Does anybody know about any plans for Palm OS flash player?
On 1/12/06, Nick Gerig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The majority of Non-Nokia devices listed are Japanese handsets with > FL1.1 or FL1.0 preinstalled. > > > > > > > - All the phones that could be supported using the current technology > > once distribution deals > > with the manufacturers are sorted out > > > No - any phones there are because the deals have already been done > > > > > - All the phones that the current player will run on once the current > > testing period > > is over. > > > I assumed FL2.0 is final and only the IDE extension is pre-release > software > > > - All the phones that the Flash Lite 2.0 player could be ported to if > > someone pays > > Macrobe to do it. > > > FL2.0 could be ported to literally any phone if someone pays :) > > > > > Which of these applies will make a big difference to the speed of > > adoption - if > > the current player will be released for all these models in a few > > months then > > this could become quite big pretty quickly - otherwise its going to > > take a while. > > > > The issue currently is that is that although there is a long list of > Nokias that FL will run on, will a player ever be distributed for those > phones? The short answer is that unless the old MM policy has changed > with Adobe - NO! Nokia will distribute the FL player in its emerging > handsets, in fact it has already started in Asia with the N90, most > probably worldwide with the N91 this month. But the older Nokia's will > never get a FL player unless someone pays for it. IMHO this is a massive > hit that only the developer community and consumers take, even if it > does also have a slight impact on the growth of the FL content market > which is still pretty immature outside Japan. The only situation where > older Nokias will get FL2 is where a service provide/operator decides to > license the player for its customers with existing Nokia handsets, > however that is not necessarily a smooth process because each player is > IMEI tied and therefore cumbersome to deliver OTA. > > Hope that helps a little. > > > > cheers > > > Nick > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
