<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
(	O
formerly	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
)	O
was	O
a	O
lightweight	O
version	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
published	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
for	O
viewing	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
operates	O
on	O
devices	O
that	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
cannot	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
mobile	O
phones	O
and	O
other	O
portable	O
electronic	O
devices	O
like	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
,	O
Chumby	B-Application
and	O
Iriver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
allows	O
users	O
of	O
these	O
devices	O
to	O
view	O
multimedia	O
content	O
and	O
applications	O
developed	O
using	O
Adobe	O
's	O
Flash	O
tools	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
been	O
available	O
only	O
on	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
superseded	O
by	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
as	O
the	O
primary	O
development	O
platform	O
for	O
mobile	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
content	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
development	O
technology	O
implemented	O
at	O
the	O
client-side	B-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
user	O
interface	O
layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
changes	O
to	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
allow	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
to	O
better	O
integrate	O
with	O
and	O
even	O
compete	O
with	O
device-layer	O
technologies	O
like	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
and	O
BREW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
should	O
not	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
like	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Application
(	O
iPhone	O
OS	O
)	O
,	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
(	O
Samsung	O
)	O
or	O
Android	B-Application
:	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
technology	O
for	O
developing	O
applications	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
Flash	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
has	O
some	O
features	O
specifically	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
is	O
typically	O
incorporated	O
into	O
a	O
mobile	O
device	O
operating	O
system	O
as	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
,	O
the	O
full	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
may	O
also	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
installation	O
from	O
the	O
mobile	O
device	O
's	O
application	O
store	O
(	O
and	O
currently	O
only	O
if	O
the	O
device	O
has	O
an	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex-A8	I-Application
processor	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
1.1	I-Operating_System
supports	O
Flash	O
4	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
2.0	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
7	O
,	O
supports	O
Flash	O
7	O
's	O
newer	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
1.1	I-Operating_System
and	O
2.0	O
also	O
support	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
Consortium	O
's	O
Standard	O
SVG	B-Application
Tiny	O
,	O
a	O
mobile	O
profile	O
of	O
the	O
consortium	O
's	O
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
(	O
SVG	B-Application
)	O
recommendation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
can	O
add	O
audio	O
and	O
interactive	O
elements	O
without	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
other	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Flash	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
is	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
redraw	O
external	O
XML	B-Protocol
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
3	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
lessens	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
mobile	O
and	O
desktop	O
content	O
by	O
supporting	O
H.264	O
video	O
standard	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
On2	B-Application
VP6	B-Algorithm
and	O
Sorenson	O
video	O
codecs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
3	O
also	O
introduces	O
support	O
for	O
FLV	B-Operating_System
video	O
content	O
(	O
as	O
used	O
by	O
YouTube	O
and	O
Google	O
Video	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
4.0	O
supports	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
3	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
plugin	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
standalone	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
further	O
extends	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
's	O
features	O
with	O
multi-touch	O
support	O
,	O
an	O
advanced	O
text	O
rendering	O
engine	O
and	O
a	O
geolocation	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
had	O
been	O
available	O
to	O
mobile	O
users	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Europe	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
availability	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
carrier	O
to	O
adopt	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
in	O
May	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
promotion	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
in	O
February	O
2005	O
,	O
Macromedia	O
conducted	O
its	O
first	O
Mobile	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Content	I-Operating_System
Contest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
over	O
150	O
applications	O
submitted	O
,	O
nine	O
winners	O
were	O
selected	O
in	O
areas	O
of	O
Best	O
Business	O
and	O
Productivity	O
Application	O
,	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
use	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
,	O
Best	O
Animation	O
,	O
Best	O
Business	O
Application	O
,	O
Best	O
Educational	O
Content	O
,	O
Best	O
Game	O
,	O
Best	O
Interactive	O
Content	O
,	O
Best	O
Productivity	O
Application	O
,	O
and	O
Best	O
Overall	O
Use	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
iriver	O
U10	O
(	O
later	O
re-branded	O
as	O
the	O
iriver	O
clix	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
supported	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
content	O
in	O
a	O
landscape	O
page	O
orientation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
U10	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
digital	O
audio	O
player	O
to	O
support	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
almost	O
100%	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
enabled	O
devices	O
were	O
found	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
Adobe	O
claimed	O
that	O
over	O
70%	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
devices	O
were	O
shipped	O
outside	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
announced	O
support	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
operator	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
to	O
adopt	O
the	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
was	O
initially	O
available	O
on	O
four	O
handset	O
models	O
(	O
Motorola	B-Application
RAZR	I-Application
V3c	I-Application
and	I-Application
V3m	I-Application
,	O
Samsung	O
SCH-a950	O
and	O
LG	O
The	O
V	O
(	O
VX9800	O
)	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
BREW	B-Application
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
download	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
applications	O
from	O
Verizon	B-Application
's	O
"	O
Get	O
It	O
Now	O
"	O
service	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
view	O
Flash	O
objects	O
from	O
their	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
3GSM	O
World	O
Congress	O
in	O
Barcelona	O
that	O
the	O
next	O
release	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
(	O
version	O
3	O
)	O
would	O
support	O
video	O
,	O
including	O
streaming	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Adobe	O
's	O
2007	O
Financial	O
Analyst	O
Meeting	O
,	O
Al	O
Ramadan	O
,	O
then	O
senior	O
vice-president	O
of	O
Adobe	O
's	O
Mobile	O
and	O
Voice	O
Solutions	O
Business	O
Unit	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
by	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
220	O
million	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
devices	O
had	O
been	O
shipped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
noted	O
Adobe	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
certain	O
vector	O
rendering	O
technology	O
by	O
Actimagine	O
,	O
intended	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
player	O
's	O
memory	O
footprint	O
in	O
future	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
neither	O
Adobe	O
nor	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
have	O
announced	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
,	O
per	O
the	O
February	O
2007	O
press	O
release	O
for	O
availability	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
calendar	O
year	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
described	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
as	O
"	O
not	O
capable	O
of	O
being	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Web.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
Opera	O
Software	O
integrated	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
3.1	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Channel	I-Protocol
application	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
gaming	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
John	O
Gruber	O
characterized	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
"	O
major	O
effort	O
to	O
establish	O
a	O
mobile	O
software	O
platform	O
"	O
that	O
"	O
utterly	O
failed	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
table	O
documents	O
historical	O
support	O
for	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
on	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
:	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Sony	O
Ericsson	O
announced	O
Project	O
Capuchin	O
,	O
a	O
bridge	O
that	O
allows	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Lite	I-Operating_System
to	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
front-end	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
and	O
in	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
combine	O
Java	O
's	O
APIs	B-Application
and	O
direct	O
communication	O
with	O
the	O
mobile	O
phone	O
's	O
hardware	O
(	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
,	O
Wi-Fi	O
and	O
others	O
)	O
with	O
Flash	O
's	O
graphical	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
