Adobe and Nokia have announced a $10m mobile open source
project to accelerate the creation ofrich mobile content, applications and
services.
The project, announced at this week's
GSM Association
(GSMA) Mobile World Congress, will deliver new content and
services using the Adobe Flash platform.
The new fund is a result of the
Open Screen Project,
an industry-wide initiative of more than 20 industry leaders, to
enable a consistent experience for web browsing and standalone
applications.
Additional Open Screen Project partners are expected to join the
Adobe/Nokia fund in the future.
"We are excited about the Open Screen Project Fund and the
possibilities it offers to designers and developers worldwide,"
said David
Wadhwani, general manager and vice-president for the platform
business unit at Adobe.
Tero
Ojanpera, EVP at Nokia Services, said: "With close to 40% of
all new mobile devices shipped with Flash Lite in 2008, the fund
will enable more developers to bring their rich content and
services to a large number of mobile users."
"The Open Screen Project Fund encourages the use of Adobe tools
and existing developer skills to create exciting and unique Flash
applications for millions of Nokia devices," said
Tero
Ojanpera.
"Our end goal is to support these developers with resources,
build awareness around the creative possibilities with Flash and
help bring these innovative experiences to market through Nokia
distribution channels," added Ojanpero.
Developers at the Mobile Congress are being invited to submit
concepts for applications. They must be based on the Adobe Flash
platform, run on Nokia devices and work on multiple screens,
including mobile, desktop and consumer electronics devices.
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