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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Verizon Wireless Enables First Flash Lite Ecosystem in the US
Verizon Wireless logo You may have already seen the press release but I wanted to blog it just in case you weren't aware. As of 25 October, Verizon Wireless started to offer Flash Lite applications and content to millions of subscribers who have one of the four supported BREW enabled handsets. This is fantastic news and I'm really excited about this - and you should be too.

Supported BREW enabled Verizon Wireless handsets
Today these four handsets are supported: Samsung SCH-A950, LG VX9800, Motorola RAZR V3c and Motorola V3m. We're working with Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm to certify additional handsets and will list them on our developer site once they're certified.

Flash Lite applications available
There are 8 applications available today:
  • The Weather Channel
  • MovieGoer
  • Jungle Jim
  • Extreme Hangman FL
  • NBC's The Office Games
  • Mini Arcade by Shockwave
  • Shockwave Minis Unlimited
  • Animated Screensavers
During the day 2 keynote at MAX this past Wednesday, I purchased, downloaded, installed and played "Mini Arcade by Shockwave" live on stage to my Samsung SCH-A950. It was awesome to finally see Flash Lite content running on a US carrier's network.


Here is a video clip of me downloading the Flash Lite game Jungle Jim (created by SkyZone Entertainment) on my Motorola RAZR V3c.

So if you have one of the supported Verizon Wireless phones go to the Get It Now catalog and take a look at these Flash Lite applications. As more applications are made available to consumers I'll be listing them here and also on the Flash Lite for Verizon Wireless Development Center. If you have questions make sure to post them in the Flash Lite for BREW forums.

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15 comments

Bill, thanks for posting the video.

By Anonymous Scott Janousek , at Sat Oct 28, 11:05:00 AM PDT  

Congrats to you and the FlashLite team! This is a big step forward for Flash on mobiles.

Wish VZW was more open with FlashLite, but their business model is their business.

RichCurtis

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Sun Oct 29, 06:12:00 AM PST  

Bill dont know if you can answer this, but would it be worth trying to to load the fl player on a UK razr v3?
cheers
Alistair Gillan

By Anonymous alistair , at Mon Oct 30, 05:56:00 AM PST  

Bill,

Thanks for all your help during development. Great to see a video of Jungle Jim on your site

By Anonymous Jeff Kwon , at Mon Oct 30, 12:08:00 PM PST  

Any chance (at all) this will work with a treo 650?

I have the verizon network, but I've been told that it's not avaliable for palm devices? Has this changed?

I know there are a few petitions out there.

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Tue Oct 31, 11:09:00 AM PST  

///rich- thanks.

///alistair- it won't work on the UK Razr because it's GSM based

///jeff- no, thank you ;o)

///anonymous- unfortunately no, it won't work

By Blogger Bill , at Thu Nov 02, 08:51:00 PM PST  

can you guide me about xhTML emulator so that i can embed my FL2.0 file and can test it. CUrrent nokia S60 doesnt support FL2.0

By Anonymous Adnan , at Thu Nov 02, 09:53:00 PM PST  

Hi... I've looked everywhere but I am so clueless so if you could enlighten me, I'd be very grateful.

First, I use Hollywood (Motorola E816) on Amp'd Mobile. I understand E816 is not an officially supported device for Flash Lite, but is there any chance I can still get it, maybe the beta version?

Second, suppose I somehow managed to get Flash Lite on my Hollywood. How am I supposed to install a Flash application on my Hollywood? I am very confused about how tedius and complicated it is just to install a BREW application into your cell phone and how hard/easy it is to install a Flash application provided the player is already there.

Thanks!

By Anonymous Yasuro , at Sat Nov 04, 05:07:00 AM PST  

If you would like to learn more about brew development, visit,

http://brew.qualcomm.com/brew/en/developer/resources/dev_resources.html

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Sat Nov 04, 09:44:00 AM PST  

> If you would like to learn more about brew development

Flash applications development and BREW applications development are not the same; hence my question.

By Anonymous Yasuro , at Sat Nov 04, 12:49:00 PM PST  

visit the BREW site to learn how to upload FL applications to your handset.

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Wed Nov 08, 08:44:00 AM PST  

I found an answer to my own question.

Certain Japanese cell phones came with Flash Lite 1.1 player preinstalled. And you can just download the SWF file and run it. See, for example, http://appget.com/fl/pc/ which is a directory of Flash Lite 1 applications.

I was hoping that things will be similar with Flash Lite 2.1. In other words, I was hoping that once you have a Flash Lite 2.1 player on your BREW cell phone, you can download and run any Flash Lite applications.

But I guess I was wrong, according to http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=68&catid=611&threadid=1211688&enterthread=y

I am very dispappointed.

By Anonymous Yasuro , at Mon Nov 13, 11:10:00 PM PST  

///Yasuro - thanks for the link to the Japanese FL content, very cool.

The implementation of FL on Japanese handsets is different than the current implementation on VZW - meaning that in Japan the web browser supports FL, here in the US on VZW it doesn't. For a consumer to view FL apps and content on a supported VZW phone, they need to purchase an application, or purchase a content catalog which aggregates FL content (casual games, wallpapers, screensavers). Basically BREW on the VZW network is a closed system, unlike an open OS like Windows Mobile or Symbian.

By Blogger Bill , at Wed Nov 29, 09:26:00 AM PST  

Hey guys - Is there a way to play the Flash movie stream without having to go through VCast or other content partners? In other words, can I access the file directly from my site?

By Anonymous Anonymous , at Tue Jun 26, 08:05:00 PM PDT  

Finally a few more FL models are now available. Hopefully VZW keeps on adding them.

By Anonymous Cell Phone Reviews , at Sun Oct 28, 09:09:00 AM PDT  

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