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Flash Lite … is RIM missing a competitive edge over the Apple?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Recent announcements over the past few months with Apple’s iPhone confirmed that it’s Apple’s intent to go after market share in business enterprise.
Given, that RIM (Research In Motion) accounts for a large percentage of mobile devices in the hands of professionals (and also a side note: the recent Microsoft announcement about licensing Flash Lite 3). [...]

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iPhone’s Touch Screen explained

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

If you ever wanted to know how a touchscreen works on a low-level, and how specifically the iPhone pulls off some of its mojo, this is a pretty cool link …
Check out: How the iPhone Touch Screen Works
Of course, the beauty of a great touchscreen, is that … much like the mechanics of car, [...]

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LG does ‘Watch Phones’ with Flash Lite User Interfaces

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I caught this a while back when it was debut at CES 2008, and was thinking it might be Flash Lite … but I wasn’t 100% sure.
Well, recently, I caught a photo from Matt S. (Adobe) (MWC 2008) which indicated they were. Not that I believe everything I read … but even if it’s [...]

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LG Prada sold more than 700,000 units in 2007

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

I was just reading that the LG Prada sold more than 700,000 units last year (according to ME Magazine).
In case you weren’t aware, this is one of many devices sporting Flash Lite user interfaces in the market today.
Given the device’s simplicity … one of it’s key selling points … an intuitive touchscreen based mobile [...]

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Anup Muraka on Flash Mobile - Interview from Mobile World Congress 2008

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Here’s an interview from Anup (Director, Technical Marketing - Mobile and Devices at Adobe Systems Inc.) from Mobile World Congress 2008 speaking about the Flash platform in terms of mobile.
In it he makes it pretty clear what Adobe’s position is on Flash on the iPhone is (if you’re not already keen on how Adobe licenses [...]

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Psst, did you know Flash runs on millions of devices, ALREADY?

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Actually, it’s no secret! Check out the numbers on penetration rate.
But seriously, I’ve been following the commentary following a certain special (albeit, lonely) mobile device called the “iPhone” … surely, you’ve heard of it by now? … well, with it being so near and dear to many hearts here in the U.S. market (and [...]

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Opera Mobile 9.5 supports Flash Lite 3 web browsing

Monday, February 11th, 2008

One announcement (out of thousands) coming out of Mobile World Congress 2008 this week is that Opera Mobile 9.5 slated for release soon.
You can read the release here.

Flash Lite 3 support
Among many of it’s new features (speed, opera widgets, etc) … one thing that is note worthy from a Flash (Mobile) perspective is that OEM’s/operators [...]

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Ogilvy interview from the Adobe Mobile Podcast Series

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

I was just catching up watching the Ogilvy Singapore interview that was put up on the Adobe Mobile Podcast Series (John Agger’s (Adobe MAD) project).
In it, Mark Seeger and Mark Taylor (from Ogilvy) talk about the Flash Lite based mobile personal assistant that was created last year for their client and how Adobe mobile products [...]

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Presenting Data and Information by Edward Tufte in Boston (March 2008)

Friday, February 1st, 2008

There are one day seminars in Boston scheduled for March (3rd, 4th, and 5th) from Edward Tufte.
For more, just check out the site. Here is basic info and logistics (subject to change, so check out the site):

Who is he?

“Edward Tufte has written seven books, including Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, [...]

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NTT DoCoMo FOMA SH905i - Flash Lite 3 keitai

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Judging from the rotating banner over at flashdevices.net … I would say it’s safe to say guess that a certain special someone has a Flash Lite 3 enabled device (the FOMA Sh905i) from NTT DoCoMo (Japan).
This device and other keitai in this series are Symbian OS based.
There are some clips on youtube from a user [...]

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