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Integration of Tanla License Manager into KuneriLite Rapid Application Development toolkit, brings monetization and DRM solution on top of cost-effective & thrilling Symbian app development using Flash Lite.

February 15 2010, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona - Tanla and Kuneri today announced their cooperation in providing In App purchasing solution for Flash Lite. In App purchasing, powered by Tanla License Manager integrated to Kuneri’s    Rapid Application Development toolkit KuneriLite, aims to provide a solid monetization and DRM solution to Flash Lite developers, by enabling In App purchasing and Try & Buy business models on mobile applications.

Tanla License Manager on-device payment solution enables distribution of wireless content to users all over the world with convenient payment options. Tanla’s solution displays predefined licensing options and pricing in local currency and prompts users to accept a license fee to be charged on phone bill or credit card. Tanla License Manager ensures worldwide revenue flows with operator billing on over 100 networks, credit card billing with all major credit cards, and local and global debit cards.

“Tanla is thrilled to bring mobile payments and flexible licensing available also for Flash Lite developers through KuneriLite. Our co-operation with Kuneri opens a large group of developers entirely new opportunities to monetize their applications and to create multiple business models,” says Vesa-Pekka Kirsi, VP, Tanla Ltd.

KuneriLite innovative Rapid Application Development toolkit extends Adobe Flash Lite capabilities for faster, easier and cheaper Symbian application development. It enables Flash Lite developers to go beyond Flash Lite features and create great-looking Symbian apps without any knowledge of Symbian programming. Together with the integrated Tanla License Manager KuneriLite now enables developers to create mobile apps utilizing multiple end-user licensing options and business models with In App purchsing, Try & Buy, micro payments, as well as continuous subscriptions.

“Flash Lite developers, it’s time to make money,” says Ugur Kaner, CEO of Kuneri Ltd. “Monetization and DRM have always been a bottleneck for Flash Lite developers. Finally, there is a solution addressing these problems and there is nothing to hold more Flash Lite success stories to be told,” he continues.

About Tanla
Tanla Ltd is a leading provider of license management and on-device payment solutions for mobile applications. Since 2003 Tanla Ltd has provided quality solutions for wireless software vendors, thus solidifying its position as a trusted supplier of mobile payment services. In the recent years Tanla’s solutions have been globally utilized especially in the growing field of location-based software. For more information on Tanla, go to www.tanla.fi or www.tanla.com.

About Kuneri
Kuneri is an innovative mobile design, development and technology company based in Oulu, Finland. Kuneri specializes on cross-screen mobile user experience, designing user interfaces, creating mobile applications and mobile web sites using their own technologies. For more information, please visit www.kuneri.net.

For more information
http://www.kunerilite.net

Ugur Kaner, CEO, Kuneri Ltd Mob. +358 400 22 5958, ugur[@]kuneri[d.t]net

Sami Ho?lso?, Senior Sales Manager, Tanla Ltd Mob. +358 40 753 7281, sami.holso[@]tanla.com

Many Swf Packager tools (KuneriLite, SWF2Go, Janus) use SVG-t as their primary icon format.

With these instructions you can use also PNG file easily:

1. Convert the PNG image to base64 format from here.

(Press “Browse” to select the file and then “Convert”)

2. You’ll see “Base64 representation of the source data”
Copy and paste the entire textfield into some text-editor.

3. As SVG is basically text file, we can directly use the Base64 formatted text.
Use the template text below to create your SVG (replace the text
THE BASE64 ENCODED BITMAP GOES HERE with your copy pasted text) :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
contentScriptType="text/ecmascript" zoomAndPan="magnify"
baseProfile="tiny" contentStyleType="text/css" version="1.0"
width="6.77196" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" viewBox="0 0 6.77196
6.85856" height="6.85856" fill-rule="evenodd">
<g>
<metadata/>
<g>
<image x="-2.847" y="-3.71656" transform="matrix(1 0 0 1
2.847 3.71656)" width="6.77196" xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,THE
base64 ENCODED BITMAP GOES HERE" xlink:type="simple"
xlink:actuate="onLoad" height="6.85856" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid
meet" xlink:show="embed"/>
</g>
</g>
</svg>

Now save the text file and convert the SIS.
No more hassle with Illustrator, Inkscape and SVG2SVGT Converter !
However, your bitmap icon will not be scalable, so stick to SVG if you are targeting more than one device model.

