Just watched presentation on Adobe Device Central and Blackberry, from the BlackBerry Developer day. It showed how through using Adobe technology you can build applications for the BackBerry, how I can take my skills as a ActionScript developer and develop for the BlackBerry.
One of the tools they demo in the presentation is Device Central Serge Jespers shows how you can create assets/images etc. in illustrator then export them into Flash Builder to develop the app and then test in Device Central. The demo showed how you can test multi-touch even without a multi-touch screen (you set two points via mouse clicks on the screen, these represent your fingers), test the accelerometer through a 3D representation of the phone in a new panel which you can tilt and tip to test the app.
This presentation shows how Adobe through the Open Screen Project are empowering Flash Platform Developers to be able to create applications across multiple platforms.
A lot of people love the iPhone, I too am looking forward to getting one, but this presentation shows that there are more mobile platforms other than the iPhone. The BlackBerry is a good platform, my wife has one and is very happy with it.
I'm excited by the new things Adobe is releasing, Flash Builder, Flex 4 and CS5. All to support the Flash Platform and the write once run anywhere idea that Adobe are taking.
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