According to moconews.net Sony Ericsson will be adding an app store capability to PlayNow, which in the past offered entertainment content only. SE will outsource the application distribution to GetJar. Flash Lite developers should be able to distribute Flash Lite content, packaged as java midlets, to SE project capuchin phones through this arrangement.
WMexperts recently published a review of the forthcoming IE6 for Windows Mobile 6.1 which includes Flash Lite 3.1 as a browser extension. The review mentions the positive and negative aspects of using Flash Lite for experiencing the kind of Flash content typically found on the “desktop PC” web through a non desktop pc device.
Sony Ericsson recently posted a tutorial on how to create a thumbnail image viewer using project capuchin, with Flash Lite as the interface and Java as the underlying logic for accessing the file system.
I’ve been researching HDTVs and their potential as an internet device and ran across a press release from the January 2009 CES show on the Vizio site which states that a new line of Vizio TVs will support Flash Lite as a developer platform.
According to a C-NET article, AT&T may focus on just one or two mobile operating systems in the future. During a talk a the Symbian Parter Event, Roger Smith, director of next-generation services at AT&T, stated that “We want to standardize our platforms on a platform like Symbian that is mature and effective.”
According to a press release from Adobe, Adobe is collaborating with ARM to bring Flash 10 and AIR to the ARM 11 platform. This could bring Flash 10 and AIR to all sorts of consumer level electronic devices including mobile phones, set-top boxes and automotive devices. The processors are expected to be available in second half of 2009, with devices containing the processors coming later.
SEDW posted a news item stating that it will be extending support for its Project Capuchin to its future line of Symbian Foundation based phones. Project Capuchin is a system that enables Flash Lite to access device apis through a Java midlet.
SEDW recently posted a new article by ustwo on how to use the J2ME motion sensor api to feed motion data to a Flash Lite interface through Project Capuchin. The example demonstrates a user inerface that scrolls through news feeds by tilting the phone.
According to a news item at Brighthand, Best Buy will soon be selling unlocked Nokia s60 phones with a T-mobile contract. The article mentions Nokia N96 NAM (North American Edition), Nokia N78 NAM, and Nokia E71 NAM, all of which are Flash Lite 3 and Nokia WRT enabled phones.
According to Brighthand, it looks like momentum is starting around the release of Internet Explorer 6 for windows mobile 6.1. This version of IE supports a pre-installed Flash Lite 3 as an extension of the browser, along with Silverlight. Manufacturers are expected to release devices supporting this version of IE later this year and early 2009.
