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Adobe AIR developer demonstration: one game, five platforms, all the same code

Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by IBM. 

We love the idea of Android apps running on iPhone and vice versa, and that’s exactly what Adobe’s selling with its multiplatform development solution AIR — but though we’ve seen a demo here and there, conversations we’ve had with the company led us to believe that AIR was not yet up to the task. However, Adobe dev Christian Cantrell has the proof — he created a game of Reversi that runs on five platforms without having to change a single line of code. In a video after the break, he demonstrates iReverse running on OS X, Windows 7, Ubuntu Linux, the iPhone, a Droid and the new iPad, explaining how it took only a series of seriously tiny platform-specific wrappers to make his program function on each. Since each platform has its own hardware strengths, this kind of convergence isn’t always a good thing — but if it provides extra incentive for developers to get cracking on hot new apps, we’re all for it.

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Adobe AIR developer demonstration: one game, five platforms, all the same code originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia Software Updater adds love for Windows 7

Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by IBM. 

It’s still in beta, but Nokia is feeling so confident about its new Windows 7-compatible version of Nokia Software Updater that it’s coming right out and saying that “this release candidate is almost ready to go live for all users and we only intend to keep it in Beta Labs for a few weeks.” Besides the all-important compatibility bump, the latest version of NSU also beefs up the robustness of the USB connection to the device (pretty important if you’re interested in not bricking the phone — something we’ve had happen before) and rolls out the changelog text in additional languages. It’s available for download right now — and next, Nokia, all you’ve got to do is finally make a Mac OS version of this thing.

Nokia Software Updater adds love for Windows 7 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A quick Windows 7 review

Posted on 14. Feb, 2009 by IBM. 

I am using windows since 1998 and honestly could not get away from it since then.  I know there are plenty of Linux flavours out there as well as pricey buck sucker OSX with its proprietary mac machines. Ubuntu is promising but still its not reached to a point where I can say that its [...]

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