Opinionated comments on mobile phone industry news

Here's a good piece on Flash Lite for mobile games, where Dave Williams at Atom Entertainment is interviewed by Gamasutra.

Compared to Java ME, Flash Lite has only one provider, hence it's less of a hazzle to move games between phones. Yet, as pointed out here, Flash Lite is much less deployed than Java ME, but it definitely shows promise for increased phone independence, hence cutting development and testing costs and time.

It probably also makes it easier to work with animated 2D graphics, even for non-programmers. Java ME with SVG might come close feature- and quality-wise, and might even be quicker deployed in phones than Flash Lite. I doubt though that Java ME / SVG will be nearly as much hyped as Flash Lite.

Gamasutra - Mobile Q&A: Atom Entertainment SVP on Shockwave Minis