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Monday, February 19, 2007
Flash more popular than Symbian
That might seem like an apples and oranges comparison, but if you are a mobile game developer it indicates that the most viable platforms for game development are Java ME (1.5 billion units), Flash (200 million) and Symbian OS (100 million), or any of the abstracting gaming platforms that are available for Java ME and Symbian OS.
Whether Flash is really useful for other applications than games remains to be seen, but e.g. mapping applications should be possible to do, provided location features of the phone can be accessed.
Adobe press release: Flash Enabled Mobile Devices Pass 200 Million
Whether Flash is really useful for other applications than games remains to be seen, but e.g. mapping applications should be possible to do, provided location features of the phone can be accessed.
Adobe press release: Flash Enabled Mobile Devices Pass 200 Million
