[May 02, 2008] Adobe announces Open Screen Project Tweet (Telecomworldwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Software company Adobe Systems Inc (Nasdaq: ADBE) announced on Thursday (1 May) the Open Screen Project, supported by companies including ARM, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Intel, LG Electronics Inc, Marvell, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics Co, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Verizon Wireless. Also supporting the project are content providers, including BBC, MTV Networks, and NBC Universal, who want to reliably deliver rich web and video live and on-demand across a variety of devices. The Open Screen Project is reportedly working to enable a consistent runtime environment, taking advantage of Adobe Flash Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR, that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and devices, including phones, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), and set top boxes. The project will address potential technology fragmentation by enabling the runtime technology to be updated over the air on mobile devices. The aim of the consistent runtime environment is to provide optimal performance across a variety of operating systems and devices. Companies supporting the Open Screen Project share Adobe's vision that a consistent and more open platform across devices will drive innovation that will ultimately be good for consumers. According to the company, to support the project, Adobe will continue to open access to Adobe Flash technology, accelerating the deployment of content and rich Internet applications (RIAs). The work will include: removing restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications; publishing the device porting layer APIs for Adobe Flash Player; publishing the Adobe Flash Cast protocol and the AMF protocol for data services; removing licensing fees; as well as making next major releases of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR for devices free. No financial details were disclosed. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]