Re: FLASH: flash player on a palm pilot?

[Phillip M. Torrone]

right on jd-


author once, deploy everywhere, is really here. we use dreamweaver \

ultradev with the wml studio to create data driven content for wap phones,

web sites, and pdas, which are based on images pushed out of generator,

which come from flash....


here's an idea of what you could do..deliver personalized stock info via

flash for web users and the pdas \ devices that support flash get that

content when they sync up (or online), and the devices which support just

graphics get the static image pushed out from generator...here's an example

from macromedia web world in seattle i showed.


screen shot from palmos emulator:

http://www.braincraft.com/ff2k/palm.html


i'll be going over all this at flashfoward2000 in nyc on the 26th, i

promise some big surprises for everyone...


http://www.flashforward2000.com/html/HTML/program3.html


the flash dev community is really big, larger than any pda group....it's

interesting to ponder what the hundreds of thousands or so flash developers

could create for devices, phones, tvs....


cheers,


phillip m. torrone

director of new media

b r a i n c r a f t

627 broadway suite 504

new york, ny 10012

v: 212.539.1680 ext. 201

f: 212.539.1741

m: 201.921.9306

http://www.braincraft.com



At 11:39 AM 7/5/00 -0700, you wrote:

>There have been prototypes of Flash Player on some Palm models, but I don't

>know of any production runs out in the mainstream yet. There have also been

>prototypes on other portable and wireless devices, but here in mid-2000

>we're still at proof-of-concept rather than mass distribution.

>

>(I suspect that once there are actual models out there with both wireless

>connectivity and rich, predictable displays, that there will be a boom

>among other devices to match the functionality -- it's a very competitive

>field. One of the compelling advantages of the Flash Player here is that

>you have a single authoring environment that will work identically across

>multiple devices... you would not need to make device-specific displays,

>but could instead author to the higher-level Flash Player.)

>

>Processing power, display speed, and limited memory will remain

>constraints, true... even though deskbound computers are increasing in

>bandwidth, small filesizes will remain very important for portable devices

>for the forseeable future.

>

>Summary: Not yet! Individual manufacturers are working on incorporating the

>Flash Player. If there's a particular device you need, then calling that

>manufacturer directly can help to continually raise it in their priority

>stack, thanks!

>

>

>jd


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