OK, I just got a Sony Ericsson s500i yesterday, I got it because it seemed like a really decent phone, had no idea it’s OS was Flash Lite until I just happened to see Scott Janosek’s blog post on MXNA, about Mark Doherty’s post on the phone. As far as I can tell, the UI is identical to the UI on my 790a, which as far as I know is NOT Flash Lite. Also the two games that came on the phone are Java applications, not Flash Lite apps. Mark’s post was interesting, though, especially since he mentioned that Sony is making the phone open to third party developers. Hmm…I was never too enthusiastic about developing flash lite apps, because there weren’t many phones in the U.S. supporting it, on top of that, the main vendor, Verizon (Chocolate phone, which doesn’t even come close to the s500i) apparently has made it such a headache to get applications published that doesn’t really seem worth the effort. In the face of that all the hype a while back on Adobe’s site about “make money – build mobile apps for Verizon” seemed like just that – hype. But hey, if in theory I could publish a flash lite app and just load it onto the phone…that does seem interesting, even if just for tinkering.
Which is yet another reason in my list of reasons NOT to get an iPhone…no Flash support (yet). How can you make a phone that can run Safari but doesn’t support the Flash plug in? Completely kills the whole ‘it’s just like a regular web browser on your phone!’ theme in my eyes. What is the web without the flash platform? Gasp-!
There was also a lot of hype and excitement over the release of Leopard, as everyone knows, but I recommend developers and post production people download and read through the PDF Adobe has released on compatibility with Leopard before upgrading. I use Acrobat 8 but honestly could live without it for a few months until the update is released (one of the awesome things I realized when I switched to Mac was how easy it was to create PDFs without Acrobat) but After Effects won’t be updated until December and that could put a stint in my post production workflow potentially. Hm…guess I won’t be upgrading my main work Mac for a while nor the Mac that the s500i syncs with…
ah, yeah, turns out the s500i isn’t natively supported by iSync on the Mac. That was a momentary bummer as a prior Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung user, I had been ecstatic at the performance of my 790a and also how well it sync’d with my Mac. Moments (and $6) later though that issue was in the past, with a plug-in from feisar.com. However another cool feature I had no idea about previously – apparently you can dial numbers on the phone straight from Address Book – won’t work with Leopard since Apple has disabled that feature in the latest Mac OS release. Not that I would likely ever use the feature, but just the thought of it…
Ah, and apparently Lightroom is not certified to work with Leopard, either – photographers beware! btw anyone know how to move folders of images around and keep the Lightroom develop settings with the images? In Bridge there’s an option to keep the Bridge settings in the same folder as the images. I didn’t find something similiar in Lightroom. Kind of a major pain since I don’t always lug around my external drive where I keep my images long-term; on a shoot I store and develop on the laptop local drive and then move them over later. I also would really like to see more integration between Lightroom and Bridge…
Scott Janousek Says:
“Fuad, yes I know it’s available … I just don’t see a lot of SE around, especially through providers.
I’m not entirely sure if the whole interface is in Flash Lite, or just parts.
From Mark, it sounded like much if not all of it …
Perhaps Adobe will comment on that if they see this post.”
To move Lightroom folders around, you basically need to use the “Export as Catalog” functionality, and then re-import it. It’s probably an extra step or two when moving files around on the same system. But it comes in really, really handy when you’re starting post in the field on a laptop, and then need to move your work onto your main computer back at the office. Ping me if you have more questions, or if you find a simpler solution!