French manufacturer Archos, has announced its latest generation of PMP devices which they refer to as “Internet media tablets”. These touch screen devices offer a wide range of media playback, entertainment and internet capability through Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. These devices support Flash 9 in the Opera browser which also supports widget applications.
I’ve been reading about the Sony Mylo and ran across the Mylo labs web site, which has information on developing content for Mylo. The Sony Mylo is an internet device with Flash Lite 3 integrated into the Netfront 3.4 web browser. The site has forums and documentation which currently focus on creating widget applications for Netfront. There is also some discussion of how to add Flash Lite games to the Mylo. Note that Sony Mylo COM 2 supports Flash Lite and Netfront widgets.
I ran across a video review of the Samsung YP-P2 portable media player. The P2 is a nice touch screen device, in the mode of itouch. I would assume it uses Flash Lite for the interface because Samsung has used Flash Lite for the user interface for some of its other PMP devices. The recent firmware upgrades the interface behavior and adds games. I assume these are Flash Lite games as well.
Anyone have more information?
Wiicade, a web portal offering Flash games for Nintendo Wii, is offering two $200 sponsorhips for Flash games. This means you get $200 for your Flash game if selected.
Of note, Wiicade has an ActionScript/javascript solution for trapping many more of the Wii controller events than directly supported by Flash. Wii supports a version of Flash 7. Unfortunately, there is no information from Adobe about the feature of this Flash 7 player.
Visit the Wiicade blog for more information.
According to DAPreview, a beta firmware update (FW3.53b) for the Cowon D5 PMP adds support for custom Flash Lite UI themes. This is the second PMP device on the market (that I know of), the other being iRiver CLIX, to support Flash Lite theming.
Korean manufacturer Cowon recently announced that its Q5W portable media player will be available for the American market. This PMP runs windows CE, has Wi-Fi and a touch screen interface. Q5W comes with Flash 7 pre-installed. I think this is the first Cowon device to support Flash. Cowon seems to associate Flash with both web browsing and games capability.
Amazon is now listing the ARCHOS 605 Portable Media Player (PMP) for sale starting September 1. The ARCHOS 605 is a 800 x 480 touch screen device, with WI-FI capability and can support the Opera web browser with Flash player for viewing video.
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