It should be noted that this is Flash Lite not (Browser) Flash as most know it.

It is not Flash Lite, it is browser based and called "mobile-optimized runtime" which although not full player 10, still much more capable than Flash Lite and should work on 80% of all current Flash content.

Rich, it is Flash Player 3.1 - though they don't mention it by name and refer to it as a mobile-optimized runtime.

I've had it confirmed by three Adobe employees, it is a mistake in my opinion for them to not make that obvious.

Flash Player 10 on mobile will have developer beta's in October, most likely make it to end user devices in 2010.

sorry, that should read Flash Lite 3.1

We're on the verge of "it's all just Flash", without needing any mention of versioning... whether on computers, phones, televisions or environmental signage, whether it's developed in Flash CS4, via the Flex framework, or through third-party tools and workflows. That's what drives the phrasing in current press releases.

It's true that device releases this summer will be using the "Flash Lite" profile, which is already proven through wide use in the outside world. In autumn we expect to see the first public previews of the integrated mobile/laptop Player, but it isn't until next year that I expect we'll see consumer devices shipping with Player 10 and its over-the-air-updating.

jd/adobe

Even if it is Flash LIte 3.1 (which appears to be similar to Flash Player 9) and it can be shown that it works on regular websites pushing at least Flash 9 content then that's a start.

I think I saw somewhere they were saying around 80% of the current web content should work...

That's good enough for me for a first attempt. It's better than nothing.

I hope that in the future when Flash 10 is available on mobile devices the user will be able to bring all Flash swfs into full screen with the double tapping. And then we can just make our UI adjust to fit.

Flash Lite ? So it only supports ActionScript v2 ? And so wont run Flex applications ?
Could Adobe be an *less* clear to developers what is going on ? Are we now going to have 3 platforms under the 'Flash' banner (lite, lite v2, full player) ?

Adobe, your PR-speak sounds more and more like MS everyday.

@jd - you bang on about flash on devices, "Flash installed on 1bn devices" etc, but I'm still to see it on *any* device. Sure I probably don't have one of those 1bn devices, but I've used several models of several brands of mobile phone over the years and never seen Flash on them. Can you post a link to the definitive list of devices? If you can say there's 1bn, you must know what they all are right?

But don't get me wrong, I am keen to see FP10 on the Android as I think that will definitely open some doors for Flash Player and give good encouragement about the progress of the Open Screen Project as well as making both Flash and the OSP affordable to developers (e.g. a 50" plasma screen is not affordable to developers, especially individuals or those working for small companies with tight budgets, not to mention Credit Crunch).

However, don't expect a lot of uptake if you're expecting people to use AS2. Devs have moved on and from personal experience don't have the time or motivation to be supporting legacy development environments which AS2 is rapidly becoming.