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Yes, it was (how else do you use Flash, anyway?).

It worked in IE mobile and I believe there were tricks to get it to work in other browsers (Opera). There was Flash Lite and a normal Flash plugin -- the whole thing was pretty confusing, I admit.

There are also apps like Skyfire ( http://www.skyfire.com/ ) hanging around which claim various degrees of Flash support built-in. In any case, as far as I'm aware all Flash support was and is via web browser.

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> How else do you use Flash, anyway?

To play back standalone SWF files and WORA applications. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Lite

But you're right, I just noticed there is indeed a web plugin: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer_pocketpc/ - I stand corrected. It's based on Flash 7, which I think explains why it didn't work for most users (including myself, owning a WM 2005 and WM6 device).

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