Flash Lite on Nokia Devices
I just read this few words on today’s Nokia newsletter, I think this is an interesting trend :
Nokia Now Supports Flash Lite on Nearly 20 Devices
Just 15 months after Nokia announced it would license Flash Lite technology, the company now has 16 devices that will ship with Macromedia Flash Lite from Adobe as a default component and three devices that will ship with Flash Lite in specific-language versions. The Nokia devices include all 12 of the S60 3rd Edition devices the company has announced — including the Eseries enterprise devices, the Nseries multimedia computers, the Nokia 3250 phone, and the Nokia 5500 Sport — as well as four Series 40 phones: the Nokia 6125, Nokia 6131, Nokia 6136, and Nokia 6233 phones. Flash Lite 1.1 is the version currently shipping in S60 and Series 40 devices, and the transition to the next release of the player, Flash Lite 2, will begin in the second half of this year.
Definetly, embedding a rich media engine is a “must have” for smartphones, so Nokia went for it. It’s fun to see that Flash Lite 2 will start shipping H2 2006 as Adobe annonced that it would not be available for OEM before Q1 2007… or at least so I was told !
