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Forum Nokia: A Winning Opportunity for Flash Developers

2009-04-21T17:31:35+03:00

Ciao,

just wanted to share some great initiatives for Flash Lite developerfrom Forum Nokia:

"Forum Nokia is offering to assist in improving content if submissions are made by the end of April."

A Winning Opportunity for Flash Developers

Do you develop Flash Lite applications for Nokia devices? If so, Forum Nokia has two funding opportunities that could be a real win-win for your efforts:

Open Screen Project Fund

- Premium placement of the winning application in Nokia’s Ovi Store, where consumers will find the best Flash applications for Nokia devices
- Paid travel to demo the winning entry at a Nokia-specified event
- Review by Nokia for possible preload of the application on future Nokia devices

Calling All Innovators contest

As an incentive for you to submit your Flash application to the Calling All Innovators contest, there is an additional cash prize of $10,000 USD for one winner that also received money from the Open Screen Project Fund.

Contest entries will be accepted until midnight (EST) on 30 June 2009.

Apply for funding from the Open Screen Project Fund »

Then submit your Flash Lite application to Calling All Innovators »

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OVI Store event in the valley: presentations available

2009-03-27T17:17:11+02:00

Last week there was the OVI Store event in the valley, and now presentation docs are available:

Thanks to Bill.

Alessandro

Webminar hosted by Forum Nokia looking at distribution, packaing and DRM for Flash Lite content.

2009-03-05T20:30:06+02:00

On March 17 and 18 there will be two Webminar hosted by Forum Nokia looking at distribution, packaing and DRM for Flash Lite content.

“Discovery, Distribution, DRM.
The three main problems facing any Flash Lite developer - have now been addressed. In this webinar Stephen Ellis and Riku Salminen present some exciting opportunities that can help open the door to 350 million Nokia devices that have Flash Lite already installed.

We will discuss the revenue and discovery model, showcase a new online packager and look at technical issues surrounding signing and DRM.

Join us to learn how to start making money using your Flash Skills - combined with Nokia platforms.”

Alessandro

eSeminar January 29th: GetJar and their Flash Lite content distribution solution

2009-01-14T05:59:43+02:00

The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is hosting an eSeminar on January 29th: GetJar and their Flash Lite content distribution solution.

Here are the eSeminar inforamtion, use the URL on the day of the eSeminar.

Name: GetJar and their Flash Lite content distribution solution
Start Time: January 29th 2009 12:00 PM EST (check your time)
URL: http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/getjar/

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to partecipate in discussion around Flash Lite technologies, get notify of furure eSeminars and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

Alessandro

Flash Lite distributable player OTA announced at the Adobe MAX 2008 conference.

2008-11-24T00:11:38+02:00

This week I was at the Adobe MAX 2008 conference as a speaker and there some great announcemnets for Flash Lite developers including the S60 platfrom.

A Flash Lite distributable player is in the works which will allow Flash Lite developers to distribute their content with the latest Flash Lite player delivered via OTA.

Here more information:

“The Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player is the first runtime provided by Adobe to developers for over-the-air distribution together with applications. Flash Lite 3.1 has the same functionalities as Flash Lite 3.0, such as support for Flash Player compatible video, with some enhancements including improved security model for SWF file access.”

Here is the list of the initial supported S60 devices:

Nokia N95
Nokia N95 8GB
Nokia E65
Nokia N81
Nokia N73
Nokia N78
Nokia 6120 classic

I made a post on my blog for more infos on Flash Lite.

Alessandro

Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group eSeminars October 30th: Kuneri presents SWFPack service

2008-10-24T02:58:09+03:00

The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on October 30th, 2008 at 10PM EST (check your local time). Ugur Kaner, CEO of Kuneri, will introduce their new online service SWFPack.

Here is the agenda of the presentation:

Kuneri in brief
Introduction to SWFPack
Short walk-through
Roadmap and plans
Dialog: How should it be?
Answers to questions

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

Alessandro

Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group eSeminar, IdeasLite success story

2008-09-06T02:58:50+03:00

The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on September 19th, 2008 at 12PM EST (check your local time). Policarpo Guerrero, CEO of Ideas Lite will provide information on MSCorp/Ideas Lite and their Flash Lite success stories.

Intro - who we are/what we do

An Apps sampler:

City Lite: An app that recreates PC browsing experience on mobile
Visual Lite - Castaway: An animated slideshow viewer.
Dynamic Contents: Getting creative with Wallpapers and Screensavers

Flash Lite market/business opportunities in LTA:

Latin American market Vs US market
Nokia Download! What is? How it looks like? How to get there?
Operators deck: WAP portals Digitel (Venezuela) and Comcel (Colombia)
D2C: Maxi Móvil (PSMS sales)

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

Alessandro

Forum Nokia: Boston Flash Lite Technology Day

2008-08-30T19:11:56+03:00

Forum Nokia will host a Boston Flash Lite Technology Day in Cambridge on October 10th. It is a one day free event from 9-5PM.

