New Game Design Contests
via a Forum Nokia post, I came to know about the MoMinis mobile game contest. Of course, IMGA is also open and accepting submissions 
Getting back to MoMinis, the game rules are listed here and requires you to use the Mo’ Minis studio tool for game engineering.
Whereas at the prestigious IMGA contest, you can build your game on / for any mobile platform like java or Flash Lite or anything deployable into a phone. And remember that IMGA is analogous to Holy grail The biggest game development competition and hopefully I have my game ready by then.
ADC’s Article On Developing For The Apple iPhone Using Flash (CS5)
Via Scott Janousek’s Blog.
Adobe’s new article covering very early information about publishing Flash content out to native iPhone.
You can find it over on Adobe Developer Connection: Developing for the Apple iPhone using Flash. It has all the public links to available information on this project from Adobe: Apps for iPhone.
Adobe Presenting At NDC, Bangalore
As most of you would be knowing the Nokia Developer Conference 2009 is taking place this December 7, 2009 at Taj Residency, Bangalore.
And what makes this special is that, Adobe would be presenting at the event and showcase some of their technologies. Hence this becomes a great opportunity for anybody in the world of Flash Lite to interact with engineers at Adobe and Nokia, face to face.
If you are member of IndiMad ( Adobe Indian Mobile and Devices User group ), you get a 20 % off on the entry to the event. In order to avail this offer, shoot a mail to Mariam – owner of igamestudio .
Adobe Co-founders Honored by President Obama
(Via http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/)
Adobe co-founders John Warnock and Chuck Geschke received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony October 7. See the video of the ceremony (http://www.whitehouse.gov/video/President-Obama-Awards-National-Medal-of-Science-and-Medal-of-Technology/) You can skip to about 22:30 to see Warnock and Geschke accept their medals on the White House Web site.
Warnock and Geschke were honored for their “pioneering contributions that spurred the desktop publishing revolution and for changing the way people create and engage with information and entertainment across multiple mediums including print, Web and video.”
“It is a privilege to present these medals, our nation’s highest honor for scientific and technological achievement,” President Obama told John and Chuck.
Flash Lite Blog: Youness Ghanim From Sony Ericsson
(Via Biskero.org’s Alessandro)
Here is a new blog related to Flash Lite from Sony Ericsson: Youness Ghanim. It’s great to see an official blog from Sony Ericsson about Flash Lite.
Call For Sessions At Adobe DevSummit To Be Held In Chennai And Hyderabad
Adobe DevSummit is the biggest annual developer event focused on the Adobe Flash Platform. This event attracts a rich demographics of pan across devigners(designers and developers) in India. Adobe has been consistingly showcased path breaking technologies at DevSummit.
For the first time, Adobe DevSummit is coming to both Chennai and Hyderabad in India.
- Adobe DevSummit in Chennai will be on 24th November, 2009
- And again Adobe DevSummit in Hyderabad on 1st December, 2009
Adobe DevSummit is keen to have the experts from the Adobe developer community take the stage and share their knowledge and insights on Adobe Flash Platform. Please find more details and submit your session proposals at the URL below. Adobe Flashahead team will be posting more details on the event and venue too soon.
Click here to submit your session proposals.
In spite of my vacation during this events, I will try to amend my schedules to attend this session in Hyderabad.
Now, Nokia HealthRadar Chasing Disease Down Thru Flashlite…….
Nokia has designed an application in Flashlite for the tracking of disease using mobile devices here.
- Important feature of the software’s ability is data collection. Rapid and precise collection of information, which is then sent instantly to a central server, speeds up what is currently a time-consuming paper-based activity.
- Actual aggregation of the data which helps to build a picture of what’s happening and where.
- Getting the information back to local practitioners, as it then enables them to take appropriate action. What marks HealthRadar out further is the ability to consume the data either on a mobile device or a PC, so the gathered data is useful to people in the field and those based in medical centres.
The software also features a Dashboard which enables users to quickly access key information including a daily update, a GeoHealth Map which highlights disease intensity alongside local health centres, the ability to compare current patterns against historic ones and statistical graphs.
SWFxME Released Now…..
My friend Sajid Ali has been working quite sometime on this project ‘SWFxME’ which aims at extending Flash Lite capabilities with the use of Java ME and it has finally released. SWFxME is an open source project developed to extend Flash Lite with J2ME via HTTP server (written in J2ME code) and to provide more power to the developer by making a hybrid application.
Jarpa VS SWFxME
Then Jarpa is an XML Socket Server whereas SWFxME is a HTTP Server. Hence, SWFxME is more compatible (i.e from Flash Lite 1.1 to onwards) .
Compatibility
The minimum requirements for SWFxME :
- Flash Lite 1.1
- MIDP 2.0
- JSR-75 (File Connection API) Support
It should have to work with a phone having these 3 characteristics provided that the platform doesn’t have any restrictions to write files, launching files or listening to a local port.
Built-In Functions
Current version has two built-in functions :
- Write File
- List Directory
This work seems quite exciting due to the low requirements of the tool.
For more info, please visit www.sajisoft.wordpress.com and its source at GoogleCode space.
My FlashLite Lecture At Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
I shall be talking about Mobile Phone Programming on Adobe Flash Lite at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore this Friday.
The motive of the session is to introduce Mobile Phone Programming to students and to demonstrate how exciting Flash Lite programming is. The outline of my talk -
- The mobile ecosystem and trends
- The challenges and exciting avenues in Mobile Phone programming
- Flash Lite and its capabilities
- Some code examples
Anybody interested to attend this may register here at register[dot]ntuoss[AT]gmail[dot]com,
Adobe Unveils First Full Flash Player For Mobile Devices And PCs
Today, Adobe Unveiled First Full Flash Player For Mobile Devices And PCs. Close to 50 Open Screen Project Participants Support New Browser Runtime for Multiple Platforms.
Adobe unveiled Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 software for smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other Internet-connected devices, allowing content created using the Adobe Flash Platform to reach users wherever they are. A public developer beta of the browser-based runtime is expected to be available for Windows® Mobile, Palm® webOS and desktop operating systems including Windows, Macintosh and Linux later this year. Public betas for Google® Android™ and Symbian® OS are expected to be available in early 2010. In addition, Adobe and RIM announced a joint collaboration to bring Flash Player to Blackberry® smartphones, and Google joined close to 50 other industry players in the Open Screen Project initiative.
Rest of the post here.
