Adobe updated the MAX 2008/2009 site and lanched the new Adobe MAX experience site.
Details about Agenda, MAX Awards and Sponsor are now available. I think MAX tracks, speakers and pre-events Lab will be soon inserted as well.

Click the page background to interact and play with the site.

Update: Here the MAX Session Locator with tracks, speakers and pre-events Lab.

IMGA opened entries for the 5th edition of this mobile gaming award.
The deadline is Monday, September 22. Here to submit the games.
Flash Lite games are admitted in the ‘Best Casual Game’ category.

Good luck!

The Colin Moock’s ActionScript 3.0 course will arrive in Milan on Monday , 23.
The course is a fantastic opportunity to meet  Colin Moock face-to-face and learn AS 3.0 from an esclusive instructor.

The course runs for a grueling 9 hours. An intensive full day of ActionScript 3.0:
- exposure to all major concepts of object programming
- an understanding of classes and objects
- an understanding of how to structure and write an ActionScript 3.0 Program
- exposure to the Flex Builder development environment
- a pamphlet reviewing the days major concepts.

The event has limited spots but there are still some available. So take your place on this last date of the Moock’s ActionScript 3.0 tour.
Here for more info and registration.

[From Mark Doherty]

Device Profile Update #6 is now available on Adobe Device Central Online.

This update contains 63 new device profiles from all regions of the world, many released in the last few months, as well as updates of existing profiles.
With this update the device library includes now over 460 device profiles. Wow!

In the LA Flash user group meeting, sheduled on 18 June, the main topics will be Chumby, mobile and Flash Lite.
The name of this special meeting is ChumbyFest ‘08.
During the meeting the Chumby device and the widget development with Flash Lite 3 will be the stars.
Best practices as well as some tips & tricks will be discussed.

Speakers of the event are: Duane Maxwell, Liz Tervenski and Scott Janousek.

If are you around, don’t miss this event.

In June a new Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group started in Europe.
Łukasz Ciszak, UG manager, opened the first Polish User Group concerning Adobe mobile technologies.

Welcome on board and good work!

After a break, yesterday the onAIR Tour Europe 2008 re-started. The last tour dates are:
Stockholm - München-Bryggeriet - 2 June 08
Berlin - Kalkscheune - 4 June 08
Warsaw - Olympic Centre - 6 June 08
Prague - Staropramen Brewery - 9 June 08
Munich - Muffathalle - 11 June 08
Milan - Officine del Volo - 13 June 08

The onAIR tour is a big opportunity to learn more about the AIR and Flex technology and meet  the Adobe evangelists in person. Here for more info and registration.

The last tour date is 13 June in Milan, Italy. I will be there. Here the agenda and more info about the italian stop.
See you in Milan.

Two days ago Adobe and Qualcomm announced that the BREW mobile platform would integrate Adobe’s Flash technology. The full press release here.
The revised BREW platform will add new layers of functionality, including touchscreen user interface tools, better connectivity support, access to device databases and multimedia support. The new BREW with the Flash integration will be able to create new rich mobile applications and take advantage of the web. It will also be backward compatible with existing BREW.
There are some differences compared to the attual Flash Lite extension model for BREW mobile platform. The current extension is only available for BREW handsets on the Verizon Wireless network that have been certified and have passed NSTL certification. With the new agreement with Qualcomm, Adobe Flash technology will be directly integrated into the platform, hence no certification will be required.
To develop with Fash for the new BREW mobile platform Qualcomm and Adobe will be working closely to improve Adobe’s CS3 tools. BREW and Flash developers will be able to develop and use existing native BREW API interfaces directly with Flash via ActionScript.

The next steps are: wait, wait and wait again till the end of 2008 and 2009 for more details and tools able to create the first Flash-BREW contents.
Another good news for Flash developers and the mobile Flash ecosystem.