So … if you haven’t seen tweets, blog entries, youtube videos, or the localized chumby website … yes, looks like chumby is soon to be “turning Japanese”.
ok. Not quite. But, yes, in addition to U.S. market, they are rolling out chumby there too, which is cool … and makes a lot sense given the unique [...]

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 [...]

Via Bill, here is a recent article from Wireless Week on some of the things to be on the look out for in the future for Flash across Non-PC devices (Open Screen Project, Project Capuchin, etc).

If you missed the news yesterday, Verizon Wireless launched their Dashboard? service this past weekend (not to be confused with Apple’s Dashboards widgets).
What is Verizon Wireless Dashboard?
Dashboard creates an ecosystem for consuming, promoting and merchandising VZW’s multimedia content and services.
Dashboard was built on Adobe’s Flash Cast™ platform and leverages their leadership in providing [...]

D.C. (David Collier) of Pikkle in Japan was recently asking “What do developers want to know?” (over on his blog) for some upcoming articles for publication.
He is asking for feedback on some questions, not just from Japanese market, but also from the worldwide perspective from the global Flash Mobile community.
1) differences between US + [...]

D.C. (David Collier) from pikkle (Flash Lite company in Japan), posted about the new docomo 906 series being out in Japan, soon.
These devices have Flash Lite 3.0 and support multiple content types.
One content type that is new and of interest, is called “decome anime”.
Decome Anime allows Flash content to run inside a [...]

TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japanese cell phone users will test a new service that allows them to download fragrances, major telecommunications company NTT Communications Corp. said Monday.
A downloaded fragrance will be sent from a user’s cell phone to a base station that will emit the scent.
Twenty participants using “Mobile Fragrance Communications” can download files of [...]

Brian Frank and Rhett Woods (both with Adobe Mobile and Devices team) both got interviewed by beet.tv and talk about the past, present, and Adobe’s vision of Flash across devices.
Here are the interviews:

Flash Player Debuts on U.S. Mobile Phones and Beet.TV has the Demo — Justin.tv and YouTube Look Great!
Adobe Flash on Phones [...]

An evolving Adobe MAX 2008 site has been put up.
See: http://www.adobemax08.com
As of today (March 23, 2008), you can grab the official dates to use within your scheduled, have your company become a sponsor, or join the mailing list to be notified when full registration begins. Look for more of the site to develop as [...]

Somehow, I missed this announcement (although, I am guessing it was very region specific and has just now been localized to English).
Anyways, the news is that Adobe and CELL have announced Adobe Device Central Premium Service in Japan for the Flash Lite/mobile developers there.
Here is the overview:
“Adobe Device Central Premium Service for Japanese mobile content [...]