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Flash on more devices courtesy of Espial browser.
September 16, 2003 | Leave a Comment
Macromedia has announced an agreement with Espial to extend support for Flash into their browser for devices. Espial’s reach into devices range from PDAs made by Kyocera to PVRs made be NEC. This is great news for Flash developers. More opportunities always means good news. I think this is probably just a stepping stone though. I am assuming the version of player does not have extra FSCommands or other support built in to extend interaction with the hardware APIs. However maybe this will lead to a special build of the player that communicates with Espial Escape a little more so Flash can talk to APIs that communicate with the hardware. This opens up opportunities to building PVR interfaces, also building dashboard displays for cars with the Espial browser embedded. Looks like the Macromedia Mobile Business Unit is discovering some really cool opportunities for us.