Flash is a widely used authoring tool for creating interactive multimedia content for internet and end-user environments developed and distributed by Adobe Systems. Flash Lite is a lightweight subset of the Adobe Flash Player. It offers an easy way to produce interactive multimedia content for mobile devices using the familiar Flash IDE.
Flash Lite was launched in Japan in early 2003 and the technology gained global prominence in 2005 with the introduction of first Flash Lite -enabled mobile devices by Samsung and Nokia. New versions of Flash Lite and expanding support on mobile devices have resulted in a steadily growing user base for Flash Lite. The strengths of Flash Lite include:
Creating animations and interactive games
Media playback
Rich user interfaces and usability
Rapid development
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