Great use of Flash video shot, edited and developed by Flash video guru Graeme Bull for the MXDU conference that he and I spoke at last week.
I really like the idea of shooting short videos asking people about their experiences with the conference and then posting them online. Really nice!
After meeting with the Sony Vaio team for dinner earlier tonight, it has become crystal clear that I really need to get one of these super-slick, super-slim VAIO x505 laptops. As a person who spends most of my time jumping between meeting rooms, beating back the incoming flood of emails in Outlook, giving countless presentations, and traveling around the world doing speaking engagements – this laptop is a perfect fit.
It’s less than 2 lbs, features a 1.1 GHz Centrino, 512MB RAM (I’d max that out), and a 20GB HD (I’d probably try to replace that with a larger drive). It also has USB 2.0, iLink (firewire), ethernet, and built-in 802.11g. That’s all I really need in an ultra-portable. I still have my workhorse IBM Thinkpad T41p to do the heavy lifting when I need it (which is becoming less and less often).
I think Tokyo is having an effect on me. All I can do is think about electronics and gadgets. I’m like a child in an enormous toy store!
…and Akamai completes the set.
Now all of the big players are a part of the Flash Video Streaming Service (FVSS) allowing customers all over the world to benefit from high-quality, streaming Flash video.
It’s really been amazing to watch the astronomical growth of interest and implementation of interactive video experiences powered by Flash. Check out the Flash Video Gallery for some examples.
Why the overwhelming interest?
1. The most widely available client on the planet (over 30% more people have Flash Player 6 than Windows Media Player)
2. Full creative control over how you use, deliver, and brand your video experience
3. The rich, contextual and interactive nature of the Flash platform
Standard Features Found in All Versions of Flash Video Streaming Service
- Automatic tracking and report generation at the click of a button
- Fastest way to deploy load-balanced, fully fail-safe Flash Video
- Video streaming that starts the instant viewers click Play
- High-performance network that ensures video isn’t clogged up on the Internet
- Built-in load balancing to scale video despite the heaviest traffic
- Upload of Flash Video (FLV) files to a ready-to-go streaming network without having to set up and maintain video servers
Learn more about FVSS and Flash video here.
Read the press release here.
Very exciting!
Business Week’s Sarah Lacy writes about recent news from Macromedia that it is expanding it’s partnerships with wireless carriers and device manufacturers including Nokia and Samsung.
“Some analysts estimate nearly half the phones shipping next year will have enough memory to run Flash. If current growth rates keep up, that’s roughly 500 million phones with Flash potential.”
Read the article here.
This is one of the many phones offered in Japan that feature the Flash Lite player. Notice that this particular KDDI model even promotes Flash as a feature and a reason to buy the phone!
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