Fact Sheet: 月租40元，基本頻道5個(生活、美食、新聞、星座、氣像)，支援手機20支，合作廠商包括 TaiperWalker, 蘋果日報等。
從新聞稿來看，是全球第三家採用 flash cast 技術並開台的電信業者，在台灣這個特殊的市場裏後續發展如何頗值得觀察，另外，能不能順利打開圖鈴下載之外的另一片藍海？有沒有機會到達 critical mass 然後生存下去？整個 eco system 要怎麼帶起來？週邊廠商(手機商像 HTC, Benq等)、內容商的配合方式與 revenue model 怎麼解決？技術門檻如何克服等都是有趣的問題吶…
不過最重要的一點是，我在下載頁面就卡住了，根本沒機會下載安裝玩玩看，淚奔~
最近發現本站的 spam 水平有提升之勢，會偽裝成跟內文有關的回應，但留下的 website link 則是廣告網站，因此我又將 spam filter 調整的更嚴格，寧願錯殺一百也不放過一個。
因此，如果你留了言，但超過 24hr 還沒出現，請寄封信通知一下，我會將你加進 white list，感謝。
to spammers: give up ! you won’t make it here, you have me word, believe it.
快速旋轉的 3D 圖片(點圖可看影片)，鄉親啊，這就是愛 flash 啊~~~~~
-3D 部份
Fast, extremely lightweight, and native 3D effects make motion that was previously reserved for expert users via ActionScript or Open Source libraries such as PaperVision3D, Sandy and Away3D available to everyone.
Create complex effects with simple code by nesting 3D-transformed objects inside each other. Inheritance makes it easy to rapidly apply changes across objects.
-text engine
The new text engine expands creative freedom by treating device fonts as first class citizens that can be anti-aliased, rotated, and styled and have filters applied as if they were embedded.
The new text engine also offers right-to-left and vertical text layout, plus support for typographic elements like ligatures(嘖嘖嘖，連 ligature 都能控制了啊，那將來出現 flex 版 InDesign 我也不會太驚訝了).
注意上圖中的文字框是可選取與編輯的，同時也可看到完全支援雙位元文字直排，多欄位 auto-flow，讚弊了啊…
-text layout component
An extensible library of ActionScript 3.0 text components
Layout and style text with tables, inline images, and column flow through components that are compatible with both Flash and Flex, all while getting the benefits of the new text engine
to flow text and complex scripts, such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Thai, across multiple columns like a newspaper, around tables and inline images, from right-to-left, left-to-right, bi-directionally, or vertically
Selection, editing, and wrapping of text are handled as would be expected for the different layouts.
-drawing api
The enhancements extend the current drawing API to allow for read/write rendering and 3D effects, while adding memory and performance improvements that allow developers to create shapes using ActionScript that can be modified at runtime without re-drawing
-color management
Opt-in color management allows you to convert SWFs into sRGB (standard RGB), an international standard color space
Color management works with the monitor’s ICC color profile, turning the entire SWF into a color-managed object. Color management can be toggled on and off at runtime.
-visual performance improvement
Leveraging the power of the GPU for blitting and compositing reduces the load on the CPU and can provide a performance boost to many graphically intense applications, resulting in more fluid, realistic and responsive user experiences.
If the hardware does not provide required capability, Flash Player will fall back to the software rendering without user interaction
Hardware compositing takes advantage of the tremendous memory bandwidth and computational horsepower of the GPU, reducing the load on the CPU
Open GL 2.0 video card with GLSL capabilities required to use this feature. When in use with the beta, a green square will appear in the upper left corner when accelerated.
fp9 是 script 大加速，fp10 進一步利用 GPU 做視覺大加速，這樣很方便將來玩些大東西呢…
GPU Compositing — Combining images, filters, and video in your SWF just got faster.
GPU Blitting — Paint SWFs into the browser using your video card by choosing this new HTML parameter.
so that the pixels drawn to the browser go through the GPU, resulting in improved performance and reduced CPU demand, rendering video- or image-intensive applications faster.
上面這段簡單來說就是：只要透過一個 html tag 就可以讓 flash player 直接畫 graphics 畫到螢幕上，而不是像現在是轉兩手才出去，效率會更好。S
Anti-Aliasing Engine (Saffron 3.1) — An update to the Saffron anti-aliasing text engine increases performance and quality of anti-aliased text, particularly for Asian character rendering. Support for stroke fonts reduces memory requirements.