Here is the list of speakers:

Ganesh Sivaraman,Internet and Web 2.0 Business Development Manager, Forum Nokia
Robert Burdick, Senior Architect for Emerging Technologies, Forum Nokia
Bill Perry, Mobile and Devices Evangelist, Adobe
Alessandro Pace, Forum Nokia Champion
Scott Janousek, Forum Nokia Champion
Rob Toole, Fidelity Investments
Ira Hochman, Untravel Media

You can check the agenda and registration. If you are located in the Boston area this will be a great event to attend and learn more about Flash Lite technology, development and market opportunity.

Also if you are interested please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to eSeminars and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

Alessandro

Flash Lite eSeminars, knowing more about Adobe Flash Lite capabilities and features

2008-07-23T15:14:15+03:00

Almost all S40 and all S60 Nokia handsets are Flash Lite enabled. So it's a valuable solution for delivering mobile content. If you are interested in knowing more about Adobe Flash Lite capabilities and features there are several eSeminar at the moment hosted by Dale Rankine.

Also if you are looking for other eSeminars and tutorial about Flash Lite, here is my list. And here is the list of every Flash Lite enabled Nokia phone with their capabilitites.

Alessandro

eSeminar: Flash Lite content – games and applications – from concept to cash

2008-06-12T15:01:47+03:00

The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on June 27th, 2008 at 12PM EST (check your local time). Andrea Trento will present: Flash Lite content – games and applications – from concept to cash.

How to approach content creation and launch and get to cashing in alternative, independent ways.

We will analyze:

Promises and expectations, theories and best practices
Implementation and launch of content and service
Impact of usual models and complex value chains on the contents and services
End-to-end view
Alternative and “casual Biz” models
The independent way

The members of the Boston MaD User Group will also have the chance to win a copy of an Adobe Software package of the value of $2100.

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

Alessandro

eSeminar: Predictive Mobile Search comes to Flash Lite, GoMoInfo.com and Live Data Search

2008-04-17T06:17:53+03:00

The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on April 18, 2008 at 12PM EST : Kirk will present Predictive Mobile Search comes to Flash Lite: GoMoInfo.com and Live Data Search.

More details here.

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself. The User Group is open to anyone around the world interested in Flash Lite development.

Alessandro

Forum Nokia Developer Day at CTIA

2008-03-26T04:13:46+02:00

I will be attending the Forum Nokia Developer Day at CTIA next week. This is a great opportunity to meet great mobile developers and fellow Forum Nokia Champion. Last year I went to Singapore and it was a great event.

I am really looking forward to meet everyone!

Alessandro

Forum Nokia Code Camp Competition, Flash Lite and WRT

2008-03-19T19:18:24+02:00

great news for Flash Lite and Web Runtime developers, Forum Nokia Code Camp Competition for Flash Lite and WRT information are available:

Global Prize

Cash award of 15 K Euro for the Global WRT and Flash Winner
Success case/PR on the winning application
Demonstration opportunity at S60 Summit pod

Regional Prizes

Cash awards (varies by region)
Demo opportunities at local events
Transportation to the S60 Summit on May 29 and accommodation in Barcelona, Spain

Check registration and regulations for more details.

Alessandro

Widgets and Flash Lite Code Camps in the APAC

2008-02-27T15:29:29+02:00

Forum Nokia is organizing a Code Camps in the APAC region:

Sounds a very interesting opportunity as Code Camps are always very popular among developers and companies looking for new technologies.

Alessandro

Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group eSeminar, Moket presents Club Moket

2007-12-07T03:13:31+02:00

The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on December 13th at 5PM EST (check your local time), Dale Rankine, CEO of Moket, will present Club Moket.

The members of the Boston MaD User Group will also have the chance to win a copy of an Adobe Software package of the value of $2100. So if you are not a member yet, please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

This is a great opportunity to know more about this new initiative from company leader in Flash Lite content development and distribution.

“Club Moket is a new direct-to-customer mobile sales portal featuring Flash Lite content. It is the retail channel for Moket and the popular Moket Content Network. Club Moket aims to provide compelling and creative Flash Lite content primarily to markets such as UK, Europe and South-East Asia, where customers have more open (and Flash Lite enabled) handsets (Nokia, Sony Ericsson) and flexible web-browsing capabilities.”

Alessandro