Windows Phone puts spotlight on Flash support

Rating: Microsoft can’t do it but we can

The decision to leave support for Adobe’s Flash out of Windows Phone 7 caused a big stir at MWC 2010. Which is why other players such as ST-Ericsson, Marvell and the Limo Foundation are trumpeting their ability to support Flash.

Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone for the rest of us

Rating: No:1 free iPhone app now available globally
Adobe is claiming a smash hit for its Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone app. The program has been downloaded over 3 million times in the USA and Canada since its release on 9th October [2009]. Thus it has held the No. 1 position for all ‘Top Free’ applications [...]

Mobile applications and games get Flashed by Adobe update

Distributing mobile games just got one step easier. Digital multimedia powerhouse Adobe announced today that it is releasing a new services platform for Flash, aimed at easily publishing apps and games via social networks and mobile devices.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 ROI Study Shows Productivity as New “Killer Feature”

Core Facts
Tests Confirm CS4 Users Can Save Thousands of Pounds Through Productivity Gains in Everyday Tasks
 
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced today benchmarking results from an independent research study conducted by Pfeiffer Consulting and commissioned by Adobe. According to the report, features in Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 software can dramatically increase productivity, efficiency and return [...]

Adobe advises designers to concentrate on mobile devices

Adobe has said that designers using Adobe software should start by designing for display on a mobile screen. The reasons for this are largely environmental, but also based on the fact that mobile devices are now the most commonly carried screen.
Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch advises that designers should design for mobile first, before considering on-line [...]

Xuinet FlashR Developer Challenge

In conjunction with Adobe, Millennial Media and DeviceAnywhere, Xuinet is leading the search for the best in class mobile Flash application.  $10,000 in cash and prizes are up for grabs for the most downloads and best in the following categories:
Blogs, forums and social networks
Fun-n-games 
Images/slide-shows
Sports 
On-the-go-travel, weather, news, etc.
 
To participate, Flash developers simply download the SDK at [...]

Idle Screen deployments and solutions

The Idle Screen
The idle screen is the most valuable real estate on mobile devices and the number of idle screen services is increasing daily. I have an overview below of the popular ones.
Am I missing yours? Please email me about your service or solution.
Vendors

Company

Service

Zi Corporation

Qix

AOL Tegic

Discovery

Webwag

MobiFindit

Abaxia [...]

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