Adobe Labs Distributable Player Solution
Adobe Labs Distributable Player Solution
Benefits
Since the distributable player solution mimics the successful Adobe Flash® Player desktop model of content-triggered downloads, you can be confident that your users’ devices will always have the latest Flash Lite runtime.
Plus, the distribution model enables you to deliver free or paid applications to millions of open OS smartphones, through direct-to-consumer distribution or your existing distribution channels, or via Adobe’s aggregator partners, which include GetJar, Thumbplay, and Zed.
Finally, this solution gives end users a better experience by providing intuitive discovery and installation of Flash Lite applications. Consumers using supported Windows Mobile and S60 phones in India, Italy, Spain, UK, and the U.S. can easily download applications. (Additional countries will be added over time.) After downloading an application, consumers see its user-friendly icon in the device menu.
What it is
The distributable player solution consists of the following components:
Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player. Flash Lite 3.1 includes the same features as Flash Lite 3.0, such as support for Flash Player compatible video, with some additional enhancements including improved security model for SWF file access. The solution delivers a standalone player for applications, without affecting the Flash Lite browser plug-in or pre-installed standalone player, if present.
Adobe Mobile Packager
The Adobe Mobile Packager is a desktop tool to wrap a SWF application with a player version checker, an icon, and metadata into an installable file for user-friendly discovery on S60 and Windows Mobile devices. The resulting output file is recognizable by S60 (.SIS) and Windows Mobile (.CAB) operating systems, acting essentially like .ZIP or .AIR files.
Authoring support is provided via Adobe Flash CS4 Professional and Adobe Device Central CS4 with corresponding updates, or via Adobe Flash CS3 Professional and Adobe Device Central CS3.
How it works
Take advantage of the distributable player solution in these basic steps.
1. Create
Create and test your Flash Lite application using Adobe Flash CS4 Professional and Adobe Device Central CS4 (with corresponding updates below), or Adobe Flash CS3 Professional and Adobe Device Central CS3.
* Get Adobe AIR 1.5 update for Flash CS4 Professional
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/downloads.html#flashCS4
* Get Flash Lite 3.1 update for Device Central CS4
http://www.adobe.com/support/devicecentral/downloads.html
2. Package
Use the Adobe Mobile Packager to wrap your SWF file with an icon, metadata, and a version checker that downloads the latest Flash Lite player over the air.
3. Distribute
Reach millions of users with direct-to-consumer distribution, or leverage the marketing reach and billing services of off-deck aggregator partners, including GetJar, Thumbplay, and Zed.
4. Discover
After downloading, your end users can discover your Flash application through a visual icon just like other applications on the device.
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Distributable Player:Supported Devices
Because it is a solution for off-deck rich application distribution, the Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player will be supported on smartphones with open operating systems which allow Over-The-Air (OTA) software downloads. At launch, the solution will be supported on Adobe tested devices based on Windows Mobile 5 for Smartphones, Windows Mobile 6 Standard/Professional, S60 3rd Edition, S60 3rd Edition feature pack 1, and S60 3rd Edition feature pack 2 devices platforms. Adobe will certify additional devices over time, prioritizing the most popular devices for the above mentioned platforms.
Supported devices (last updated: February 16, 2009)
S60 Devices
1. Nokia N78
2. Nokia E65
3. Nokia N95 8GB
4. Nokia N95
5. Nokia N73
6. Nokia N81
7. Nokia 6120 Classic
8. Nokia E51
9. Nokia N81 8GB
10. Nokia E71
11. Nokia N96
12. Nokia N82
Windows Mobile Devices
1. Samsung SGH-i607 BlackJack I
2. Samsung SGH-i617 BlackJack II
3. Samsung SGH-i780
4. HTC Touch Diamond
5. HTC-Pro S621(Same as T-Mobile Dash)
6. Palm Treo 700w
7. Palm Treo Pro
8. Palm Treo 750
9. Motorola Q Norman (same as Moto Q 9h(GSM))
10. Motorola Q
11. Motorola Q9m
Source:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/distributableplayer/
Attached below is only the player (sorry, don’t have time to split and upload the packager).
Here are other links for further information and downloads.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/distributableplayer/
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/distributableplayer/releasenotes_flashlite.html
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/distributableplayer/releasenotes_packager.html
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