Friday, July 04, 2008

Design for Mobile conference

If you have a chance to be near Kansas, US between 22-24 September, 2008 don’t miss Eldridge Hotel, Lawrence and Mobile user experience conference.

In their own words: "Design For Mobile will be the first North American mobile user experience conference. This will be a two-day conference focused on strategy and tactics for user research, product definition, interaction and other design, and usability testing."

Check speakers list.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Call of the Pharaoh - MWC 2008 winner



Mobile World Congress 2008 is over and winners are announced. Winner in best mobile game category are Call of the Pharaoh by Cellufun and My Hangman by Glu Mobile. Here is description of Call of the Pharaoh.

"Call of the Pharaoh is modelled after viral pyramid schemes, so the game was designed using a pyramid scheme algorithm and, in an effort to follow the pattern, was then made about being a pharaoh and building a pyramid. By requiring recruitment and cooperation, the game drives viral exposure and traffic. Call of the Pharaoh is compelling and innovative because it engages the entire community of Cellufun users and requires participation and communication from all parties in order for any one gamer to advance to a next level. The community aspect and pyramid scheme design of this game help it stand out from the rest."

 
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Flash Lite 3 enabled mobile phones


Flash Lite 3 Developers Edition is available for some time now for download. This is standalone player for testing SWF files published as Flash Lite 3. Some features are not available like wallpapers, screensavers, web browser. First phones with pre-installed player will be available in first quarter of 2008.

Now, FL3 DE has been downloaded and succesfully installed on these devices: N95, N95-NA, N93, N91, N80, E65, Nokia 6110 Navigator, E62, Nokia 6120c, Nokia 3250, E90, N75 (some issues), N82, E61. This list have been collected from Adobe Forums. If you installed on other device, tell us about it.

Did I mentioned that download is free, no need for IMEI number submitting?
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Charles Darwin's Beagle


Recently I spent several hours traveling by bus, without any source of fun except my Nokia mobile phone. I realized that I have to do something about it for such future trips. I enjoy reading, but carrying books around is not always an option.

Solution is mobile book or mBook, which is small Flash lite file I can transfer to my mobile phone. There are limitations, I know, but I'm not looking for perfection just something that can do the trick.

Check out my example - Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle preface. download here.

File is only 9 kb and has 14 pages. File dimensions are 176 x 208. First screen is "jump page" where you can enter page number where you wanna start reading. Press right button, then OK and enter number of page and then number 5 for jump. Navigation is done by pressing buttons up and down.

Now this mBook is just small experiment, but it allows any text book to be converted in a form that is suitable for reading on mobile devices that supports Flash Player. So, what should I read next?
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Monday, October 29, 2007

Flash mobile games development competition with extra prizes
"Are you a Flash games developer? Whether you're a beginner or an expert, hobbyst or professional, you can put Flash Lite games in front of a big audience, with the chance to build a following. Start now by entering the launch contest, and you can also win significant prizes.

- first prize $10,000
- second prize $7,000
- third prize $3,000
- fourth prize $1,500
- fifth prize $1,000
- plus 5 further prizes of $500 each"
Sounds great, doesn't it? Contributors can download Flash extension suitable for Flash 8 and CS3 which will allow them easy required framework integration.
This is probably that big chance and opportunity to start with flash mobile games development if there was a doubt earlier. More and more mobile devices have flash lite and that number will increase rapidly in following years. New big marketplace is starting to form and early adopters are once who will profit the most.

More info about competition HERE .

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Monetize Your Content

While trying to master more of FlashLite some websites came across as potential money makers. Flash Lite content for mobile devices has great market value if it is high quality content. Everything is acceptable wallpapers, screensavers, animations, games.

One of those places is Mobibase. You can get qualified to sign Licensing Agreement with Mobibase and start earning some cash. In order to apply minimum 10 examples are needed. They accept swf files, not zip.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Create Your Own Flash Skin

 
This free online service at OwnTape allows you to create your own flash skin with your images, variuos effects and transitions and to use this skin created in FlashLite as wallpaper or screensaver for your mobile phone. Not all phone models are supported. Watch this video to see how everthing works and how you can join.

 

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Flash Lite Online Live Seminar

On September 26th, Adobe is organizing Flash Lite Online Live Seminar with subject Designing & Developing content for the Sony PSP using Adobe® Flash® software.

Some of things you can learn by attending this seminar are: How to create content for Sony PSP using Flash Lite, How to manage and maximize the resources available on the PSP vis a vis Flash Lite, How to reach new audiences as a games developer. Presenters are Chris Blair and Jeff Nusz. Register here

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Monday, August 27, 2007

Win $5,000 Competition

International Mobile Gaming Awards or IMGA is now open for new entries. Competition for year 2007 is closing on September 24th. Submit you flash lite game and win $5,000. This year's main sponsors are Adobe, Nokia and Movida.

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
  o Excellence in Connectivity (Multi-platform, social networking)
  o Excellence in 3D
  o Excellence in Game Play
  o Best licensed IP-based game
  o Best 2D Casual Game (Typically developed in Flash, Java, etc.)

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Monday, August 13, 2007

Flash Lite Nokia Phones

There are 56 Nokia handsets that have pre-installed flash lite 2.1 2.0 or 1.1 version. There are 33 models for S60 platform and 23 models for S40. Some of the supported models are, S60: 5700, 6110 navigator, 6120 classic, N95, E50, E60, E61, and for S40: 6267, 5200, 5300, 6300, 7373, 6131, 6151, 8600 luna.

From FlashDevices you can download complete pdf document with phone images and supported content type. Bill Perry, author, did really good job with this one.

 

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