Adobe Flash Lite
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For manufacturers and developers
Adobe® Flash® Lite™ software is a powerful runtime engine for mobile and consumer electronics devices that benefits both device manufacturers and content developers.
By enabling manufacturers to provide customers with improved web browsing, video content, and compelling interactive experiences, Flash Lite 3 delivers an effective means of differentiating products. Additionally, Flash Lite 3 allows developers to quickly create engaging mobile applications, speed time to market, and increase customer adoption.
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Features
Key features in Flash Lite
Flash Lite 3 brings engaging experiences like web content and streaming video (FLV) to mobile and consumer electronic devices.
- FLV support
- Improved web browsability with support for most Flash 8 content
- Faster performance
- MMI extensions for UI design
- Integrated authoring environment
- Multiplatform support
Designers and developers
Getting started with Flash Lite
Adobe is committed to providing mobile content designers and developers of all levels of expertise with the knowledge and support they need to increase their business. Explore the following links for additional resources.
To create Flash Lite content, you will need one of the latest versions of the Flash authoring environment, Flash CS3 Professional or Flash Professional 8. Adobe Device Central CS3, a new component in all of the Adobe Creative Suite® editions and several point products including Flash CS3 Professional, enables you to more easily design, preview, and test mobile content.
How can I create Flash Lite 3 content?
Author, test, and publish mobile content for the latest release of Adobe Flash Lite, now supporting FLV and rendering of SWF files for Flash Player 8 when integrated within a mobile phone or embedded web browser. Authoring support for Flash Lite 3 requires both an update to Adobe Flash Player Update for Flash CS3 Professional software and an update to Adobe Device Central CS3.
Flash Lite 3 web browsability guidelines
There’s no need to create a separate web experience for the desktop and mobile devices. Learn how you can optimize and extend your existing Flash enabled web content to mobile devices.
Downloads
- Adobe Flash Player Update for Flash CS3 Professional (includes support for Flash Lite 3.0 authoring)
- Flash Lite 3 update for Device Central CS3
- Flash Lite 3 Developer Edition
Developer resources
Mobile and Devices Developer Center
Take advantage of extensive online resources and information on Flash Lite and mobile design and development, tips and tricks, samples, and more.
Adobe Mobile Developer Program
Get free access to a broad range of services, information, and support to help design, develop, and market Flash Lite applications and content for mobile devices.
Additional resources
Events
2007 Flash Lite Game Contest: Call for Entries
Submit your Flash Lite game to one of the three regional categories (Americas, EMEA, Asia) by February 15th, 2008. Prizes include $5,000, an Adobe Creative Suite 3 software license, and three O’Reilly books.
Flash Lite Online Live Seminar Series
Attend this free eSeminar series and learn how to create engaging mobile experiences with Adobe Creative Suite 3 products.
Customers and analysts
Customer stories
iriver U10 portable media player
iriver U10
iriver's U10 portable media player uses Flash Lite to provide an innovative user interface and great digital experience. Consumers can download and play rich, interactive content using Adobe Flash technology.
Flash Lite mobile game interface
Hudson
Veteran game developer uses Flash Lite to easily create new games for mobile phones. Production costs are lowered and time to market is increased.
Flash Lite mobile content
CELL
Leading mobile phone content developer uses Flash Lite to deliver expressive, dynamic content such as games, graphics, ring tones, and more.
Analyst reports
IDC white paper: Addressing growing handset complexity with software solutions
IDC analyzes the challenges that wireless carriers, content developers, and handset manufacturers are facing in today's complex and growing mobility market and explains how Flash Lite addresses these issues. Some of these issues are also identified in a Harris Interactive survey.
