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Nokia Licenses Macromedia Flash For Handsets

Feb 11, 2005, 2:59 PM by (staff)

Nokia has signed an agreement with Macromedia to integrate Flash technology into the Series 60 platform as well as extending it to their other platforms in the future. As part of the agreement, Macromedia will build a Flash player for Series 60 which can be included in future handsets built on the platform. Operators and developers will then be able to build applications and web services for smartphones by using Flash. In Europe, T-Mobile has already launched a news magazine for Series 60 phones using Flash.

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jfox00

Feb 11, 2005, 8:26 PM

no more flash!

Is nothing sacred anymore? I hope this is promptly followed by the release of "cell-firefox" so I can promptly block all the god forsaken flash advertisments. The only place i want flash is with my 5 megapixel camera/cell phone/mp3 player/radio device.

scapegoat

LOL... i can see this causing problems with internet advertisments 😛

but i also forsee some pretty cool flash apps and games that could be used.

And firefox is working on a mobile browser (called minimoso or something like that if im not mi...
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muchdrama

I was just about to comment on how our smartphones are getting closer and closer to a true internet experience. Hopefully, newer browsers for smartphones will be able to block the inevitable pop-ups made possible by flash.

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Rich Brome

What's wrong with Flash? This has nothing to do with ads, BTW. Flash is a great way to put a much richer, faster interface on a small-screen device.

Inquisitor_Hoth

Feb 14, 2005, 1:50 PM

Will it support previous versions?

Does anyone know if this means will add support for previous handsets. I plan on getting a Panasonic X700 but might hold off if I can't get this till the next release.

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