Are You Developing For Mobiles?

400 models of mobile phones have been shipped around 800 million times that support Flash Lite and that number is only going to increase. The mobile web is a market with growing screen size, touch screen interaction and a slow shift to true web browsers which is only moving in an upward trend.

It’s Not Just Flash

Even if you do not want to develop with Flash there is Google Android, which is growing in popularity as well. In fact, they recently announced that the platform, among many others, will be supporting Flash {the full Flash version}, though probably not till 2010.

Of course, there are multiple other platforms that one can use to develop for mobiles. But the above two examples are the ones that a lot of web developers can easily relate with.

I imagine with time people will use their phones to start building widgets for anything under the sun, as you can do today with content on the web, and share them with their whole contact list.

For now the mobile web relies on developers to create widgets, tools and applications for it. But a day will come when the power will be given into the hands of the user which will let them create apps that they can either use for themselves or just among their friends and family. This happened on the web with the whole “Web 2.0″ movement and it will happen on the mobile web as well. It’s just a matter of time.

Here are some videos of what the mobile web can do today -

Tutorial: Handling tech gestures in Flash Lite, view video below -

If you have done anything for mobile devices, or plan on, do leave a comment and let us know.

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