Sony Ericsson has published new optimization updates for Flash Lite 2.
“Sony Ericsson’s Adobe® Flash Lite™ 2.0 Developers’ Guidelines now include an extensive appendix covering optimization guidelines and an accompanying movie clip useful for monitoring free memory levels during application testing.
Adobe Flash Lite 2.0 is supported by Sony Ericsson’s Java™ Platform 8 (JP-8) phone family, [...]

On October 10th, Forum Nokia will be holding a Flash Lite Technology Day here in Boston (at the Nokia Research Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts to be exact).
Event Overview:

What: Flash Lite Technology Day in Boston
When: October 10th, 2008 (9am - 5pm)
Where: Nokia Research Center (NRC),
3 Cambridge Center,
Cambridge, MA 02142
Cost: It’s FREE.
Forum Nokia invites all developers [...]

Just a reminder that the Adobe e-seminar: Flash Lite + Java ME, Project Capuchin is tomorrow (August 28, 2008 9:00 PST).
Details are below:

“Join a one-hour online seminar and learn how Project Capuchin is empowering Flash Lite and Java ME developers to leverage their respective expertise to quickly and securely create highly engaging mobile content.
Flash [...]

Two new things of note with Janus recently:
1. Version 2.1.2 is out (and the Symbian version is free).

2. Janus for Symbian Engine has been open sourced!
From the sourceforge project:
“Janus Symbian Engine is a local http server (for Flash Lite) for Smartphones (S60), which allows developers to create engaging Flash Lite applications. It allows you [...]

Bill Perry (Adobe) shared some news today about the new upcoming Photoshop.com Mobile Beta service that is scheduled to launch sometime later this year (as early as September 2008) in the US market.

Photoshop.com Mobile BETA
The application/client (which is Flash Lite) will allow users to upload, view, and share photos directly from a supported mobile devices [...]

Via embeddedflash.com and topiphonenews, seems Apple has filed a patent for: “Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Determining Commands by Applying Heuristics”.
“United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just released a large document detailing “Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Determining Commands by Applying Heuristics”. There are lots [...]

GetJar is one, of several, global, go-to-market paths for Flash Lite content across many devices.
LONDON, August 19 /PRNewswire/ –
- GetJar Passes 300 Million Mobile Application Downloads
GetJar, the world’s biggest mobile applications portal, has surpassed 300 million downloads, establishing it as the website of choice for the 3 billion mobile phone users across the world who [...]

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 [...]

I wanted to mention a few quality wordpress plugins I’ve come across that help users access your blog from various MID’s (Mobile Internet Devices).
Here they are:
  • Wordpress (Generic) Mobile Plugin - wordpressmobile.mobi
  • WPTouch iPhone Theme for Wordpress (iPhone or iPhone Touch)
  • Winksite - DS Lite/PSP (Ultimate Gamer’s Pack)
I’m sure [...]

Mobile Web Design
Via Mariam, she came across an article that discusses designing websites for mobile devices.
It includes some talk about usability guidelines on mobile and offers code examples to explore.
Mobile Stencil Awesome-ness
There is also a download to a Yahoo Mobile Stencil collection for wire framing and paper prototyping applications:
Download:
Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit version [...]