wow..... the announcement today from Adobe about opening the Flash Player up to the market to be placed on any imaginable device is just stunning. This is going to place even more demand on people with Flash skills as these companies begin to produce handheld devices using the Flash Player.

The only thing in the press release that set off my BS detector was this.. "“The Open Screen Project will make it simple for Verizon and our partners to deliver rich mobile experiences to more devices,”" .. yeah, and how big of a fee will they charge developers before they can develop for the Verizon network?

I also noticed that there was no mention of Apple in that press release.

Mike Chambers posted an update on his blog about the rebuilding-moving-updating of MXNA. I've been getting my fix from fullasagoog for a while since MXNA was beginning to be overwhelming.

Oh.. some random things.. Gregarius, Rubicon .. I've been having some fun with those.

Somehow I missed this..  the AIR bus is making a stop in North Cackalacky.  I’m not quite sure how the little town of Durham managed to get to get the bus stop when Charlotte is bigger and has taller buildings (hehe.. ) but the folks in the RTP area can go see what’s up with AIR while the folks in Charlotte can.. um.. well..  go see Hedwig.

The date for the stop is August 18th and the Raleigh Durham Users Group is having a contest for the best AIR app (must be present to win) and winner gets “a copy of Flex 2”. 

I signed up for the Philly stop.. then changed to Atlanta when scheduling wouldn’t allow me to be in Philly (shoot).. and now the bus stops even closer to home.  Bah!  It’s time to get serious about making some AIR apps. 

This is cool.. it's almost time for me to get a new cell phone (I took a swim with my v710 and then dropped it in water the next day so the camera isn't working). I'm holding out for a few more weeks until my contract with Verizon ends. So the timing is great for Verizon and Adobe to announce that they're going to deliver the first Flash enabled mobile applications.

here's the press release

The alliance will provide developers in North America a new way to create and commercialize rich mobile applications and content that deliver exceptional mobile experiences to millions of Verizon Wireless customers.

Ok, so we have Wallop in Beta, which is going to allow Flash developers to create little widgets and sell them, we now have the ability to create little apps and sell them to the masses via their cell phones, we have a video site or some other Flash based site springing up every day it seems, we have Apollo getting ready to finally do what Central should have... shooo.. I'm glad I didn't listen to someone a couple of years ago when they said "you need to learn zzzzzzzz.. Flash may not be around much longer"

Flash Lite for BREW is currently available on four Get It Now-enabled Verizon Wireless handsets, including The V (LG VX9800), Motorola Razr V3c and Motorola V3m and Samsung SCH-a950.

That should make my decision making a little easier.. I had been looking at the Chocolate and The V.

Adobe also announced the Flash Lite 2.1 Update to Flash Professional 8 and it's free (as in beer). Just go download it.