Kudos to Riku Salminen/FN for the hint!

We are pleased to announce the availability of KuneriLite version 0.9.8.

There are two new plug-ins for recording sound with Flash Lite and counters for missed call and new SMSs. There are also major improvements on creating SIS packages and testing. You can find the release notes here.

New features

• Record plug-in for sound recording with Flash Lite
• Missed calls and unread SMS counters
• S60 5th edition support
• Adobe Flash Lite Distributable Player download support for S60 3.0 devices
• Support for static content (eases Symbiansigned procedure for simple Flash content)
• Debugging traces added (enabled only in test “Basic” version)

Fixes

• SIS vendor text field corrected
• Launches now always latest FL player version (even if developer edition is installed)

KuneriLite commercial license is also available for you to purchase. Enjoy!

Kotimainen Karttaselain on uudenlainen maastonavigaattori mobiilisovellus.

Sen lisäksi, että sovellus näyttää tarkasti maastonmuodot, siinä on mainioita ominaisuuksia kuten osoitehaku, GPS:n seuraus, retkeily- ja matkailukohteiden näyttö.. Karttoja voi näyttää tarkasti jopa 1:2000 mittakaavalla.

Oheinen kuva näyttää miten tarkka Karttaselain (oikealla) on verrattuna Google Maps:iin :

Sovellus on Beta-asteella, toteutettu Flash Lite:llä ja sen saa ILMAISEKSI puhelimeen osoitteesta www.karttaselain.mobi.

Ohjelman kehittämistä voi tukea lahjoituksella, suosittelemme!

KuneriLite is the application of the week on Forum Nokia in Enterprise category. A good motivation boost for us :)

KuneriLite, from privately held mobile innovation company Kuneri Ltd., is a rapid application development add-on toolkit for the S60 3rd Edition SDK that makes it easy to develop applications using Flash Lite from Adobe. The toolkit allows developers to create applications without any prior knowledge of either C++ or the Symbian OS. This application is a part of Forum Nokia’s 2008 Innovation Series.

Do you remember our How to Draw N95 8GB using MS Paint KuneriLite viral video on YouTube?  It’s been more than 8 months we released this unique piece of art and it received 25.000 unique views in 1 month after the first release. Recently, we started to receive mass amounts of comments to the video, and saw that it got more than 10.000 views in less than a week, moreover featured as #1 video in Hong Kong in Film & Animation category. “Wow” was our first reaction. Well, this is the power of a social/viral advertising, and the proof that a great art does not depend on time or die.

We are happy to see Kuneri is featured with “Small mobile start-up with big success” article on Helsinki Times, an independent weekly newspaper covering news and events in Finland.

For such a small company, Kuneri is definitely attracting a lot of attention. Kuneri is an Oulu-based mobile innovation company known for its Flash Lite-oriented technologies. Earlier this year telecom giant Nokia chose Kuneri along with eight other companies to join its Forum Nokia Innovation Series. The company has come a long way in two years.

David interviewed me last week and article is already on the paper this week.

Symbian just released a white paper analysing the combination of different mobile development principals (C++, J2ME, Python, Flash Lite and Widgets). Apart from great projects such as Flyer Framework and Jarpa, KuneriLite is covered in “Flash Lite and C++” part extensively.

Check out the papers on Symbian Developer Network;

Part 1 : Bernd Wiegmann’s paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of runtime environments

Part 2: This paper is the second in a series examining how to build applications by mixing languages

After revamped interface of Forum Nokia is released to public recently, we are proud to see Pikkoo Screensaver Manager took it’s place among mobile applications that have exceptional user interface. Pikkoo Screensaver Manager is used to manage screesavers created on Pikkoo and developed using Flash Lite and KuneriLite, and is licensed KISS60 product.

For more information and other applications, check out Forum Nokia Design gallery.

Here is a simple example for to create a moving ball with Flash Lite using KuneriLite accelerometer plugin by Flash Lite Effort Project.

In this post we’ll see how to use accelerometer in Flash Lite with Kuneri Lite. We’ll do a small example of the moving ball application, however simpler than the original application.