Two new things of note with Janus recently:
1. Version 2.1.2 is out (and the Symbian version is free).

2. Janus for Symbian Engine has been open sourced!
From the sourceforge project:
“Janus Symbian Engine is a local http server (for Flash Lite) for Smartphones (S60), which allows developers to create engaging Flash Lite applications. It allows you [...]

Bill Perry (Adobe) shared some news today about the new upcoming Photoshop.com Mobile Beta service that is scheduled to launch sometime later this year (as early as September 2008) in the US market.

Photoshop.com Mobile BETA
The application/client (which is Flash Lite) will allow users to upload, view, and share photos directly from a supported mobile devices [...]

Native Flash Video playback is a feature of Flash Lite 3.x for devices and, yes, there is support for both (FP 8-VP6 and FP 7-Spark codecs within Flash video for Flash Lite 3 devices supporting it.
Thus (if hadn’t already guessed), you can create your own video players (youtube player, etc) and/or tie into other online [...]

GetJar is one, of several, global, go-to-market paths for Flash Lite content across many devices.
LONDON, August 19 /PRNewswire/ –
- GetJar Passes 300 Million Mobile Application Downloads
GetJar, the world’s biggest mobile applications portal, has surpassed 300 million downloads, establishing it as the website of choice for the 3 billion mobile phone users across the world who [...]

Some recent news from Chumby Industries.
KEEP CONNECTED TO YOUR ONLINE SOCIAL LIFE WITH CHUMBY®
Chumby adds social content from Facebook® and Twitter
San Diego, CA - August 20, 2008 - The chumby makes keeping up with friends easier than ever with the addition of content from some of the Internet’s leading social utilities, delivering them in a [...]

Dale is giving a Flash Lite Tips and Tricks for Effective Flash Lite Development session (for the APAC region), right now (August 20th, 2008).
This is a good session to attend if you are new to Flash Lite. You can access it here. Not to fret, however … if you miss it, a recording should be [...]

Via Bill:
“Next week Tuesday through Thursday (26-28 August) we’ll be offering a free Flash Cast training course for anyone interested in learning how to develop Flash Cast channels for Verizon Wireless Dashboard service.

Dashboard Client - 1st level nav
The training will be held here at our San Francisco office and Emily Kim who’s very knowledgeable with [...]

Here is a simple casual mobile game called “Stack-r” that I whipped up in a couple of days. It’s a Flash Lite 2.x/3.x game.
Here are some screenshots … I’ll post some video when I have access to my elmo again.

Stack-r Main Menu

Screen #1 - Main

Screen #2 - Game
Sorry, you’ll find no download here. However, I’ll [...]

KuneriLite launched a new plugin enabling Flash Lite animated ringtones to Nokia Series 60 devices.
Animated ringtones (or “Chaku-flash”) had been possible in Japan for quite a while on supported handsets (using Flash Lite), but KuneriLite has now made it possible on Nokia S60 devices as well.
“KuneriLite Ringtone plug-in can launch any SWF when voice [...]

Rob posted the 1st recorded Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group Podcast (BMaDUG) meeting over on his blog.

iTunes
  • Subscribe to the Podcast
(Note: We’ll probably do a follow up - Episode #2 soon)
Listen to it, here, inline:
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Download it:
  • BAMaDUG - episode #1 (=~ 35 MB)
Summary:
(As usual) [...]