Flash Lite: Facts and Figures
Thomas Menguy | May 12, 2007I’m really avid of Flash Lite informations…and it seems that this post at the always exellent VisionMobile fit my bill perfectly:
VisionMobile Forum :: Flash Lite: Facts and Figures
Especially interesting (at least for me ) is the following:
Flash Lite Technology:
1.5MB: size of Flash player for PCs
400K: size of Flash Lite 2 for mobile devices
300K: the target size for Flash Home product, built on Flash Lite (based on the technology acquired from ActImagine)
ARM 9 with 32/32MB ROM/RAM running at 150MHz: lowest-spec phone embedding Flash Lite, according to Adobe.
BREW extensions: the technology Verizon uses to automatically download and install the Flash Lite player on 12 supporting handsets.
VisionMobile Forum :: Flash Lite: Facts and Figures
So it seems that we are still not in the “low to middle” cost phone range of the spectrum…still a little bit high-end, but it is shrinking and it will continue to do so, thanks to the Actimagine acquisition (cococrico!) .
Another good read about Adobe Open-Sourcing startegy:
How Adobe can overcome the issues around open sourcing the Flash Player Posted by Ryan Stewart @ 2:32 am…
…..But the rise of Flash also means that Adobe has less incentive to open the Flash Player, and at this stage, I can’t fault them for keeping it proprietary. I’d love to see them open it, and after talking with Ted, I think they can do it and still keep business as usual, but I wouldn’t expect it any time soon. The path is open though, so we can wait and see.