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Hiring an iPhone Developer? Read This First.

Zak Dabbas — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:36:06 +0000

The Business Insider has posted an article titled How To Hire A Great iPhone Developer and it features a few quotes from our creative director, Ryan Unger. It’s a good read with some valuable insight, so feel free to give it a look.

Sign-up for the ‘iPhone Developer Program Acceptance Confirmation List’

Ryan Unger — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:48:10 +0000

Punchkick Interactive has officially been approved by Apple to become part of the Apple iPhone Developer Program, and we are curious as to the number of other developers who were also approved—so, we decided to start a tally. If you have been approved by Apple to participate in the iPhone Developer Program, then leave a comment. [...]

Adobe CEO Announces that iPhone Flash Player Development is Officially Underway

Ryan Unger — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:15:16 +0000

Adobe’s CEO, Shantanu Narayen, said Tuesday that Adobe has officially started development of a Flash player suitable for use on Apple’s iPhone and hopes to finish development by June. Narayen made the comments during a conference call with investors, explaining that Apple’s recent release of an iPhone software developers kit (SDK) has afforded his company the [...]

Mobile Ocean Screensaver Copyright Violations

Ryan Unger — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:17:46 +0000

I don’t know if I should be upset, or flattered. I think that my cease and desist letters solve that mystery. Some of the sites I found show hundreds of downloads of our Mobile Ocean Screensaver—that’s a bit upsetting. I am also amazed that there are 1,350 pages in google search for “mobile ocean punchkick.” This [...]

584 Flash Capable Windows Mobile Devices in World’s Largest PDA Database

Ryan Unger — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:15:11 +0000

I stumbled across the self-proclaimed “World’s Largest PDA Database,” and as soon as I did I thought, “I can finally get a tally of how many Windows Mobile 2002, 2003 or 5.0 devices are on the market!” In total I found 584 devices. Unfortunately, however, there is no data on the penetration of these devices. Why [...]

Flash Lite Developers Take Notice: Found List of 50+ Illegally Posted Flash Lite Games

Ryan Unger — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:08:24 +0000

While doing a google search for “flash lite poker,” I found a site listing more than 50 Flash Lite games (most-likely in violation of copyright). If you are a Flash Lite developer, you should check out this list of illegally posted Flash Lite games to see if your content has been stolen or infringed upon. [...]

16 million Verizon Wireless subscribers can view Flash Lite content using 13 different phones

Ryan Unger — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:20:51 +0000

Via Bill, I recently learned that as of April 30 2007, 13 Flash Lite for BREW supported handsets represent 16 million active Verizon Wireless subscribers (reported by M:Metrics). One of the many benefits with developing with Flash Lite is that you can target multiple devices with the same screen size using one FLA file. In the [...]

Flash Lite’s role in the BREW ecosystem

Ryan Unger — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:35:21 +0000

fiercedeveloper.com wrote a short article about Flash Lite’s role in the BREW ecosystem citing the October 2006 deal between Verizon Wireless and Adobe. The article from fiercedeveloper.com can be seen as a sign that Flash Lite may be gaining more acceptance from the media, and that it may soon be seen as the standard for [...]

It’s official: No Flash support on the iPhone

Ryan Unger — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:17:01 +0000

Sources at WWDC are reporting that there is officially no Flash support on the iPhone. Apparently, in the State of the Media address yesterday, the announcement was made that: “There will be no Flash support at the moment on the iPhone.” Developers are being told not to serve video via Flash, as there simply isn’t [...]

Adobe Developer Center article released: Developing Flash Lite for BREW applications for Verizon Wireless

Ryan Unger — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:04:42 +0000

Punchkick Interactive has authored it’s first article for Adobe.com. Zak Dabbas and myself (Ryan Unger) co-authored Developing Flash Lite for BREW applications for Verizon Wireless. This article covers not only the technical side of developing applications for BREW for Verizon Wireless, but also the marketing aspects of distributing content directly to Verizon Wireless or to [...]