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What is Flash Lite?

Adobe Flash Lite is a lightweight version of Adobe Flash Player optimized for mobile phone and other devices.

Overview

We will be covering:

- How to get the latest Flash Lite player
- How to port Flash content (Chickn 2go and/or mini demo game)
- Launch and demonstrate the game(s)

Get Flash Lite player
Have Adobe’s website ready at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/index.html?tab:downloads=1
(Or use the downloaded file on my laptop)
Transfer the file to the Nokia phone using Bluetooth
Install it and launch it

Porting Flash content
Connect the phone using the USB cable
Transfer the game(s) to the appropriate drive

Launch & Play the game(s)
Show the game files
Launch and play

Design Challenges
Potential B-roll footage
Bitmap art and screen real-estate
Memory size restrictions (audio, video, animations)

RELATED WEBSITE LINKS

http://www.jacobtran.com

Melanie’s portfolio:
http://www.melaniegenereux.com

Nokia’s website:
http://www.nokia.com

Team’s website:
http://www.milkyentertainment.com

Dennis Chin’s portfolio
http://www.denochino.com

Michael Chung’s portfolio
http://student.vfs.com/~gd06michael/

PRODUCTS SHOWN
Nokia Phone

A2DP stands for Advanced Audio Distribution Profile, and it’s essentially a protocol allowing two Bluetooth devices to exchange certain types of data — in this case, high-quality stereo audio. In the past, Bluetooth was able to send one channel of audio, which was fine for a handsfree phone call, but inadequate for high-quality playback of MP3 audio.

To enjoy high-quality audio content, you need A2DP-compatible devices at both ends of the equation — even if you have a phone that is capable of high-quality audio playback through headphones, it won’t be able to stream high-quality audio over Bluetooth unless it has the A2DP profile built in. In those cases, audio playback will default back to the phone.

Once connected, you’ll be able to listen to a stereo stream from your A2DP-capable device even when it’s in your pocket, or across the room. The typical range for Bluetooth is about 30 feet, but walls or electrical/radio interference will probably decrease your range.

The pitfalls
The big trick if you want to stream your audio wirelessly is to make sure that you get two products that are compatible with each other, and that you make sure you get the right version — for example, there are two versions of the Motorola KRZR phone, but only one of them has A2DP onboard — try using the other one and the audio will simply play through the phone, not the headset. In general, you can still use A2DP headsets with non-A2DP phones (and vice versa) but you’ll only get basic functionality out of the pairing — ie, monophonic quality for voice calls. Not necessarily the best use of your money.

You may also be tempted to buy an A2DP-compliant phone so you can listen to your own music on it, but there are a number of carriers that prevent you from loading your own music onto the phone, because they want you to download music from their online stores instead — so be very careful before investing money in the phone and headset, because you may be forced to pay for the music on top of it.

Sideloading
Sideloading is the term for taking your music from one device (ie your computer) and moving it to another device (in this case, your mobile phone). In some cases, it’s as simple as plugging your phone into the computer via USB and dragging and dropping your music files over to the phone…in other cases, it requires a client to transfer the files over

The gadgets

Motorola S9
www.hellomoto.com
$130
This headset features a design that will appeal to those with a sporting nature — it clips around the back of the head like other sports headphones, and puts the battery pack and circuitry in a small bump on the very back. There are player controls on one ear and volume controls on the other…and you can use it as a wireless headset during your phone calls, too.

Kyocera Bluetooth Stereo Headset w/ Pendant
www.kyocera-wireless.com
$90
Kyocera’s wireless stereo option is a clip-on device that can alternately be used as a pendant. And while it comes with headphones for you to use, you can replace them with your own if you prefer. It uses a rocker button for play controls so it can be a bit awkward sometimes, but once you have the hang of it, you’re good to go.

Mio Digiwalker C520
www.mio-tech.com
$399
At the beginning of the testing, I had no clue that this GPS unit would be the superstar — while I had a boatload of problems getting cell phones to work with my MP3 tunes, there were no such hiccups witth the DigiWalker C520 — I just placed the MP3 files on a SecureDigital card, inserted it into the slot on the side of the C520, and after pairing the headset with the C520, I was listening to my own music in full stereo quality. And it also works as a GPS too, of course!

Motiji
www.mojiti.com
Motiji allows you to add multimedia to your video, like images, audio and even video. Put captions on, thought bubbles, and more.

Movie Masher
www.moviemasher.com
Upload your clips online, and then use Movie Masher’s user interface to preview your clips, edit them together, and add effects.

www.eyespot.com
Upload all of your assorted video clips, share them and mix with clips from other users!

www.veotag.com
Upload your video clips, annotate them with your own information, and jump directly to certain spots in the video.

www.DotSub.com

www.EyeSpot.com

www.Jumpcut.com