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Adobe Flash Lite and Reader LE Licensed by Microsoft

By Anshu Shrivastava, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Microsoft (News - Alert) has licensed Adobe Flash Lite software—Adobe’s Flash Player runtime specifically designed for mobile devices—to enable web browsing of Flash Player compatible content within the Internet Explorer Mobile browser in future versions of Microsoft Windows Mobile phones.

 

Also, Microsoft has licensed Adobe Reader LE software for viewing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) documents including email attachments and web content.

 

According to Adobe Systems (News - Alert) Incorporated, both Adobe products will be made available to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, who license Windows Mobile software.

 

Flash Lite is delivered on mobile phones and devices of handset manufacturers, and it runs on multiple platforms, including Windows Mobile, Symbian (News - Alert) S60, and Qualcomm BREW, in addition to embedded operating systems on a variety of OEM platforms.

 

Adobe Systems officials explained that the Flash Lite 3.x browser plug-in for Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Mobile will provide users with access to rich and interactive web content created using Adobe Flash technology.

 

And, Adobe Reader LE will allow Windows Mobile users to view and navigate rich PDF content using features developed to improve document readability on smaller screens, according to officials.

 

Noting that people want vibrant web experiences and access to entertainment and information anywhere, anytime, John O’Rourke, general manager of Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft Corp, said in a statement, “Bringing Flash Lite and Reader LE to the Windows Mobile experience will give consumers more of their favorite websites on the go.”

 

“We are thrilled to work with Microsoft to add playback of rich, web-based Flash Player compatible content and PDF document viewing to Windows Mobile,” remarked Al Ramadan, senior vice president of Mobile and Devices at Adobe.

 

Windows Mobile is the platform designed for mobile phones, and Internet Explorer Mobile provides a compact Internet browser that is optimized for Windows Mobile phones.

 

Adobe Systems has also announced that more than 500 million mobile devices shipped with Adobe Flash Lite software to date.

 

 

Anshu Shrivastava is a TMCnet Contributing Editor.

 

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