an evil genius just the same? (kidding, of course about the evil, part).
2008/2009 Flash Device Estimated Penetration Numbers

So with this latest report from [...]

The Adobe Mobile and Device team just launched their new Mobile Development Center for (BREW) Developers.
There is a good amount of new information to soak in for professionals interested in leveraging the BREW MP for their content and services.

Qualcomm launched their developer’s site recently, and part of that are their new initatives for Flash (that they were talking about earlier this year, if you were privy, and savvy enough to find the info).
Among those are the Adobe Mobile Client 1.1 that is part of the Brew MP.
Here is more info on [...]

Qualcomm recently launched a brand new BREW Mobile Platform Developer Network.

Of course, Flash is one of the platforms supported by the BREW “MP” (Mobile Platform).
For Flash (Mobile) Developers … this is essentially their version of “devnet” for the mobile community.
Looking good! Plus … there is some new exciting news, I will post about shortly, [...]

Adobe has just made the (Flash) Adobe Mobile and Devices CookBook BETA available (a joint O’reilly and Adobe initiative).
This on-going community driven initiative, like other O’reilly cookbooks, are basically coding “recipes”, tips and tricks, and best practices when developing for mobile and devices with Flash.
Some of us have seeded it with some content, but it [...]

Adobe updated Mobile and Device sessions over on the Adobe MAX site.
There’s still time to register for November!
Here are final sessions related to Flash Mobile and Devices:
Adobe Roadmap: Video
In this session, you’ll hear about Adobe’s product roadmap for video, the Adobe multiscreen strategy, and ways to deliver better video experiences with new tools, clients, [...]

According to Bill, Shantanu (Adobe, CEO) reported 800 million at his CTIA keynote in San Francisco this week (Sept 2008).
Yes, that’s 800,000,000, or more than 1/2 billion devices that have shipped to date. I imagine, look for a press release (perhaps) soon.
Earlier this year, Adobe had stated they were estimated to make 1 billion devices [...]

According to some updated data from Bill, there are now 19 mobile devices on the Verizon network which are BREW enabled and support Flash Lite (2.1) content.
So, 6 additional devices have been certified and extensions are now available).
Here they are:
 · LG VX5300 (added)
 · LG VX8700 (added)
 · LG VX8350 (added)
 · Motorola RAZR V9m (added)
 · Samsung SCH-U740 [...]

In this recorded session, Anup Murarka (Director Technical Marketing, Adobe Systems Incorporated) talks about the Adobe Open Screen Project at this years BREW 2008 conference, and in particular; what it means for Flash across Qualcomm’s mobile device platform.

For more information about the Adobe Open Screen Project, go here.

It took a bit of time; but Qualcomm put up there recorded sessions (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3) from the yearly BREW 2008 conference, recently.
Among many presentations, here are a few that are Flash Mobile related:
BIZ-201 - Open Screen Project
Anup Murarka, Director Technical Marketing, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Video, PDF [1.89MB]
BIZ-502 - When Social Network Meets [...]