There is an upcoming San Francisco Macromedia Users Forum meeting on Tuesday October 2, 2006.

Beau Ambur (Metaliq) “… will be speaking about several aspects of Mobile including some myths and truths about being a Mobile developer, exploration of different platforms and devices, and specifically how to develop and create Mobile based applications …”.

If you are on the West Coast and close to Adobe Townsend office … you might want to check it out.

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I noticed that Disney Mobile recently launched (it’s a MVNO). Not surprising, especially when you consider the age demographics of Mobile usage these days.

As far as I know they are only launched here in the U.S., however they might possibly have plans to globalize this service … due to the popularity of the worldwide Disney franchise? Time will tell.

They’ve already started aggregating entertainment based content to some degree. No official word on Flash Lite, however, it would make a lot of sense for Disney to invest a bit into Flash Lite (for obvious reasons).

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If you use whiteboards a lot, you’ve mistakeningly used permanent ink on it once or twice (usually this is because someone leaves such a marker lying about!). Well, there’s a pretty cool trick, if you’re in a situation where there is no whiteboard cleaner to be found anywhere …

Simply write over the permanent marker with a dry ease marker. Do it several times, and then wipe with the eraser. It does a pretty good job removing the ink, and ends up being a nice hack …

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I thought this was an interesting idea: Cellphedia.

Basically you text in a question, and you get an answer via SMS from others in this free service It’s kind of a “Social Encyclopedia”. Currently, it’s a research project … and, no it doesn’t use Flash Lite.

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I noticed the iriver s10 is now out in Korea.

Unfortunately, from the specs, it appears as though it does not support Flash Lite content (I can’t imagine playing any games, etc on it anyway … because of it’s small footprint!) … it does however, support a Direct-Click User Interface.

Some great photos are here.

There was also a pre-launch post here and pre-release review.

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Hi all, just an FYI, but I will be giving a session at MAX 2006 this year on “Creating Flash Content for Consumer Electronic Devices” (MD201W), scheduled for Tuesday 10:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m on October 24, 2006.

The focus will be on Flash Enabled Portables Devices. More specifically, the iriver U10, Clix, E10, viliv p1, and PSP. We’ll discuss each of these devices, their capabilities, API’s, as well how to get started developing Flash content for them.

Since my time is limited for this hands-off session (aka MAX “workshop”), you can expect some short demos and walkthroughs combined with delivery of this lecture.

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The Mobile Team has just pushed out Mobile Device Profile Updater #4.

It includes an official iriver u10 profile, as well as more Flash Lite 1.1 devices … even my favorite in the Series 40 category thus far … the Nokia 6131.

Check out more information on the update site or Bill’s blog.

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Can anyone point me to an simple app that makes USB devices (like thumbdrives) appear as icons on a Windows (XP) Desktop?

I want to turn 2 clicks into just one … like the way the Macs handle device mounting. You plug the device in and it shows up on the desktop. Click and you’re in the device.

I’m looking for something a little more sophisticated than merely creating a shortcut under XP …

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I created a Mobile Device Profile (MDP) for the viliv p1 a while back. This template is a.) not certified, and b.) not officially sanctioned by either Adobe nor Yukyung. Feedback, bugs, and comments are welcome. This is a first version.

Download:

  ■ Yukyung_viliv_p1.mxp (Version 1.0)

To Install:

You’ll need the Macromedia Extension Manager. Then just click on the .MXP. You must reload Flash Professional 8 in order for the template to take effect.

Again, feel free to send me comments on the Yukyung viliv p1 MDP and template.

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This is an “ad hoc” Mobile Device Profile (MDP) for the iriver e10 I have been using for Flash Lite development on the device. This is merely a “homebrew” template. Once Adobe releases their version, you should use that one.

Again, it has not been certified by neither Adobe nor iriver. It is merely something to use until the real deal comes along.

Feedback, bugs, and comments are welcome. This is a first version.

Download:

  ■ iriver e10.mxp (Version 1.0)

To Install:

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