This is one of many screen saver ideas I came up for Flash on Tap 2008 (BTW: FOT happens in Boston, October 7-9 this year).

“2 Beers are better than 1″ - Flash Lite 2.x screen saver
I’ll make it a downloadable before the conference in October, along with an interactive mobile (beer) guide for the [...]

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 [...]

Native Flash Video playback is a feature of Flash Lite 3.x for devices and, yes, there is support for both (FP 8-VP6 and FP 7-Spark codecs within Flash video for Flash Lite 3 devices supporting it.
Thus (if hadn’t already guessed), you can create your own video players (youtube player, etc) and/or tie into other online [...]

It occurred to me the other day, that not everyone understands the definition of “nth screen technology” (when it comes to mobile and devices).
Here is a “typical” breakdown of screen evolution (a Westerner’s take):
1st Screen - Film
2nd Screen - TV
3rd Screen - PC and Internet *
4th Screen - Mobile and Devices
However, depending on your region [...]

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 [...]

Rob posted the 1st recorded Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group Podcast (BMaDUG) meeting over on his blog.

iTunes
  • Subscribe to the Podcast
(Note: We’ll probably do a follow up - Episode #2 soon)
Listen to it, here, inline:
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Download it:
  • BAMaDUG - episode #1 (=~ 35 MB)
Summary:
(As usual) [...]

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 [...]

Attention: For those playing … don’t worry, I’m not posting any “spoilers” here! (Well, I don’t think so!)
A while back Nokia launched an interesting site called: openatownrisk.com
What’s going on? - “Hundreds of years ago, scientists, artists and members of Royal families gathered to produce a clip of grand weirdness.
A clip stranger and more amazing [...]