Just a head's up that the next device profile update (#5) for Device Central CS3 will be released in about a month. There will be several new device profiles and some updates to existing ones. In the mean time you can make sure your computer is up to date - download the current device profile updates now (#1-#4) and the Flash Lite 3 update if you haven't done so already.

This morning we released device profile #4 for Device Central CS3. After installing this update it will bring the total number of Flash Lite devices to 364. You can do 3 main things with Device Central CS3:

1. Get information about supported Flash devices
2. Create new projects based on a selected device or group of devices
3. Emulate various types of mobile content, including Flash Lite
   

Before installing make sure you've done the following:

1. You must first download and install the Flash® Lite™ 3 Update for Device Central CS3.
2. Verify you've installed the previous updates (#1-#3) first before installing #4 because #4 includes some changes to previous device updates.

Here's a breakdown of the new Flash Lite devices:

New Device Profiles

• DoCoMo Mitsubishi D704i
• DoCoMo Mitsubishi D904i
• DoCoMo Fujitsu F704i
• DoCoMo Fujitsu F883iES
• DoCoMo Fujitsu F904i
• DoCoMo NEC N704imyu
• DoCoMo NEC N904i
• DoCoMo Panasonic P704i
• DoCoMo Panasonic P704iµ
• DoCoMo Panasonic P904i
• DoCoMo Sharp SH704i
• DoCoMo Sharp SH904i
• DoCoMo Sony Ericsson SO704i
• DoCoMo Sony Ericsson SO903iTV
• KDDI Casio Hitachi W52CA
• KDDI Casio Hitachi W53CA
• KDDI Casio Hitachi W52H
• KDDI Kyocera W44KII
• KDDI Kyocera A5526K
• KDDI Kyocera A5528K
• KDDI Panasonic W52P
• KDDI Sanyo A5527SA
• KDDI Sanyo W52SA
• KDDI Sanyo W53SA
• KDDI Sharp W52SH
• KDDI Sony Ericsson W52S
• KDDI Toshiba W53T
• KDDI Toshiba W54T
• LG KS10
• Nokia 3109
• Nokia 3500
• Nokia 6267
• Sony Ericsson K850i
• Sony Ericsson S500c
• Sony Ericsson T650i
• Sony Ericsson T658c
• Sony Ericsson W580c
• Sony Ericsson W910i
• Softbank Samsung 805SC
• Softbank Panasonic 810P
• Softbank Sharp 812SHs
• Softbank Sharp 814SH
• Softbank Sharp 815SH
• Softbank Sharp 816SH
• Softbank Sharp 912SH
• Softbank Sharp 913SH
• Softbank Toshiba 814T
• Softbank Toshiba 815T
• Softbank Toshiba 912T

Expanded/Improved Device Profiles

• KDDI Casio Hitachi W43HII
• KDDI Kyocera W44K
• KDDI Sanyo W43SA
• KDDI Sony Ericsson W44S
• KDDI Toshiba A5523T
• KDDI Toshiba W46T
• KDDI Toshiba W47T
• Nokia 5200
• Nokia 5300
• Nokia 6085
• Nokia 6125
• Nokia 6131
• Nokia 6151
• Nokia 6290
• Nokia 6300
• Nokia 7390
• Nokia E90
• Nokia N76
• Nokia N95
• Sony Ericsson K600
• Sony Ericsson K600c
• Sony Ericsson K600i
• Sony Ericsson K606c
• Sony Ericsson K606i
• Sony Ericsson K608c
• Sony Ericsson K608i
• Sony Ericsson K610iM
• Sony Ericsson S500i
• Sony Ericsson V600i
• Sony Ericsson V800
• Sony Ericsson W300i
• Sony Ericsson W550c
• Sony Ericsson W550i
• Sony Ericsson W580i
• Sony Ericsson W600c
• Sony Ericsson W600i
• Sony Ericsson W610i
• Sony Ericsson W660i
• Sony Ericsson W710i
• Sony Ericsson W712a
• Sony Ericsson W810i
• Sony Ericsson W830a
• Sony Ericsson W830c
• Sony Ericsson W830i
• Sony Ericsson W850i
• Sony Ericsson W880i
• Sony Ericsson Z800i
• Softbank Sharp 910SH
• Softbank Sharp 911SH
• Softbank Toshiba 811T
• Generic Flash Lite 2.0 16 240x320
• Generic Flash Lite 2.0 32 240x320
• Generic Flash Lite 2.1 16 240x320
• Generic Flash Lite 2.1 32 240x320
• Generic Flash Lite 2.1 16 320x240
• Generic Flash Lite 2.1 32 320x240

