Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100:

Adobe Flash seen running on Palm Pre – Netbooks, MIDs, and other smartphones
Adobe was already known to be working with smartphone platforms from Palm (WebOS), Nokia (Symbian) and Microsoft (Windows Mobile), along with a raft of content providers, chip makers and consumer electronics companies. The company has added Google and Research In Motion, with relation to Android and Blackberry-powered smartphones respectively, leaving Apple’s iPhone as the odd one out regarding planned support for full Flash.

Opera wants to put Internet widgets on the TV too
Opera, the Norwegian company behind the desktop and mobile web browser of the same name, wants to be a major player in the nascent Internet-connected TV space. Like Yahoo’s ‘Widget Channel’ or the boutique gadget maker Chumby’s own platform, Opera’s newly released Opera Devices SDK 10 is touting the ability for TV and set-top box manufacturers to add Internet widgets to their feature set, along with full web-browsing if required.

Social networking impressions of the HTC Hero
Having lived with the Hero for over a week, it’s easily the most social networking savvy smartphone I’ve tested, going far deeper than the efforts of most, if not all, of its competitors. For example, while the iPhone has by far the best standalone Facebook app – it’s just that. Standalone. Whereas the Hero takes a people centric approach.

BBC iPlayer on PS3 gets a makeover, higher quality video and 1080p UI
The version of BBC iPlayer optimized for the PlayStation 3 has been given a major update that delivers improved video quality and a User Interface designed for High Definition televisions that operate up to 1080p.

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