Flash Lite upcoming news
Posted on December 5, 2006
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FL2.1 players for free
The new FL2.1 player for Symbian and Windows Mobile 5.0 devices is available on the Adobe mobile and devices developer center.
Here are some things to be aware of for the FL2.1 players:
- FL2.1 players are now free to developers and consumers
- FL2.1 is now supported for 3 major platforms: Symbian, BREW, Windows Mobile 5.0
- Developers can develop their applications for one platform and easily port it to additional platforms with minimal changes
- Flash developers can leverage their skills and tools available today since FL2.1 is based on Flash Player 7
- Today there are no Symbian or Windows Mobile 5.0 handsets that have FL2.1 pre-installed but Adobe is making the players available to developers to allow them to start creating applications and content in preparation for upcoming supported handsets
- There’s no IMEI locking for the players
- There are 3 installers: one for Nokia S60 2nd edition feature pack 2 and 3, and one for Nokia S60 3rd edition
Selling Flash Lite content for Nokia handsets
Adobe announced a global partnership with Handango in which they will be selling Flash Lite apps and content for Nokia S60 and Series 40 handsets that have FL pre-installed.
Developers from around the world will be able to sign-up with the Handango Content Partner Program to upload and sell their work.
Here are some things about the partnership with Handango:
- There’s now an opportunity for developers to sell their Flash Lite applications and content to consumers
- Handango provides a complete end-to-end solution for developers, handling billing and other aspects
- Handango offers several distribution channels of Flash Lite applications and content
- Handango is the first of many ecosystem partnerships that Adobe will be announcing over the next several months
- More information here
Flash Lite 2.1 update for Flash Professional 8
The official FL2.1 update for Flash Professional 8 is available for download for both PCs and Macs.
This update includes the FL2.0 update and is available for download from the Flash authoring support page.
Here are some things about the Flash Lite 2.1 update for Flash Professional 8:
- Update your copy of Flash Professional 8 for testing and publishing Flash Lite 2.1 content
- Free update available for both PCs and Macs
- If you don’t have the FL2.0 update installed you can just install the FL2.1 update
- Supports Symbian, BREW and Windows Mobile 5.0 development
- More information here
NOTE: The FL1.1 and 2.0 players will no longer be made available to developers and have been removed from the Adobe online store
Wow! A lot of useful pieces of news!
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