Macromedia Flash and cell phones

I was reading an article in the Macromedia newsletter about how Flash can be used to develop content for cell phones. Flash is the program that lets you make and see those animations on many web sites.

As I continue thinking about the potential for delivering education to people on the go, Flash seems like a viable option for producing that content. The article mentions how cell phone users, particularly in the U.S., are not getting their money's worth out of the potential in their devices. According to the article's writer, Gary Kovacs, lack of relevant content and poor graphics are among the reasons why users don't access online information services.

Funny thing (from my point of view) is that nobody is talking about education as one of the online information services to be used on handheld devices. As I think of markets like Korea, Japan, and the waking giant China, I can definitely see the possibility for doing something big with this idea. In Asia, the 3G cell phone networks are already catching fire. In Japan, the Sony PSP is very popular, especially now that a web browser has been added to its interface. Koreans love their MP3 players and cell phones. And China looms, with its market of 1.2 billion people. Even if only 25% of the people there own a handheld device, that will exceed the population of the United States.