Archive for the 'Japan' Category
Friday, August 14th, 2009
A book on Flash Lite from Japan.
It’s mostly Flash Lite 1.1 (i.e. Flash timeline based projects).
Interesting to note that a 1.1 book still has a market over there, even though we have advanced to 2.x, 3.x, and soon: Flash 10-like functionality across top tier devices.
Posted in Actionscript, DoCoMo, Flash Lite, Flash Lite 1.1, Flash Lite Clocks, Flash Lite Game, Flash Lite UI, Flash Lite application, Flash Lite wallpaper/screen saver, Japan, Mobile, Mobile Application, Mobile Content, Mobile Culture, Mobile Design, Mobile Developer, Mobile Games, Mobile Platform, Mobile User Interfaces, SoftBank, keitai | 
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
Nikkei Electronics was kind enough to send me a copy of the 12-1 issue of their Japanese Trade magazine that is popular over there.
In it there is a 4 page article on Chumby, where it talks about the history and evolution, as well as what is happening in Japan (and the rest of APAC) [...]
Posted in Chumby Industries, Chumby widgets, Consumer Electronic Device, Flash, Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3.0, Flash Lite 3.1, Flash Lite UI, Flash Lite widgets, Flash Mobile, Flash Mobile Developer, Japan, Nikkei Electronics, chumby | No Comments »
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
So … if you haven’t seen tweets, blog entries, youtube videos, or the localized chumby website … yes, looks like chumby is soon to be “turning Japanese”.
ok. Not quite. But, yes, in addition to U.S. market, they are rolling out chumby there too, which is cool … and makes a lot sense given the unique [...]
Posted in APAC, Chumby Industries, Chumby widgets, Consumer Electronic Device, Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3.0, Flash Lite Clocks, Flash Lite UI, Flash Lite application, Flash Lite widgets, Flash Mobile, Flash Mobile Developer, Japan, chumby, flashlite | 1 Comment »
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
KuneriLite launched a new plugin enabling Flash Lite animated ringtones to Nokia Series 60 devices.
Animated ringtones (or “Chaku-flash”) had been possible in Japan for quite a while on supported handsets (using Flash Lite), but KuneriLite has now made it possible on Nokia S60 devices as well.
“KuneriLite Ringtone plug-in can launch any SWF when voice [...]
Posted in Chaku Flash, Flash, Flash Lite, Flash Lite Extender, Flash Lite Framework, Flash Lite application, Flash Lite wallpaper/screen saver, Flash Mobile, Flash Mobile Developer, Handsets, Japan, Mobile, Mobile Application, Mobile Developer, Mobile OEM, Mobile ringtones, Nokia Series 60, S60, flashlite, keitai, kunerilite, nokia | No Comments »
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Via Bill, here is a recent article from Wireless Week on some of the things to be on the look out for in the future for Flash across Non-PC devices (Open Screen Project, Project Capuchin, etc).
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Mobile Client, Adobe OSP, Adobe Open Screen Project, Flash Cast, Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3.0, Flash Lite 3.1, Flash Lite Extender, Flash Lite Framework, Flash Lite UI, Flash Lite application, Flash Lite for BREW, Flash Mobile, Flash Mobile Developer, FlashCast, Handsets, Japan, Java ME, Mobile, Mobile Application, Mobile Developer, Mobile Device, Mobile OEM, Mobile Platform, Project Capuchin, Qualcomm, S40, S60, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, flashdevices.net, flashlite, iPhone, sony ericsson, www.flashdevices.net | No Comments »
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
If you missed the news yesterday, Verizon Wireless launched their Dashboard? service this past weekend (not to be confused with Apple’s Dashboards widgets).
What is Verizon Wireless Dashboard?
Dashboard creates an ecosystem for consuming, promoting and merchandising VZW’s multimedia content and services.
Dashboard was built on Adobe’s Flash Castâ„¢ platform and leverages their leadership in providing [...]
Posted in Adobe, Adobe CS3, Adobe Mobile AppBuilder, Adobe Mobile Client, Announcements, Chunghwa Telecom, Flash, Flash Cast, Flash Cast Channel, Flash Lite, Flash Lite 1.1, Flash Lite Framework, Flash Lite UI, Flash Lite application, Flash Mobile, Flash Mobile Developer, FlashCast, Handsets, Japan, MTV Networks, Mobile, Mobile Application, Mobile Content Distribution, Mobile Developer, Mobile Device, Mobile Push, Mobile User Interfaces, Mobile Web, Mobile Web 2.0, NTT DoCoMo, US, Verizon, Verizon Dashboard, Verizon Wireless, flashdevices.net, flashlite, i-Channel, user experience, www.flashdevices.net | 1 Comment »
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
D.C. (David Collier) of Pikkle in Japan was recently asking “What do developers want to know?” (over on his blog) for some upcoming articles for publication.
He is asking for feedback on some questions, not just from Japanese market, but also from the worldwide perspective from the global Flash Mobile community.
1) differences between US + [...]
Posted in Flash Lite, Flash Mobile, Flash Mobile Developer, Handsets, Japan, Mobile, Mobile Business, Mobile Content Distribution, Mobile Culture, Mobile Ecosystem, Mobile Games, Mobile Research, flashlite | No Comments »
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
D.C. (David Collier) from pikkle (Flash Lite company in Japan), posted about the new docomo 906 series being out in Japan, soon.
These devices have Flash Lite 3.0 and support multiple content types.
One content type that is new and of interest, is called “decome anime”.
Decome Anime allows Flash content to run inside a [...]
Posted in DoCoMo, Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3.0, Flash Lite UI, Flash Lite wallpaper/screen saver, Flash Mobile, Flash Mobile Developer, Japan, Mobile, Mobile Business, Mobile Culture, Mobile Life, Mobile OEM, Mobile Web, flashlite, keitai | 2 Comments »
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japanese cell phone users will test a new service that allows them to download fragrances, major telecommunications company NTT Communications Corp. said Monday.
A downloaded fragrance will be sent from a user’s cell phone to a base station that will emit the scent.
Twenty participants using “Mobile Fragrance Communications” can download files of [...]
Posted in DoCoMo, Handsets, Japan, Mobile, Mobile Culture, Mobile Life, NTT DoCoMo, keitai, www.flashdevices.net | No Comments »
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Brian Frank and Rhett Woods (both with Adobe Mobile and Devices team) both got interviewed by beet.tv and talk about the past, present, and Adobe’s vision of Flash across devices.
Here are the interviews:
Flash Player Debuts on U.S. Mobile Phones and Beet.TV has the Demo — Justin.tv and YouTube Look Great!
Adobe Flash on Phones [...]
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Flash Cast, Adobe Flash Home, EMEA, Flash Cast, Flash Lite, Flash Lite 1.1, Flash Lite 2.0, Flash Lite 2.1, Flash Lite 3.0, Flash Lite Channel Application, Flash Lite UI, Flash Lite application, Flash Lite for BREW, Flash Lite wallpaper/screen saver, Flash Mobile, Flash Mobile Developer, Flash Video, FlashCast, Handsets, Japan, LG, LG Prada, Mobile, Mobile Brand, Mobile Business, Mobile Content Distribution, Mobile Device, Mobile OEM, Mobile Platform, Mobile TV, Mobile User Interfaces, Mobile Video, Mobile Web, N95, NTT DoCoMo, Nokia Series 40, Nokia Series 60, US, Verizon, flashdevices.net, flashlite, keitai, nokia | No Comments »
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