UPDATE TO CS3 LAUNCH EVENT

We have changed event details for the CS3 Announce Event tonight - we are now combining with other Brisbane user groups (QMUG, CFUG, Flash Platform) at a different venue - details are:

• 6:30 pm
• Wednesday, 28th March 2007
• QANTM Auditorium, QANTM House, Level 9, 138 Albert Streeet, Brisbane City (Opposite the "Coffee Club")
• If doors are locked, call 0416 213 251 or 0414 328 902 for entry

See you tonight!

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Official Launch Event for Adobe Creative Suite 3

A new era in creative expression is about to unfold, freeing us to colour outside the lines, to think in multiple dimensions, to engage audiences like never before.

OZMaD will be hosting a special meeting for the official launch of Adobe Creative Suite 3. Please join us at this special meeting that will include the recorded launch announcement from Adobe featuring presentations by Adobe executives, product demonstrations, and a chance to win one of the first copies of the new CS3 suite when it starts shipping!

Come join the rest of the creative industry and be part of the buzz and excitement by participating in this very special launch event.

When: Wednesday, March 28th @ 6.30pm
Where: i.lab Incubator - Level 1, 80 Jepshon Street, Toowong QLD
RSVP: Tuesday , March 27th to ozmad@moket.com.au

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New Brisbane Flash Platform Usergroup

Just wanted to let you all know of a new usergroup starting in Brisbane this week - the Brisbane Flash Platform Usergroup. It's aimed at Flex, Actionscript (mainly 3.0) and Apollo, so if you're at all interested in the future of these technologies, as well as meeting guys who are working with them right now, you need to get along.

First meeting details for BFPU are:

• Register at groups.google.com/group/flashplatform_qld
• When: 6:30 pm - ?, Wednesday, 21st February 2007 (if doors are locked, call 0414 328 902 for entry)
• Location: QANTM AuditoriumQANTM House - Level 9, 138 Albert StBrisbane City(Opposite the "Coffee Club")

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November Meeting

November will be the final meeting for OZMaD for the year, so come along for one more fix of Flash Lite and mobile news, discussions and presentations before the silly season takes over!

There'll be a wrap up from the Adobe MAX conference and all things mobile that came out of the sessions there, plus some new Flash Lite device and industry news. We'll also have some Christmas cheers to send off OZMaD for the year.

• When - Monday November 27th, 2006 - 6.30pm start
• Where - i.Lab Boardroom - Level 1, 80 Jephson Street, Toowong
  
• RSVP - Email ozmad@moket.com.au by Monday 27th @ 12pm
• Must RSVP to be eligible for the prize draw, including some great Adobe schwag

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Flash Lite Contest 2006

The Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group of Boston, Australia and Brazil have launched the second Flash Lite Contest.

The contest is open to anyone who is interested in developing content using Flash Lite 1.1, 2.0, 2.1 technologies for mobile devices, phones and iRiver PMP.

Use your imagination and experience to create your content. The application should be localized in English, but if you want to create it in another language feel free to do so. Please include any release note and instructions.

Prizes:

• Best Overall Flash Lite content: A Nokia of your choice (up to 500 US$)
• Best iRiver Flash Lite content: Adobe software of your choice (up to 2000 US$)
• Best Application: iRiver
• Best Animation: Adobe software of your choice (up to 2000 US$)
• Best Flash Lite Site: Adobe software of your choice (up to 2000 US$)

All submitted content will have the chance to be evaluated for distribution through the Moket Content Network

Flash Lite categories:

• Mobile phones: Applications /Animations: Wallpaper, Screensaver /Flash Lite 1.1 Web Sites
• iRiver:Flash Lite content for iRiver (games and applications)
  

Valid Flash Lite applications need to respect the following guidelines:

• Must run on Mobile Device and iRiver PMP
• Flash Lite content must be new and not publicly available before beginning of the contest.

The Flash Lite content will be judged using the following criteria:

• Usability
• User Experience
• Performance
• Uniqueness
• Functionality

The content will be judged by staff from the Adobe Mobile and Devices department and by the managers of the Adobe Mobile and Devices User Groups from Boston, Australia, and Brazil. (Judges are excluded from the contest)

Deadline
The deadline for submitting applications is 11 PM EST on February 28th 2007.

Submissions:
You must submit your Flash Lite content between 1st February and no later then 28th February. Flash Lite content must be in a zip file. Please include a readme file with instructions and anything you might think is relevant. Specify the Flash Lite version of the Flash Lite content. A developer/company can only submit one piece of Flash Lite content per category. So a maximum of 4 Flash Lite content can be submitted by a developer/company. For the Flash Lite 1.1 web site content, please submit a readme file with a link to the site.

To submit your Flash Lite content, please send it to all of the Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group emails:

• Boston: flashmobilegroup at gmail dot com
• Australia: ozmad at moket dot com dot au
• Brazil: brmad at i2tecnologia dot com dot br

Winners announcement:
The winners will be announced the second week of March 2007.

Rights:
You as the developer/company retain all the rights to your application/content and you are solely responsible for the Flash Lite content.

Online Help:
If you need help, or want to ask questions you can post on the following forums:

• Adobe Flash Lite 1.1 forum
• Adobe Flash Lite 2.0 forum
• Yahoo Flash Lite User Group
• u10do.com for iRiver

There are many Flash Lite developers always willing to help and give suggestions. The groups are also helpful to test your content on different mobile phones since people are willing to test applications on their devices.

Also check the Flash Lite capability database for performance statistics and the Flash Lite development Checklist (to be found in the Yahoo Flash Lite User Group).

Contest questions:
If you have any specific questions regarding the contest please email to the Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group of Boston, Australia and Brazil (email all) or post a comment on the above forums.

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September Meeting

Our delayed "Show and Tell" meeting OZMaD meeting will be on next Monday the 25th of September. The idea is to bring along Flash Lite apps and content that you have been working on and want to share with the group. Of course, this needs to be content you're ALLOWED to show other people - we don't want any broken NDA's or anything like that!

It'll be a good opportunity for the group to see the kinds of things that are happening out there, as well as for developers to maybe ask some questions and get some help of certain aspects they're having trouble with. We'll have facilities to show mobile content on the phone via Bluetooth onto the data projector, making it easy to see for everyone.

All of this plus some recent news from Adobe and around the Flash Lite world ...

So, the details:

• When - Monday September 25th, 2006 - 6.30pm start
• Where - i.Lab Boardroom - Level 1, 80 Jephson Street, Toowong
  
• RSVP - Email ozmad@moket.com.au by Monday 25th @ 12pm
• Must RSVP to be eligible for the prize draw, including some Flash 8 books this month
  

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Upcoming Flash Lite eSeimars

There are some Adobe online seminars coming up that would be if interest to many members:

Porting Flash Lite 1.1 Content to Flash Lite 2
09/27/2006
10:30 AM US/Eastern

Monetising Flash Mobile content through M-Commerce
10/18/2006
12:00 PM US/Eastern

Register here!

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