I spent some time reading JavaFX FAQ and it seems that JavaFX is continuing to make progress and is taking head-on Flash. Some of the intereesting points I noted were:

- There’s no authoring tool as of today, and is expected later in 2009.

- JavaFX mobile support is not there, but Sun is working with OEMs.

- JavaFX today supports Windows and MacOS.

- JavaFX has already been demonstrated on Android.

- JavaFX is built on the technology that Sun acquired from SavaJE.

Dale Rankine has uploaded a training video on Vimeo called “Mobile Workflow in Adobe CS4″. The video introduces non-mobile developers to the Adobe CS4 tools and workflow when dealing with mobile content. Check it out here.

Much is being discussed about the Silverlight and how it compares to Flash. Now HTML5 standard is being backed by Google and Apple. The race is on for platform of choice. I came across this article that compares and contrasts three. The author predicts that HTML5 will be the winner….. I am not ready to predict winner just yet, but agree that the playing field is getting crowded. Add JavaFX and Sproutcore to the mix, and now you have five players where Flash was the only player until recently.

Jeff Nusz from Zodal has written an application note on Adobe developer site about writing content for Sony PSP. Check it out here .

Via Flashdevices , Sony PSP now has support for Flash 6. Granted that its an old player, but nevertheless opens up another avenue for developers to deploy their games. The player is included as a plug-in so one will have to connected to web or will have to type entire path to swf. Adobe web site provides a complete list of supported features. Check it out here .

So I go to Walmart (of all stores) to buy a new game for Wii for my 10 year old nephew(Not that I am a serious gamer, but for some reason waiving my arms in front of TV to play Wii gives me great joy!). Of the 100s of games out there, we finally settle on couple. We come home and find that the games are total dud- not much can be changed in the background and there aren’t many options either. So he is upset that I got him a ‘bad’ deal(being a computer geek and everything he thinks I know everything about everything ;). Then it dawned on me that I should have spent some time researching on Gamestop or Testfreaks to find what people are saying about the game before purchasing. I can not return that game as the box is now open. So I am stuck with a game that he probably won’t play again and a bill of cool $39.99 (not to mention upset nephew)…. Lesson learned!

I read in one of the blogs on Seattle API that Hulu is coming to PS3. Hulu as you know has a large collection of content in HD (encoded in h.264). It is possible to play that with Flash 9 thats available on PS3. Now in addition to being a gaming console, blue ray DVD, PS3 will also be your DVR! Cool!

There’s a book available on Amazon written by Todd Perkins on developing Flash games on Nintendo Wii. Check it out here. Thanks to William for the tip.

A new application allows Google translator used via Flash Lite. It allows all the languages supported by Google, and also offers a single word translation. Download the application here.

http://www.app4mobile.com/2009/05/19/gtranslator-flash-google-translator/

The Nintendo Wii currently runs an Opera web browser and is capable of playing Flash 7 files within the browser as well. Developers have been writing applications for this and there are quite a few resource available. I came accross this site where quite a few resources are listed. Check it out.