Bridging Flash® Lite™ and Java ME™ for LBS application development with Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin technology

Sony Ericsson is a Global Sponsor of NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge® 2009, supporting with devices and technical resources for Java ME and Project Capuchin.

During February 2009, Sony Ericsson announced three new phones – the W995 Walkman™, C901 and C903 Cyber-shot™ phones. With the announcement of the new stylish Sony Ericsson T707 clamshell phone on March 26, 2009, this takes the number of phones series supporting the Project Capuchin API to ten, increasing the addressable market for Project Capuchin applications. In addition, Sony Ericsson Developer World also released a new Project Capuchin tutorial for both Flash® Lite™ and Java™ ME developers.

During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in February, representatives from NN4D gave 15-minute presentations and live demos of a couple of LBS-enabled applications every day in Adobe’s booth talking about the new opportunity for LBS application development that Flash developers now have by using Project Capuchin to access Java ME APIs for location and mapping. Download a copy of the presentation material here>>

Project Capuchin in ten Sony Ericsson phones
The Project Capuchin phone family now includes ten phone models and the addressable market for developers creating Project Capuchin applications is increasing – the new C901, C903, W995 and T707 add to the previously announced C510, C905, G705, W508, W705 and W715 phones.

Sony Ericsson Project Capuchin phones: C510, C901, C903, C905, G705, W508, W705, W715, W995 and T707.

Of these ten phones, five have an in-built GPS – the C903, C905, G705, W715 and W995.

Read more about February’s new Sony Ericsson phones, the C901, C903 and W995>>

Read more about March's new Sony Ericsson T707>>

About Project Capuchin
Sony Ericsson's Project Capuchin enables faster UI development and easier collaboration between graphical designers and code developers. This bridging technology is the base for exciting applications where the UI presentation is designed in Flash Lite and the data logic is provided by Java ME.

The Sony Ericsson Developer World Project Capuchin web section now features everything you need as a Flash developer to build great-looking Project Capuchin applications without knowing anything about Java ME.

New Project Capuchin tutorial: how to handle external resources
This new tutorial from Sony Ericsson Developer World for both Flash Lite and Java ME developers illustrates how to access external resources and data from Flash using the ExternalResourceHandler class in the Sony Ericsson Project Capuchin API. The tutorial provides step-by-step instructions, screenshots and code snippets on how to create a Thumbnail Viewer project and comes with an accompanying zip file containing the required resource files.

Read more and download tutorial>>

Developer case study of Last.fm Gig Finder by ustwo™
ustwo™ is a digital design studio based in London and Malmö specializing in pioneering graphical user interfaces, that drive the services and products of some of the world’s leading brands.

By sharing the development experiences around their Last.fm Gig Finder application, other developers will learn about the mapping API’s readily available to them on mobile. Flash Lite developers in particular will see an example of Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin technology in action: an advanced example of a hybrid UI and the main advantage – the access to more phone integrated features such as Location through Java ME.

Download and read the developer case study here>> (member log-in required)

Upcoming webinar
Also join Shagun Madhikarmi and Gianpiero Puleo from ustwo and Laura Diaz from NAVTEQ at the webinar on April 23, 2009 as they discuss the Last.fm Gig Finder development project and the opportunities for LBS applications based on Project Capuchin in detail and answer your questions.

Log-in details for the webinar will be made available shortly here>>