There's a brief article in the Australian PC Authority magazine about using Bridge & Device Central CS3 for creating Flash Lite content.

We've just posted a recorded presentation on the Adobe mobile and devices developer center that discusses the benefits of using Device Central for developing mobile content.

It's about 5 minutes long and includes some narration, screenshots and some video. It's a good starting point if you're interested in learning more about the mobile development process using Adobe tools.

I'm happy to announce that we now have available our first device profile update for Adobe Device Central CS3. 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.

Starting today you can purchase the version of CS3 that you need and for those of you who have done so, planning or doing so or are still waiting you now have access to several new items of information about Adobe Device Central CS3. Things like an overview of the features, tutorials and articles that we plan on updating every few weeks and an FAQ section for any questions you may have at this time.

One of the cool things are the 4 video tutorials we've created to give you a better sense of the Device Central workspace as well as how it integrates with the various supported point products.

We value your feedback so let us know what additional information you'd like us to make available on the Device Central site.

For those of you who were unable to attend my online webinar yesterday where I walked through the new device intelligence and mobile content emulation features of Adobe Device Central CS3 and the integrated mobile workflow with Adobe CS3 tools, the recorded webinar is now available for viewing.

During the 45 minutes I show how designers and developers can create and test various types of mobile content using Adobe Device Central CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Photoshop CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Illustrator CS3 and Bridge CS3.

There were several questions asked at the end of the webinar that I answered, however if you have any additional questions after watching the recording you can leave them here and I'll answer them.

John Nack pinged me today with a link to an article from Japan (English version or Japanese version) about artists who are designing visually stunning wallpapers, screensavers and menus using Flash Lite. It's not that often that these types of imagery for mobile phones is discussed and seen outside Japan and it's great that Sakaguchi-san took the time to share the work of some of the top artists there. Japan has such an expressive and fun culture, you can see creativity all around you from fashion, to entertainment to their mobile phones.

With the upcoming integrated designer features of Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Device Central there will be even more opportunities for designers to easily preview their designs within the aspects of specific devices by designing for specific screen sizes.

OK, so now you've had a chance to use Photoshop CS3 beta and you may be interested in how Device Central fits into a designers workflow. I'm going to walk you through a sequence of screens of how a designer can use the integration between Photoshop CS3 and Device Central. Learn more at the Mobile Content Creation with Adobe Photoshop CS3 (beta) site.

If you haven't heard already you can now go and download a public beta of Adobe Photoshop CS3 from Adobe Labs. There are a lot of cool new features in Photoshop CS3 for you to try out, including a beta version of Adobe Device Central.

We decided to include a beta version of Device Central with the Photoshop CS3 beta to give you a taste of how Adobe is working to facilitate the workflow for creating mobile content. Device Central is an integrated tool in Photoshop CS3 beta, enabling you to design, preview, and test mobile bitmap content such as static wallpapers or UI mock-ups for applications.

In order to help beta users with any questions they may have about using Device Central with Photoshop CS3, we've set up an official support page. I will be adding more specific information as well as some video tutorials and sample files which will be available over the weekend.

If you're a Photoshop user or graphical designer and interested in creating content for your phone or other phones, Device Central is a great way to get started and experiment.