The MWC 2010 Flash Challenge

Posted by on Mar 4, 2010 in Flash Platform, mobile | 3 comments

At the recent Mobile World Congress my colleagues gave me a map… and 10 minutes to find all Flash-enabled devices at Mobile World Congress 2010. You should know that there is 65.000 square meters of exhibition space at MWC and there are over 1300 exhibitors. You also need to navigate between over 50.000 attendees. I’m sure you get the idea… This was not an easy challenge… But… I’m always up for a challenge… So here’s the video…

Video: AOL Media explains the benefits of Flash Player 10.1

Posted by on Mar 2, 2010 in mobile | Comments Off

Sun Sachs from AOL Media explains how Flash Player 10.1 coming to mobile devices is going to change the way they publish their 88+ brands across multiple devices.

For more videos from Mobile World Congress, check out the MWC page on Adobe TV.

Video: Brightcove about Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices

Posted by on Feb 26, 2010 in flash video, mobile | 1 comment

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, I bumped in to Cameron Church from Brightcove. We talked about the Brightcove Mobile Experience and Cameron explains how Flash Player 10.1 expands Brightcove’s reach to smart phone users.

For more info about Brightcove, check out brightcove.com.

Mobile World Congress is a wrap!

Posted by on Feb 18, 2010 in mobile | Comments Off

Wow… I can’t believe it’s Thursday already… and that today was the last day of Mobile World Congress. The news of Flash Player 10.1 and AIR coming to mobile devices really resonated across the exhibition floor. It was amazing to see how many device manufacturers are supporting Flash Player and AIR. Just about all of them even showcased it on their booth. I saw numerous Flash Player/AIR logos all over the exhibition floor. I actually recorded a video this afternoon where I try and find as many Flash enabled devices as I possibly could… I think you’ll like the outcome of this video. It will be available on Adobe TV soon. Why not subscribe to the RSS feed of the “Adobe at Mobile World Congress” page on Adobe TV? There are already a ton of really cool videos on it and we have more to come very soon.

The highlight of the week was definitely Eric Schmidt’s (Google’s CEO) keynote presentation with Eric Tseng (Senior Product Manager for Android) demoing Flash Player 10.1. If you haven’t seen the video yet, make sure you check it out!

We’ve also posted a little over 200 photos on our Photoshop.com page. They were taken by the Adobe MWC team throughout the week so there may be a few duplicates. If you didn’t make it to Barcelona this year, this will give you a little taste of MWC 2010.


Muchos gracias por su hospitalidad, Barcelona! See you next year!

Android catching up fast!

Posted by on Feb 18, 2010 in mobile | 6 comments

Google is selling 60.000 Android devices every day. According to MobileCrunch, that works out to about 5.4 million handsets per quarter, or 21.9 million per year. And the rate is growing rapidly, according to Eric Schmidt who kicked off the Mobile World Live Keynote initiative yesterday.

Android is also not just about handsets anymore. I’ve seen a bunch of tablets running Android as well. The Android OS is free and open source and most of all… you’re in complete control of what you install on it and how you use the web on the device. Very soon you’ll be able to grab Flash Player 10.1 and AIR from the Android Market and install it on your Android device to not only get a full web experience in the device’s browser but also get the power of AIR for standalone applications.

Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt talked about why this is important in his Mobile World Live Keynote while Eric Tseng (Senior Product Manager for Android) demoed Flash Player 10.1 on a Nexus One. He actually summed it up very nicely by saying: “The line is blurring between mobile phones and desktop computing… One of our main goals when we embarked on smartphones at Google was to really mirror the desktop web browsing experience – but for many of you and you know who you are – there’s been a critical component missing – Flash!“. But you don’t have to take my word for it… You can watch it here yourself!

I was telling a few colleagues earlier that I wish I could take a few weeks off and just build Flash/AIR apps for Android. Because now I can use the skills that I already know to create apps for these devices… Android really is the first mobile OS that can really compete with Apple’s mobile OS and the fact that it is going to have Flash Player and AIR very soon is just the cherry on top! Flash on!