The mobile marketing blog by Punchkick Interactive covers mobile marketing tactics such as Flash Lite advergames, text message campaigns, iPhone applications, mobile Web site design, emerging technologies and more.
Ryan and I had the chance to visit Chicago on business last week, and decided to make a long weekend out of it. I love the city of Chicago—there’s plenty of great restaurants, first-class shopping, and friendly people. Ryan’s favorite part of the trip? It wasn’t Shedd Aquarium, the largest indoor aquarium in the world. Nor was it the Brazilian churrascaria Fogo De Chao, where a waitstaff hovers around carrying skewers of perfectly grilled meat, serving all-you-can-eat portions until you are nearly-comatose. It wasn’t even the Water Tower, which could fit all of Northeast Ohio’s retail locations within it.
No folks, it was the Nokia store. That’s right, the Nokia store. Normally calm-and-subdued-Ryan became what I can only describe as “frantic.” There’s nothing quite like sitting in the Nokia store for an hour while a geek runs from phone to phone with a crazed look on his face.
Note: The device in Ryan’s hand is the Nokia N810. When he realized he could pull up the Punchkick Interactive site on it, a wave of joy overtook him. You know you are in trouble when electronics sales-associates look at you funny.
Nokia Germany has posted the N96 specs. There are still no official images, but I imagine that it will be similar to the N95. The most notable visual changes will be the size; the N96 is slightly longer and wider, but .7 inches thinner than the N95. No official release date as of yet.
Quadband EDGE
Dualband HSDPA 850/2100 MHz
DVB-H Class C
92 cc volume
125 gram weight
103 x 55 x 18 mm
16 GB internal memory AND a microSD slot; 24 GB total if you spend an extra $80
950 mAh battery
6.1 cm (2.8 inch) 320×240 display with 16 million colors
3.5 mm headphone jack
WiFi (802.11b/g)
AGPS
5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens that also does VGA video recording at 30 FPS
Dual LED flash that can also be used when video recording
S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (Flash Lite 3 enabled web browser included)
Sorry for the lack of posts. I have been working on a large mobile project that will bring a steady flow of blogging over the next few weeks. In the meantime, lets chat about my next phone.
Found via Biskero: Amazon is selling the Nokia N75 after rebate for $-5.01. I have been looking for a good 240×320 Flash Lite 1.1 pre-installed phone—and this might be it. The N75 has received favorable reviews from Engadget including this one. I’ll post my own report after I play with it for a few days.
Felipe Andrade created Flyer for Flash Lite using Python for NokiaS60. The Flyer framework is great—it lets you access never before seen features with Flash Lite such as integrating with a mobile device’s camera, bluetooth, filesystem, (potentially) GPS, and much more. But is Flyer worth all the hype?
Flyer was built to extend Flash Lite 2.1 features with Python for S60. That’s quite a few prerequisites: Flash Lite 2.1 (the latest version of Flash Lite), Python (not preinstalled on phones), and a Nokia S60 device. I love what Flyer is trying to do, but I am reluctant to jump on the band wagon since the likelyhood of consumer adoption is low due to what is required to make this framework function.
When would I adopt Flyer? When it works on the current consumer standard version of Flash Lite. If your on Verizon, that would be version 2.1 However, Python for S60 is not synonymous with Python for BREW. And if your not on Verizon, that would be version 1.1.
My final thought is that I love what Flyer is doing—I just wish that it extended Flash Lite 1.1 and did not require a consumer to install Python and the Flyer framework (and yes, I realize that these are pipe dreams).
What are your thoughts? Vote, or comment on whether or not you think that Flyer is worth the hype.
Bill recently announced that Adobe has made the first device profile update for Adobe Device Central CS3 avaiable.
There are 3 ways you can download the update (11.4MB):
- go to the direct URL in your browser from our new site, Adobe Device Central Online
- in the Device Central start window click the “device updates” button
- in the Device Central menu bar select Help > Updates…
This update contains 39 new device profiles from all regions of the world, many released between January to April 2007, as well as updates to 7 existing profiles. With this update you will have access to 265 device profiles as part of Device Central with most of them for supporting Flash Lite content in addition to other mobile media types.
