Flash Lite Code Camps - Talk to the Guru

[drankine]

Yes that's right - we're still not at the point of fully being able to build one and deploy everywhere, however with Flash Lite it's a lot more towards this than some other mobil technologies.

As for hi-def (H.264) video, we're not quite there yet, but the recently released Flash Lite 3 player has native support for Flash Video (FLV) which is great news! The quality of FLV over other mobile video formats is excellent, and you can stream this video from a streaming server (Flasm Media Server for example), progressively download, or embed the video with your SWF content. It's my personal belief that we'll eventually see H.264 support in Flash Lite since the mobile player is progressively moving towards being the same as it is on the desktop.

[senthil_k]

Oh Thats great to see in future Hidefinition support. And how about recording audio and sending that to server.I have a J2ME based application which is fully of audio interaction.Just want to know whether it can be ported.

[drankine]

Don't quote me on the H.264 feature - that's just where I *think* it's going As for audio interaction, when it comes to accessing native features of the phone like the camera, microphone, Bluetooth, etc, you need to use a third-party platform to make the connection for you between Flash Lite and these features. Unfortunately right now, Flash Lite can't do it on its own. You might want to have a look at KuneriLite (www.kunerilite.net) or Flyer (www.flyerframework.org) which both allow you to access the phone features via Flash Lite through the platform.

Porting J2ME to Flash Lite will probably give you a few issues like this- but one thing you will gain right out of the box with Flash Lite is a richer user experience, developed in a fraction of the time.

[senthil_k]

Thanks Drankine.
What will be the future of FlashLite. What is its RoadMap?

[drankine]

Well, we've just seen Flash Lite 3 launched for S60 3rd Ed FP2 and on various firmware upgrades. This is essentially Flash Player 8 from the desktop and as I mentioned, gives us support for FLV in various ways.

An interesting development announced about a month ago was the merging of Adobe's Mobile and Devices Business Unit, into the Experience and Technology unit headed up by Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch. This corporate restructure indicates that Flash Lite is no longer being seen as an additional "extra" to the Flash platform, but instead becoming an integral part of it. Expect to see a further closing of the gap between the desktop and mobile player technology, and also perhaps growth in the support for the platform on a wider number of handset specs.

I'm very excited about where Flash Lite is headed. After 3 years of working with Flash Lite already, I can see the rate of growth and development becoming exponentially faster in the next 3.

[drankine]

I'll be here for another 15 mins or so ... any other questions??

[roozbeh_saadat]

What is the Roadmap of Moket in this year for flash lite?

[senthil_k]

One more question Drankine.
After developing Flashlite App how can i take it to market.

[drankine]

Roozbeh, see previous post on road map - not sure you'll see a lot more progress this year since Flash Lite 3 has only just starting hitting the streets so to speak!

[drankine]

Going to market is getting easier for Flash Lite developers. You have a couple of options for the North American market on the Verizon Wireless carrier deck (see more info on this via the Adobe MaD Developer Centre), but now a growing number of FL developers are finding a route to market through Nokia Downloads!

This is an on-device shop front that gives Nokia customers access to various categories of content. If you have applications or games, then there's a great channel here and I'd be happy to speak to you about your particular content via email after this discussion. There are opportunties at the moment growing in APAC, Europe and China.

[senthil_k]

Thanks Drankine for taking pain to answer my questions. It was realy an useful discussion. Thanks to Nokia Forum also.

Regards
Senthil

[drankine]

Unfortunately that's all we have time for this afternoon! I hope that there's been some interesting aspects of Flash Lite covered in that discussion for you. If you have further questions, especially regarding Flash Lite and Nokia Download!, then please contact me through the details below and we can keep the discussion going.

Thanks again to Nokia for having me in this session - till next time!

[senthil_k]

Hi Rankine,
Thanks for extending me the support. I will sure contact you.

Regards
Senthil

[rsuthar]

Hi, I would like to know about.. when i m trying to load some images and xml..I m getting an notifiation say "Unable to load Data"...data comes from our server.

Any idea why it is?

Regards,
Ravindra Suthar

[rsuthar]

Another question is,

Where should I concentrate.. gaming or client server applications...

I love to create client server application but i can also able to work on gaming.

Regards,
Ravindra Suthar