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Foundation Flash Applications for Mobile Devices

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This book will take a flash developer a long way towards publishing applications on mobile phones. I didn't see anything on utilizing web services (something that is easy to do with flash lite 2.x) nor how to create .cab files (which was why I actually bought the book), but it covers just about everything else to a good level of working depth.

I wouldn't suggest this book to someone without any flash actionscript experience (or at least some object oriented programming experience) but you don't have to be a comp. sci. major either. Well written and not too witty (some programmer books can read like geek joke books) this book approaches the flash mobile development process from a practical hands on stance which works well with those who like to get their hands dirty while learning.

Strongly recommended reading for next gen phone app development in flash.

~Gabriel

I'm sure this was a very good book when it first came out. I'm also sure that it's horribly outdated now. The world has moved beyond ActionScript 2 and Flash Lite 2. While this book could give you a decent foundation, you'll still have to catch up to current practice. Much better to buy a more recent book.