New Device Profiles
DoCoMo Fujitsu F903i
DoCoMo Mitsubishi D903i
DoCoMo Motorola M702iG
DoCoMo Motorola M702iS
DoCoMo NEC N601i
DoCoMo NEC N703iD
DoCoMo NEC N903i
DoCoMo Panasonic P903i
DoCoMo Sony-Ericsson SO903i
KDDI Casio Hitachi E03CA
KDDI Casio Hitachi W43HII
KDDI Kyocera W44K
KDDI Sanyo W43SA
KDDI Sony-Ericsson W44S
KDDI Toshiba A5523T
KDDI Toshiba W46T
KDDI Toshiba W47T
Nokia E61i
Nokia E65
Nokia N77
Nokia N91
Nokia N95
Nokia 6290
Reigncom iriver Clix
Reigncom iriver U10
SoftBank Nokia 705NK
SoftBank Samsung 707SC
SoftBank Samsung 709SC
SoftBank Sharp 910SH
SoftBank Sharp 911SH
SoftBank Toshiba 811T
Sony-Ericsson W610i
Sony-Ericsson W880i
Verizon LG VX8100
Verizon LG VX8300
Verizon LG VX8500
Verizon LG VX9900
Verizon Samsung SCH-A930
Verizon Samsung SCH-A990
Expanded/Improved Device Profiles
DoCoMo Mitsubishi D701iWM
DoCoMo Mitsubishi D851iWM
DoCoMo NEC N506iSII
DoCoMo NEC N701iECO
DoCoMo Panasonic P506iCII
DoCoMo Panasonic P851i
DoCoMo Sony-Ericsson SO505i
Instructions on how to download and install the new device profiles are available on the device profile page.
We have released our Mobile Ocean ™ Flash Lite screensaver/wallpaper to Handago.com today. Mobile Ocean is the perfect cell phone screensaver/wallpaper for any marine lover. This product features seven tropical fish, four underwater scenes, and a digital clock.
Felipe has announced the first release of Flyer. Flyer was built to extend Flash Lite features with Python for S60. Flyer is based on the Flash Lite 2.1 integration with Python for S60 and contains the following features:
Take photos with device camera from Flash Lite
Take device screenshots from Flash Lite
Send files over a bluetooth connection from Flash Lite
Get the contact entries in the default device database
Flyer is open source—if you use it please contribute to Felipe. It will help him to develop and expand the Flyer framework.
Future releases (May, 2007)
Sound recording and playback
File upload to a remote server
GPS module to display latitude, longitude, satellite count, and time
Nokia Video Manager offers you a simple solution for transferring your videos from your phone to PC or vice versa – smoothly, efficiently, and with complete ease. The application is a free add-on product to be used together with Nokia PC Suite.
With Nokia Video Manager, you can:
Manage and transfer your video clips between your phone and PC.
Save space on your phone by converting videos into formats optimized for mobile phones.
Forget the extra effort: file conversion takes place automatically during video transfer.
Rely on assistance when you need it: Nokia Video Manager guides you every step of the way
Finally Flash Lite is listed in the technical specs of S60 and S40 mobile phones as feature in the Forum Nokia. It is also defined what type of implementation the specific phone includes. Some information are still not complete. Below are the different type of implementation of the Flash Lite player by the S60 and S40 Nokia phones.
S60 3rd Edition - Flash Lite 1.1 implementation
Standalone
WAP Browser
S60 3rd Edition FP1 - Flash Lite 2.0 implementation
Standalone
Wallpaper/Screensaver (still not confirmed, but I played with some phones at 3GSM which had this feature)
S60 Browser
S60 3rd Edition FP2 - Flash Lite 2.1 implementation
I am guessing all the above and would like to see animated ringtones!!
S40 3rd Edition FP1 - Flash Lite 1.1 implementation
Wallpaper
Screensaver
Standalone
WAP Browser
S40 3rd Edition FP2 - Flash Lite 2.0 implementation
Via Gizmodo, Nokia may unveil the N77, a consumer-aimed, moderately priced cellphone with TV capabilities.
Big bad Reuters let it slip that Nokia will unveil at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona next week the N77, a consumer-aimed, moderately priced cellphone with TV capabilities. The N77, which should resemble other N7x phones like the N70 here, will be able to receive TV broadcast by way of DVB-H, a nascent mobile TV technology that is currently undergoing tests in several markets around the world. So what?
Nokia wants to jump start the mobile TV market, which up until now has really only taken off in Korea, if that. And no, we’re not talking about downloading hot videoz picked out by your cellphone carrier, but actual programming. One problem seems to be that people just aren’t that excited to watch video on their mobile devices if the screen isn’t large enough. We should find out more once the Barça conference hits, hopefully with pretty pics of the phone, too. – Nicholas Deleon
The only question left—will it have Flash Lite? My guess is yes.
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