So, 2009 is already upon us (Happy New Year to Singapore, India, Australia, and others!). Our 1st here on the East Coast (US) is coming up this very, very, snowy evening!
Anyways, I thought I’d post some quick highlights from 2008 (on a professional level). This is really off the top of my head, and [...]

There is a video explaining Flash Cast (with a concentration on Verizon Wireless Dashboard) over on the Adobe Mobile and Device Developer Center, for those just getting their feet wet.

Adobe Flash Cast is a rich offline portal solution that delivers engaging, branded mobile experiences across handsets and platforms. Adopted by leading operators like Verizon Wireless, [...]

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 [...]

Via Bill, some info about how LG is utilizing Flash Lite for UI across over 100 devices, and Adobe now has a case study about it.
“As Adobe Flash and Adobe Flash Lite have evolved into a complete application development platform, we are able to realize great opportunities in bringing our collective knowledge about the web [...]

Bill updated the Flash Mobile devices spreadsheet, and the total supported devices count across various handset OEMS are (according to Bill):
  • Nokia (Global) = 94 devices
  • Sony Ericsson (Global) = 75 devices
  • Verizon Wireless (US) = 19 devices
  • NTT DoCoMo (Japan) = 150 devices
  • KDDI (Japan) = 111 devices
  • [...]

I’m just back from Flash on the Beach 2008 (Brighton), and now Adobe MAX 2008 is not far away (November 16-19, actually).
In addition to the numerous mobile and device sessions this year at Adobe MAX 2008, there are several exciting (free) social events related to Mobile and Devices that you may be interested in attending:
MOBILE [...]

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, [...]

A little late, but there is FlashCast training (Verizon Dashboard centric) at Adobe this week for those willing to attend at the San Francisco office.
I believe today is a Flash Lite 1.1 one day session, and then the other two days focus specifically on FlashCast training.
Details:

Tuesday – Thursday, September 23-25, 2008
9:00 am – [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]