Category Archives: Flash

Smartphone Market Share – Is Android the Phone of the Future.

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Android and iPhone smartphone comparison

Android is leapfrogging iPhone

Nielsen just posted the results of another survey that show Android quickly eclipsing iPhone in adoption and smartphone market share

Android is growing while iPhone is stagnant

Android is growing while iPhone is stagnant

Are consumers deciding to adopt phones like the HTC Evo with a considerably better camera and 4G speeds that are up to 10x faster than the iPhone and AT&T? Are consumers wowed by the power of Android on the new DroidX? Do users want to see the other half (40%) of the web that is currently Adobe Flash content?

According to the smartphone market share study by Nielsen above, Android has shown a whopping 4-5% incremental growth/quarter beginning in Q4 of 2009 while Apple has only claimed 1% growth/quarter during the same time frame.

Android eclipses iPhone in recent study

Android eclipses iPhone in recent study

Are we having Deja-Vu of Steve Jobs taking on Microsoft?  Is Apple heading back to the same predicament they were in in the late 80’s.  Are Adobe and Google just to strong for the well branded fruit? Time will tell but, the consumers are making their voice heard with their wallets.  It will be interesting to see what the numbers will be the next quarter?

An article on Techcrunch stated sarcastically that it is “Shocking” that 20 models of the Android would outsell one iPhone. This is simply called market forces and the law of supply and demand. People want choices and Apple doesn’t offer that in phones or carriers.

P.S. This post was written on a Mac.

Best DevLearn 09 Session That You Can Attend

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Matt Murdoch is speaking on a phenomenal learning methodolgy.  EVERYONE attending DevLearn should attend this session.

Here are the links:

http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.1280
http://www.elearningguild.com/events/session.cfm?id=1978
Here is the description:

Monday November 9, 2009 11:30 AM

Matt Murdoch, Franklin Covey

FranklinCovey, the worldwide leader in training and consulting services in the areas of strategy execution, leadership and personal effectiveness, built LiveClicks™ webinar workshops—a global online-learning business leveraging the technology of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro software.

During this session, you will hear how FranklinCovey was able to:

  • Double online-learning seminar attendance and income
  • Create a customized system for tracking and monetizing training content worldwide
  • Provide an exceptionally high-quality customer experience
  • Overcome technical and operational obstacles while launching LiveClicks webinar workshops as a global platform

Session Track: Best Practices

Adobe Max 2009 Anouncement – Flash Player 10.1

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Flash Player 10.1 is now available which gives mobile phones users the ability to run the full version of Flash on a mobile device.  This release has a tremendous amount of features and developments.  As you can see in this graphic from Kevin Lynch’s presentation Flash Player 10.1 is now:

  • Smartphone enabled
  • Multitouch capable
  • Accelerometer capable
  • Hardware accelerated
  • HTTP video streaming capable
  • Contains content protection
  • Has Peer assisted networking (social network integration)
Flash Player 10.1

Flash Player 10.1

Flash Player 10.1 also has significant performance enhancements as you can see in the graph below.

Flash Player 10.1 Performance Improvements

Flash Player 10.1 Performance Improvements

Talk about Happy Flashing!!!!

Which Browsers Come Preinstalled with Flash Player?

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Here is the quiz of the day.
Which Browsers Come Preinstalled with Flash Player?

Icons for IE8, Chrome2, Safari 4, Firefox 3, Opera 9

Icons for IE8, Chrome2, Firefox 3, Safari 4, Opera 9

Which Browsers come preinstalled with the Flash Player plugin pre-installed?

  1. Internet Explorer 8 (8.0.7100.0)
  2. Google Chrome 2 (2.0.172.37)
  3. Firefox 3 (3.51)
  4. Opera 9.7 (9.64)
  5. Safari 4 (4.0.2)
Find out the answer after the break.
Break
If you guessed Internet Explorer 8 you would be right.  The way I found this out is because our computer failed and I took it in to get it fixed at EBC computers who did a great job (a little pricey) and replaced the harddrive and installed Windows 7 as the OS.  The first thing I did (after plugging it into our 25″ monitor at home) was to download the various browsers.  I then saw the page on Opera Mobile and wanted to check it out.  Surprisingly none of the browsers (including Opera which was the site I was on requiring Flash Player) had the Flash Player preinstalled  except for Internet Explorer 8.
And here are the screenshots to prove it.
Google Chrome Flash Plugin Screenshot
Google Chrome isn't presintalled with Flash Player
Google Chrome isn’t preinstalled with Flash Player
Safari Flash Plugin Screenshot
Safari Browser is not presintalled with Flash Player
Safari Browser is not presintalled with Flash Player but had a detiled pop-up
Firefox  Flash Plugin Screenshot
Firefox Browser is not presintalled with Flash Player. This was pretty lame.
Firefox Browser is not presintalled with Flash Player. This was pretty lame.
Opera Flash Plugin Screenshot
Opera Browser is not presintalled with Flash Player. The lamest of all.

Opera Browser is not presintalled with Flash Player. The lamest of all.

So what should you do if you run into this scenario?  Go to Adobe of course and Get the Flash Plugin.

Thanks and as always,

Happy Flashing

Curtis J. Morley

Speaking at Elearning DevCon – Flash + Google Analytics = FLOOGLYTICS

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I am excited to say that I will be speaking at the E-Learning DevCon.  E-Learning DevCon is arguably the best Flash E-learning conference around.  This is one of those hidden gems that people talk about long after they are gone.  Some of the most respected E-learning and Interactive Instructional designers will be at this conference. Sign up quickly because it is filling up fast.

Presentation:

FLOOGLYTICS = Flash + Google Analytics

FLOOGLYTICS = Flash + Google Analytics

Flash and Google Analytics = FLOOGLYTICS
 Flash has always been considered the ugly step sister in the world of SEO and Analytics. Well now Flash takes “Center Stage”. Using Google Analytics data can be extracted from Flash that could never be pulled from HTML. This session will explore the ins-and-outs of how to setup Google Analytics to work most effectively with your Flash files and how to set up Flash to work most effectively with your Google Analytics account. Go beyond just seeing what users did. See what users meant to do or even wanted to do but didn’t. The most important part of the equation is how to refine this gold that Flash and Google Analytics provide. Walk away from this session armed with the tools you need to implement Flooglytics and make your site effective.

Where:
E-Learning DevCon – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

When:
June 17th-19th 3:30 P.M.

So sign up for E-Learning DevCon and I let’s make learning exciting again.

Happy Flashing,

Curtis J. Morley

Presenting at E-Learning DevCon – Cognitive Learning

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I am excited to say that I will be speaking at the E-Learning DevCon.  E-Learning DevCon is arguably the best Flash E-learning conference around.  This is one of those hidden gems that people talk about long after they are gone.  Some of the most respected E-learning and Interactive Instructional designers will be at this conference. Sign up quickly because it is filling up fast.

Presentation:

Cognitive Learning


Cognitive Learning Screenshot

Cognitive Learning Screenshot

This lecture will engage you and bring to life aspects of learning that are only now being tapped through technology. This style of learning walks through how technology can take learning from a passive experience to an engaged and cognitive experience. We will look at how the use of video and divergent paths can engage learners like never before. Curtis will show the product that has only been shown at one other conference – the Global Chinese Conference for Computing in Education. Come at let your brain be engaged.

Where:
E-Learning DevCon – University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

When:
June 17th-19th 3:30 P.M.

So sign up for E-Learning DevCon and I let’s make learning exciting again.

Happy Flashing,

Curtis J. Morley