Just when we’re talking about the relevance of FlashLite 3.1 on Windows Mobile devices, Adobe and ARM are partnering to bring Flash 10 to mobile devices. The move will bring Flash, a standard created by Adobe, to mobile devices running ARM processors–most Windows Mobile devices run on ARM. Moreover, with Apple still reluctant to adopt Flash standards for its mobile version of the Safari browser on the iPhone, Flash 10 for Windows Mobile should make Microsoft’s platform more competitive as users seek to browse media-rich sites on their handhelds.

According to the::unwired, which has gotten confirmation from Adobe, Flash 10 won’t be released until the end of next year. In the interim, FlashLite 3.x will ship with Pocket Internet Explorer for Windows Mobile devices.

This is welcomed news as I had previously written that FlashLite 3.1 is dated. Although the protocol is more advanced that Flash Player 2 for Pocket PC and FlashLite 2.x, FlashLite 3.1 can only work with sites made with Flash 8 or earlier; most newer sites are coded with Flash 9 or better making FlashLite 3.1 inoperable with those sites.

The new Flash 10 for mobile devices should bring the mobile standard up to date with the desktop version of Flash.