The majority of Non-Nokia devices listed are Japanese handsets with
FL1.1 or FL1.0 preinstalled.
- All the phones that could be supported using the current technology
once distribution deals
with the manufacturers are sorted out
No - any phones there are because the deals have already been done
- All the phones that the current player will run on once the current
testing period
is over.
I assumed FL2.0 is final and only the IDE extension is pre-release
software
- All the phones that the Flash Lite 2.0 player could be ported to if
someone pays
Macrobe to do it.
FL2.0 could be ported to literally any phone if someone pays :)
Which of these applies will make a big difference to the speed of
adoption - if
the current player will be released for all these models in a few
months then
this could become quite big pretty quickly - otherwise its going to
take a while.
The issue currently is that is that although there is a long list of
Nokias that FL will run on, will a player ever be distributed for those
phones? The short answer is that unless the old MM policy has changed
with Adobe - NO! Nokia will distribute the FL player in its emerging
handsets, in fact it has already started in Asia with the N90, most
probably worldwide with the N91 this month. But the older Nokia's will
never get a FL player unless someone pays for it. IMHO this is a massive
hit that only the developer community and consumers take, even if it
does also have a slight impact on the growth of the FL content market
which is still pretty immature outside Japan. The only situation where
older Nokias will get FL2 is where a service provide/operator decides to
license the player for its customers with existing Nokia handsets,
however that is not necessarily a smooth process because each player is
IMEI tied and therefore cumbersome to deliver OTA.
Hope that helps a little.
cheers
Nick
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