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Ed Hansberry
 

Adobe Flash Coming To A Mobile Phone Near You

Adobe announced Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player at Mobile World Congress, initially available for Nokia's S60 platform and Windows Mobile. Although not in its official press release, it is reported that it also will support the Palm Pre. Notably absent is any mention of the iPhone.
Adobe announced Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player at Mobile World Congress, initially available for Nokia's S60 platform and Windows Mobile. Although not in its official press release, it is reported that it also will support the Palm Pre. Notably absent is any mention of the iPhone.Adobe's Flash technology is used for advertising, games, and movies. Bringing that to mobile devices will bring the Web experience on your phone one step closer to that of your desktop. Flash has been the format behind YouTube videos and a number of third-party programs have been written to allow some phones to play those videos, but all other Flash content was unsupported. To spur development, Adobe has launched the Flash Lite Developer Challenge, with the grand prize being $30,000. No information was given as to whether this would be a user-installable client on your phone as it is on the desktop or if the OEM or carrier would have to include it in the devices' memory. I'm sure we'll start to hear announcements from manufacturers and carriers supporting Flash Lite in their devices as Mobile World Congress continues.

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