SETTING UP FLASH CS5 FOR ANDROID DEVELOPMENT

Today, there are 5 billion people around the world using mobile phones. It is a staggering figure. No other technology is advancing at the rapid speed the mobile industry is experiencing. As a frame of reference, there are only 1.7 billion PCs being used around the world.

A new category of mobile phone is rapidly growing: the smart phone (Figure 1.1). Three years ago, a smart phone allowed you to send e-mail. Today, when you think smart phone, you think e-mail, web, games, MMS, video conferencing—you think of a computer in your pocket.

There are a number of companies leading the next wave of smart phone market. Google, Apple, RIM, Nokia, Microsoft, and HP (with Palm) all have their own operating systems ...

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