Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK]

I am using 20100909 build of AIR for Android. Following Developing_AIR_Apps_for_Android.pdf, i managed to go through all the steps and created a simple apk. The emulator is also up and running and I can install Runtime_Emulator_xxxxxx.apk on it.
However, when I try to install my apk using:
adb -e install -r myapp.apk
I get the following error:
bash-3.2$ adb -e install -r myapp.apk
400 KB/s (212272 bytes in 0.517s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/myapp.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK]
Googling shows result that are not AIR centric, and searching this forum doesn't show anything useful. Any suggestion on how I should go about resolving this problem, or at least dump out more useful error/warning message along the chain?
PS: I am on Mac OSX and using amxmlc from flex sdk 3.2.0 to generate the swf, in case this info is useful...

Hi,
You can also refer this post: http://blog.teamgrowth.net/index.php/mobile-application-development/how-to-run-application s-created-in-flash-builder-4-5-on-android-2-2
Hope you find it uselful

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Solved!
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Satellite L650-07U (PSK1EC-07U00Q)
This site is for US computers. I doubt you'll get your questions for that Canadian model answered here.
There appear to be two recovery partitions. Maybe one for 32- and one for 64-bit Windows. Or maybe one is for English and the other for French.
Your User's Manual isn't much help either. You probably need to ask Toshiba tech support in Canada.
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Hi,
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http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-windows-7-by-phone.aspx
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If you have any problem with this link, order them directly from HP.
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