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Bridgette Blenker
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Mobile Flash Art: cell phone as artistic platform
1/18/07


The article I chose was Mobile flash art cell phone as artistic platform, on http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/11/29/mobile-flash-art-the-phone-as-artistic-playground/ . This article discuses how people in Japan are customizing their phone with flash lite.
Now what is flash lite? It is in definition is “Flash Lite is the Flash technology designed for mobile phones and consumer electronics devices. Flash Lite dramatically accelerates the delivery of rich content and browsing, and customized user interfaces” In short it is .a flash program used to make cell phone animation. At least that’s what so many kids and artist are doing in Japan. They’re making their art and illustrations know by using this program. You wouldn’t expect designers to use a create animation for little cell phones but they do. Know this seems to be amazing to us since we only take picture and play music on our cell phones but know where able to make animations and use them as wallpaper, screen savers, or calendars on our cell phones. That’s amazing.
This article is important because it is a new way flash is being used, and in a way that it can be marketed. Cell phones are already popular and everyone wants customized things know a days it’s the style and customizing your own phone with wallpaper, screen savors and calendar would be awesome. It fits in the palm of your hand and you can carry it around. This is something ready to blow up over here in the US.
I never heard of this but it’ sounds awesome I think if college and high school kids heard about this they it would become a new rave over hear as well as in Japan. This can be marketed to anyone especially designers. Like when the ipod came out the PSP, I can see this being the new thing.
Flash used like this is very interesting. And it being used like this can be very popular. I hope it crosses over to The US