| Sound support |
| MIDI |
Device dependent |
No |
Device dependent |
| PCM and ADPCM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| 8 channel |
No |
No |
No |
| 32 channel |
No |
No |
No |
| Image and video support |
| PNG |
During authoring or device dependent(1) |
During authoring |
During authoring or device dependent(1) |
| JPEG |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| GIF |
During authoring or device dependent |
During authoring |
During authoring or device dependent |
| Animated GIF |
During authoring |
During authoring |
During authoring or device dependent |
| MPEG-4 and other video formats |
Device dependent |
During authoring |
(On2, Sorensen, and support for H.264) |
| FLV |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| 8-bit alpha channel video |
No |
No |
No |
| Video import/encoding |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Multimedia support |
| Dynamic loading of multimedia files |
Yes(2) |
JPEG/MP3 only |
Yes(2) |
| Text support |
| Character set |
UTF-8 |
UTF-8 |
UTF-8 |
| Complex languages (Thai, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Dynamic text |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Device-specific vector fonts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Improved small text readability |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text measurement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text wrap |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Inline text input |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Predictive text support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Rich text styles |
No |
Yes |
No |
| FlashType |
No |
No |
No |
| Improved text layout |
No |
No |
No |
| Emoticons |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Emoticons in predefined color |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Interactivity |
| Keyboard events |
Device dependent |
Yes |
Device dependent |
| Key-based navigation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mouse/stylus events |
Device dependent |
Yes |
Device dependent |
| Mouse wheel support |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Programming features |
| Flash version supported |
Flash 7 or earlier |
Flash 7 or earlier |
Flash 8 or earlier |
| ActionScript® version |
ActionScript 1.0, 2.0 (Flash 7 or earlier) |
ActionScript 1.0, 2.0 (Flash 7 or earlier) |
ActionScript 1.0, 2.0 (Flash 8 or earlier) |
| Dynamic loading of SWF data |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XML parsing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| String/array/XML-to-native-objects conversion |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ActionScript strict mode |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Set/clear interval |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shape-drawing API |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ability to store data |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bitmap effects and filters |
No |
No |
No |
| Bitmap caching |
No |
No |
No |
| BitmapData API |
No |
No |
No |
| Blend modes |
No |
No |
No |
| 9-slice scaling |
No |
No |
No |
| Stroke enhancements (endcaps and joins) |
No |
No |
No |
| Linear and radial gradient enhancements |
No |
No |
No |
| External API for browser scripting |
No |
No |
Yes |
| File zb_users/upload/legacy-upload/download |
No |
No |
No |
| IME API enhancements |
No |
No |
No |
| Other features |
| Generic browser interface |
Yes |
ActiveX® or Netscape |
Yes |
| Dynamic memory handling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Device-specific capabilities |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Metadata support |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Background transparency |
Yes(set in host application) |
No |
Yes (set in host application) |
| Forward lock |
No |
No |
Yes (set in host application) |
| Printing |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Object model (for components) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Improved event model |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| XMLSockets |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Flash Media Server connectivity (RTMP streaming) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Flash Media Server connectivity (Remote Shared Object) |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Scriptable masks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SWF file compression |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Accessibility |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dynamic discovery of device features |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ActionScript exception handling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Improved ActionScript performance |
No |
No |
15% to 20% improvement over Flash Lite 2.1 |
| Improved rendering performance |
No |
No |
20% to 30% improvement over Flash Lite 2.1 |
| Web services and SOAP API |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| New preloader API |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Progressive download |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Basic version check and update mechanism |
No |
No |
No |
| Express install |
No |
No |
No |
| Enhanced local file security |
No |
No |
Yes |
| SVG-T 1.1 |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Flash Lite features |
| Access to device-specific features (volume, backlight, vibrate, and so on) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Native application launch |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Reduced runtime memory consumption |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Graceful handling of out-of-memory condition |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interruptible/re-entrant player |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Runaway script limit |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ActionScript slicing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| System requirements |
| Player size (core player DLL) |
450KB |
1.0MB (Microsoft® Windows®/Windows CE) |
374KB |
| CPU characteristics |
32-bit data bus, 200MHz ARM9 |
32-bit data bus, 300MHz ARM9 |
32-bit data bus, 200MHz ARM9 |
| Minimum RAM requirements |
128KB |
4.5MB |
128KB |
| Recommended RAM |
2 MB |
32MB |
2MB for standalone content, more for video (varies by file size, duration) |
| Content size-to-heap ratio |
1:15(3) |
1:30 |
1:15(3)(4) |
| Platform/browser support |
| Reference platforms |
Symbian™, BREW® |
Windows XP (standalone, ActiveX), Windows CE (ActiveX), Linux® (standalone, Netscape plug-in), Pocket PC (ActiveX) |
Symbian, Windows XP (standalone, Active X), Linux |
| Browsers supported |
No |
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox |
IE, Opera |
