If you’ve installed the MAX widget you may have noticed that I used the Gigya service to enable this feature. We actually teamed up with Gigya and are now launching the Distribution service.

This new service enables users to instantly add your application to their own page or account on more than 70 social networks and services including MySpace, Facebook and iGoogle. It’s incredibly easy to use as a developer. You just install an extension for Flash CS4 Professional or Flash Builder. By installing that extension, you actually get an easy to use configuration panel that allows you to set all the necessary parameters for your application. This literally takes just a few minutes and you can add this functionality to basically any type of application, from games to news widgets to promotional widgets. The service also allows you to monetize your application and track just about everything a user does with the app.

To get you up and running with this new service in no time, check out the tutorials on Adobe Devnet.

Today, over 27 million users can install Flash applications on their mobile devices hassle-free. With the mobile packager and distributable player that we announced yesterday, you package your swf app together with a Flash version checker. The result is one SIS (for S60) or one CAB (for Windows Mobile) file. This is the type of file that people are used to installing on their mobile device. When the user installs the app and launches it, the Flash version checker will check if the correct version of Flash Lite is installed. If not, it will prompt the user to download and install Flash Lite. This is very similar to the seamless experience people are used to on the web!

Monetizing your Flash Lite applications has also become a lot easier. Not only did we announce partnerships with various aggregating partners like ZED, Thumbplay and GetJar, but you can now also distribute your applications through the Nokia Ovi Store and the Windows Mobile application store.

We have also announced the Flash Lite Developer Challenge at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With $100.000 in cash prizes, why wouldn’t you try your luck?!