Flyer: Python S60 framework for Flash Lite

Biskero brings us good tidings about this new framework called Flyer. I’m not a developer, but all I had to read was "take photos" and "access GPS coordinates" to get excited.

Why do I feel this is important?

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) worked their butt off trying to finish Expression. A development tool that would make the creation of rich user interfaces in Vista easier.

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has had pretty turned on since OS X shipped.

Linux communities are excited about Beryl and Compiz since they can now have stunning effects enabled on their desktops.

Flash was created to escape the boring Internet world of jpg’s, gif’s and text.

What is Nokia (NYSE: NOK) working on to make interface development easier and more visually appealing?

I never understood the significance of Flash Lite until this very second. Adobe is bringing rich interfaces to the mobile masses and rendering old static menus riddled with icons and text obsolete.

People don’t love the iPhone because it can do A, B and C. They love it
because it does things with style. Same can be said about the LG Prada
phone.

Am I right Biskero or am I just having delusions of grandeur?

I totally imagine an application that looks like Nokia’s OpenGL accelerated GPS, but instead of being built for S60 it can run on any Flash Lite enabled device with GPS. Something that seems rare now, but will be common place in less than half a decade.

When will someone licence Symbian and build a UI entirely based on Flash Lite?

Will people even want to pay licensing fees to Symbian when they can just build a UI with Flash Lite and an OS foundation built on Linux?

These are open ended questions I am curious to see S60 developers, Flash Lite developers and mobile phone developers in general answer.

Never underestimate the power of a pretty UI. It’s the second thing a person notices when picking up a phone, the first being the design of the phone itself.