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Flash Lite is installed on a variety of devices. Each installation supports one or more application modes, or content types. For example, some devices use Flash Lite to enable screen savers or animated ring tones. Other devices use Flash Lite to render Flash content that is embedded in mobile web pages.
The following table lists and describes all of the Flash Lite content types available as of this writing. For additional and up-to-date information about Flash Lite content-type availability, see the Flash Enabled Mobile Device page at www.macromedia.com/mobile/supported_devices/.
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As of this writing, Flash Lite 2.0 supports the Standalone Player content type only. |
Flash Lite supports the following content types:
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Flash Lite content type |
Description |
Availability |
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Address Book |
Uses Flash Lite to let users associate a SWF file with an entry in their device's address book application. |
DoCoMo and VodafoneKK (Japan only) |
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Alarm |
Uses Flash Lite to let the user select a SWF file to play for the device's alarm. |
KDDI and VodafoneKK (Japan only) |
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Browser |
Uses Flash Lite to render Flash content embedded in mobile web pages and viewed in the device's web browser. |
DoCoMo, KDDI, and VodafoneKK (Japan only) |
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Calling History |
Uses Flash Lite to display an image or animation associated with each entry in the user's address book, along with the name and phone number. |
KDDI (Casio phones only) |
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Calling Screen |
Uses Flash Lite to display an animation when the user receives a call or makes a call. |
DoCoMo and KDDI (Japan only) |
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Chaku Flash |
Uses Flash Lite to let the user select a SWF file to play as the ringtone for incoming calls. |
KDDI (Japan only) |
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Data Box |
Uses Flash Lite to render Flash content in the device's Data Box application, which lets the user manage and preview multimedia files on the device. |
DoCoMo, KDDI, and VodafoneKK (Japan only) |
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Data Folder |
Uses Flash Lite to render Flash content in the device's Data Folder application, which lets the user manage and preview multimedia files on the device. |
KDDI (Japan only) |
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Icon Menu |
Uses Flash Lite to let the user select custom icon menus for the device's launcher application (used by the UILauncher content type). |
KDDI (Casio phones only) |
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Image Viewer |
Use the Image Viewer application that lets the user manage and preview multimedia files on the device, including SWF files. |
DoCoMo (Japan only) |
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Incoming Call |
Uses Flash Lite to display an animation when the user receives a call. |
DoCoMo, KDDI, and VodafoneKK (Japan only) |
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Mailer |
Uses Flash Lite to display an animation when the user sends or receives an e-mail message. |
VodafoneKK (Japan only) |
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Multimedia |
Uses Flash Lite to preview SWF files (as well as other multimedia formats). |
KDDI (Japan only) |
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My Picture |
Uses the My Picture application that lets the user manage and preview SWF files on the device, as well as other image formats. |
DoCoMo (Japan only) |
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OpenEMIRO |
Displays Flash Lite content when the device is returning from Standby mode. This is similar to the Wake Up Screen content type on other devices. |
KDDI (Casio devices only) |
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Screen Saver |
Uses Flash Lite to display the device's screen saver. |
KDDI and VodafoneKK (Japan only) |
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SMIL Player |
Uses Flash Lite to preview SWF files (as well as other multimedia formats). |
KDDI (Japan only) |
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Standalone Player |
Makes Flash Lite available as a stand-alone application so that the user can start and view arbitrary SWF files that reside on the device or that the user receives in the messaging in-box. |
Available globally for select Symbian Series 60 and UIQ devices. |
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Standby Screen |
Uses Flash Lite to display the device's Standby Screen (or wallpaper screen). |
DoCoMo and KDDI (Japan only) |
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Sub LCD |
Uses Flash Lite to display content on the external or secondary screen available on some flip phones. |
KDDI (Japan only) |
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UILauncher |
Uses Flash Lite for the device's application launcher. |
Uses Flash Lite to display the device's launcher application (that is, the application that lets the user start other applications). |
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Wake Up Screen |
Uses Flash Lite to display an animation as the phone is starting. |
DoCoMo (Japan only) |