Vector Data Type - By having a consistent type, performance on Vectors is significantly higher than Arrays. Vectors work as a parameterized type.
Strong type 的 array 來了，速度會快一點，不過現在用 [ArrayElementType] 也有類似的效果，主要求的就是減少 runtime dynamic casting 的時間。
Dynamic Streaming — Always show the best video possible with streams that can automatically adjust to changing network conditions.
RTMFP (Real Time Media Flow Protocol) — RTMFP provides a UDP-based secure network transport alternative to RTMP-over-TCP.
重點是：UDP (途中丟失幾個 packet 沒關係)跟全程加密
Speex Audio Codec — The new, higher fidelity Speex voice codec offers an alternative to Nellymoser for audio that delivers the lowest-latency audio experience possible.
終於換掉 Nellymoser 了啊..
wiki 上的資料 : 一開始就是針對 VoIP 設計，而非 telephony, Free software/open-source, patent and royalty-free
Dynamic Sound Generation — Dynamic sound generation extends the Sound class to play back dynamically created audio content through the use of an event listener on the Sound object.
看來 flex 版的 Logic Audio 不遠了啊…XD
Context Menu — Developers now have more control over what can be displayed in the context menu through the use of ActionScript APIs for common text field context menu items, supporting plain and rich text. The clipboard menu provides access to the clipboard in a safe and controlled way, and you can write handlers to paste text.
GB18030 Compliance — GB18030 is the latest character set mandated by the Chinese government for displaying text.
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一天之中接二連三的好消息，除了謝天，還能說什麼呢？呃，啊，還要感謝 m$，有你真好 XD
重要新功能整理：
3D Effects - Easily transform and animate any display object through 3D space while retaining full interactivity. Fast, lightweight, and native 3D effects make motion that was previously reserved for expert users available to everyone. Complex effects are simple with APIs that extend what you already know.
Custom Filters and Effects - Create your own portable filters, blend modes, and fills using Adobe® Pixel Bender™, the same technology used for many After Effects CS3 filters. Shaders in Flash Player are about 1KB and can be scripted and animated at runtime.
Advanced Text Layout - A new, highly flexible text layout engine, co-existing with TextField, enables innovation in creating new text controls by providing low-level access to text offering right-to-left and vertical text layout, plus support for typographic elements like ligatures.
Enhanced Drawing API - Runtime drawing is easier and more powerful with re-styleable properties, 3D APIs, and a new way of drawing sophisticated shapes without having to code them line by line.
Visual Performance Improvements – Applications and videos will run smoother and faster with expanded use of hardware acceleration. By moving several visual processing tasks to the video card, the CPU is free to do more.
File Reference runtime access — Bring users into the experience by letting them load files into your RIA. You can work with the content at runtime and even save it back when you are done through the browse dialog box
完整清單(release note)：
* Creative Expression
o Custom Filters and Effects
o 3D Effects
o New Text Engine
o Text Layout Components
o Drawing API Enhancements
o Color Management
* Visual Performance Improvements
o GPU Compositing
o GPU Blitting
o Anti-Aliasing Engine (Saffron 3.1)
o Vector Data Type
* Rich Media
o Dynamic Streaming
o RTMFP (Real Time Media Flow Protocol)
o Speex Audio Codec
* Other Community Requested Enhancements
o File Reference
o Dynamic Sound Generation
o Large Bitmap Support
o Context Menu
o GB18030 Compliance
o Ubuntu OS Support
只能說，今早真是雙喜臨門啊啊啊啊~開始沸騰ing…XD
終於出現了啊，好像我們還沒跳下去自已寫 map renderer.
目前看來應該是用 as3 寫的，因為在手冊裏有提到如何下載 flex sdk 來安裝這個 swc，至於它有無 open source 就不清楚了，至少頁面上找不到 svn path。
google 這一步真是意義重大，至少在台灣這個區域來說，想玩 flex + map mashup 的人只能選 G 牌(因為它支援台灣地圖)，但之前只能用 iframe 之類的手法搞的很髒，現在有 native flash library 事情就容易多了，將來沒事就給它混搭一下…
