Comments on: [3rd Party] Kinoma Producer converts media files for Palm OS playback

By: Oleg

Oleg — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:12:44 +0000

If you are still interested there is workarround about installing flash player to Treo 650. It’s copied from Sony Clie TH55. And it is working pretty well. The only thing is that this is only Flash player 5 :(.

I’ve installed it on my Treo yesterday and it seems to work pretty well, except of limited functionality - I mean mp3 sound and getURL problem.

There is the link with detail instructions - http://discuss.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=90079

By: colin white

colin white — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:50:29 +0000

I read somewhere about a chap who explained how it was possible to remove and add applications to the treo rom- during update. could this not be used to ‘pinch’ a copy from a clie and then add it to a treo during update?

The guy was replacing realplayer with pocket tunes - im guessing - since the clie has very similar screen dimensions and abilities could it be possible????

just a thought ??

By: google左侧排�??

google左侧排�?? — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:51:37 +0000

organizational process or path is on this? Who does one talk to at MM or Palm to demonstrate the importance of this?

By: Grey Matter

Grey Matter — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:47:35 +0000

I cant belive we still dont have a flash player for Palm OS5. It was one of the reasons I bought a Treo 600 as I assumed MM and PalmOne were too smart to overlook an opportunity like that.

Thats one more loss to my Symbian touting other half. PalmOne seems to be adopting a less proactive culture (think no bluetooth on Treo 600). With this new Adobe takeover can this(Flash Lite on PalmOS5) still happen?

By: Brook

Brook — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 20:15:34 +0000

We need flash support on Palm big time. I have a Treo 600 and if I could develop flash apps for it I would start today…

By: Ed Mansouri

Ed Mansouri — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:08:36 +0000

I stumbled upon my own reply to this post when Googling about the latest status of Flash Lite and its deployment onto PalmOne devices.

I just came back from a conference where both Macromedia and PalmOne had booths. The “sales reps” from both companies indicated they were aware of strong interest to work with one another on getting the Flash Lite Player onto the PalmOne handhelds.

Why is this taking so long?

By: mo lohaus

mo lohaus — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:59:28 +0000

Ed –

Do you have any idea what the organizational process or path is on this? Who does one talk to at MM or Palm to demonstrate the importance of this?

By: Ed Mansouri

Ed Mansouri — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 04:49:15 +0000

I am a Flash developer and just came back from MAX 2004, where Macromedia was all hyped up about encouraging development for the Flash Lite Player.

Yet, after one year, there is STILL no evidence that there will be Flash Player support on the Treo series of devices from PalmOne.

The people at the SprintPCS store had no clue what I was talking about when I asked them to show me a Nokia phone that has the Flash Player on it.

Macromedia has to do more for the development community if all their hard work on the R&D side of this wireless initiative is going to mean anything for developers in the US.

By: mo lohaus

mo lohaus — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 04:07:33 +0000

Since so much of the smart phone market and PDA market runs on Palm OS, could we please PLEASE please please please have a Flash Player for Palm OS 5? The Sony Clie is built on the Palm OS 5, and it is Flash capable thru Flashlite.
I realize that there are a host … a horde shall we say … a horde of different devices using the Palm OS, and that their processors and displays vary significantly. There are also a slew, or at least a gaggle, of different browsers: Blazer, Web Pro, etc.
There are challenges in developing for varied screen sizes and aspect ratios as well. But there are hardware constants that can be worked with, and a well-built player could configure itself after assessing the hardware environment.
Collaboration between PalmOne, PalmSource and Macromedia on this is a win-win-win situation. Macromedia wants to be the ubiquitous multimedia device client and Palm wants to deliver a rich media experience — like those delivered on its licensee’s phones. Palm PDAs and smart devices are significant blank spot of market share MM could be present in.
Is it about nickels and dimes? What is impeding this collaboration? Does MM want Palm to license the player technology? Is the cost of player / plug-in development substantial — or not being budgeted by both parties? Or is there simply no productive dialog?
I suspect this, and I really hope this can be remedied. In my heart of hearts I would love to be writing flash apps for little 320×320 screens — and transforming my Zire 72 into a VR wonderland. Some of the mid range Palms now are really wonderful — sound, cameras, video — with full PDA functionality, and Bluetooth, and wifi options….
The Treo seems to be the direction things are going:
Phone / PDA / Web Interface — much like the Clie. Palm is savvy and will remain a major player in the market — lets get them into the fold somehow, or access their client base, or rationale rationale rationale.
I haven’t sprung for Kinoma Producer 2 yet — I’m waiting to hear that the movies it outputs from swf sources remain interactive. Do they? Who cares if we can turn a Quicktime .mov or dvd video into another format of video: big deal. How ’bout a seriously smart little interactive game (MicroQuake) or a brilliant high end portfolio site (like the Lear Jet site) on a handheld? MX Pro powers… activate!
I appreciate your work, Mike. I’ve read your little blurbs on the MM site for a while now.
All the best.

Mo Lohaus

By: btn

btn — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 02:58:18 +0000

Maybe we need a native Flash Player for the Treo 600