Adobe MAX 2010 is going to held in October.

“This year’s conference will focus on three emerging trends: the explosion of content across multiple screens and devices, new technologies that enable integrated designer and developer workflows, and innovative ways to monetize content. MAX 2010 will give you the skills, insight, and contacts to take advantage of these opportunities as they transform our industry.”

Check the sessions catalog to see what the conference will offer. There will be some mobile related sessions on Flash 10.1 and AIR Mobile.

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There are 3 new Flash Mobile Contests sponsored by Adobe to make Flash 10.1 mobile games:

Kongregate is organizing a Flash Mobile Game contest with $20,000 prizes!
Flash Mobile Game Contest from Mochi Media for $15,000 in prizes
Flash Mobile Game Contest from Flash Games License, Cell Your Flash Game $30,000 in prizes.

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Samsung will be hosting bada Developer Day on June 22nd in San Francisco. It’ll be a full-day technical seminar at the W-Hotel in San Francisco.

NOTE: Parking will be paid by Samsung, so please do valet at the W, and of course, food and beverages will be provided throughout the day.
You can find registration and event details here.
Check out the bada Developer Challenge, and the prizes are huge (2.7 mil in total).

Samsung bada supports Flash Lite 3.1.

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There will be an online eSeminar on June 10th: Code once and run on multiple mobile devices

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Flashmobilegroup now has a mobile application (WRT and J2me) in the OVI Store.

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Thanks to Matt and Juan from ustwo™ for the great presentation. They shared some great development tips.

Here is the recording: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p50933897/

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The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on Thursday April 15th at 12 PM EST (check your time). Speaker for this eSeminar is Matt Pollitt from digital agency ustwo™. He will talk about the company ustwo and the mobile projects they are working on.

Topics: ustwo™
When: Thursday April 15th at 12 PM EST
eSeminar link: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/ustwo/
Speaker: Matt Pollitt

Matt will talk about ustwo™ Flash Lite mobile projects (for example: b@tv), their distribution, performance issues and results.

ustwo™ is a digital user experience (UX) design agency that develops pioneering user interfaces for some of the world’s leading brands. Driven by its mission to ‘make products smile’, the ustwo™ studio creates beautiful, user-friendly interfaces for clients including Sony Ericsson, Sony, Adobe, Rebook and Turner.

ustwo™ brings the very best in digital design and innovation to a range of sectors including mobile, consumer electronics, medical and financial. ustwo™ also maintains its own portfolio of mobile properties, as well as partnering with brands, licensees and publishers to forge new revenue streams in the mobile arena.

Headquartered in London, UK and with offices in Malmö, Sweden; ustwo™ is a privately funded company founded by ‘Mills & Sinx’, Matt Miller and John Sinclair, in 2004, joined shortly after by third partner Marcus Woxneryd. In 2005 the company was made a ‘Design Partner’ by Sony Ericsson.

- For more information visit www.ustwo.co.uk

You can use the iPhone app Adobe Connect Pro Moble if you are on the go to follow the eSeminar.

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

If you are around San Francisco on April 16th there will be a great event FlashCamp, which will include Flash Mobile topics.

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Via Mark, the Spanish Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is organizing an event during the Mobile World Congress, DeviceDays.. Here are the details:

Timing/location:

* Torre Mapfre – Avinguda Litoral, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
* 09.30am – 5.00pm 19th February
* Space for 100 attendees

Note: Passing security takes time, arrive 15-30 mins early.

Schedule:

* 09.30am Welcome intro from Marcos and Raul
* 10.00am Overview of Adobe’s announcements at Mobile World Congress
* 10.30am BREAK
* 11.30am Open Screen Project new and Fund update, demos of funded applications
* 12.30am Contextual Applications – best practices, optimizations and inspirational demos
* 14.00pm LUNCH
* 15.00pm Testing Flash based applications with Device Central CS5
* 15.30pm Creating iPhone applications with Flash Professional CS5
* 16.00pm BREAK
* 16.15pm Creating ad-supported iPhone Applications with GreyStripe
* 16.45pm Closing remarks from Marcos and Raul

The event website is here, so start registering.

John Barrett from the Hawaii Flash User Group has put together an online eSeminar. The meeting will cover the building of the application (Flex & Air) and will demonstrate how the applications was ported to Flash Lite (2.1 & 3.1) & the iphone as well.

Please view the Calendar on the Adobe Groups site page for the Hawaii Flash User Group:
http://groups.adobe.com/posts/e9f2391409

You can see the application and the connect session will explain how it was built:

http://nuclearpathways.org/clients/max/ (since max is long over I don’t think the on-line application is still functionally)

Please RSVP early, as I would like Chris to see that there is interest in the meeting.
The meeting will take place on January 27, 2010 at 3:00 pm Hawaiian Time. (check your time)

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New Adobe eSeminar Series on the way for January and February:

Smartphones and TVs: Building Flash Applications
Thursday, January 21, 2010
11:00 AM US/Pacific

Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 – Develop for Flash on Mobile Devices
Thursday, February 18, 2010
11:00 AM US/Pacific

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Here is the recording of the eSeminar The Open Screen Project: A Fundee Speaks.

http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p19605093/

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The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on Thursday 17th December at 12 PM EST (check your time). Speaker for this eSeminar is Max Antinori and topic is “The Open Screen Project: A Fundee Speaks”.

Max Antinori will talk about his experience being funded by the Open Screen Project to develop components for his Species Explorer project. Max will cover some of the details of the application process, his specific experiences as a fundee, a brief overview of the components developed for OSP, and answer questions from seminar attendees who are considering applying to the OSP.

Max’s company, Max Media, has been developing Flash-based interactives for the educational market since 1999. His clients include the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Boston Museum of Science, the Shedd Aquarium, Denver Museum of Natural History, Boston Children’s Museum, Harvard Center for Astrophysics, and many more.

Topics: “The Open Screen Project: A Fundee Speaks”
When: Thursday 17th December at 12 PM EST
eSeminar link: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/speciesexplorer/
Please enter your name when prompt on the day of the eSeminar.

We will be giving away with a raffle an Adobe software package of $2100 value. You MUST be a registered User Group member to qualify.
Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.

Here is the recording on the eSeminar: Flash Mobile development opportunities on different platforms and new tools

eSeminar recording: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p96619974/

Thanks again to Mark for the presentation.

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The Boston Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group is holding an eSeminar on Friday 13th November at 12 PM EST (check your time). Speaker for this eSeminar is Mark Doherty from Adobe, Flash Platform Evangelist Mobile and Devices. We will have the opportunity to know more information about Flash Mobile development opportunities on different platforms and new tools.

Topics:

• Flash on the iPhone
• Flash Player 10.1
• Distributable Player Next (with SWFPack.com)
• Device Central 3 sneak peek

When: November 13th at 12 PM EST

eSeminar link: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/flashmobile/
Please enter your name when prompt on the day of the eSeminar.

About Mark Dohetry. You can read his blog here.

Please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group. When you apply tell us something about yourself.