Flash Lite 2.0 includes the following new features:

• Support for ActionScript 2.0, which lets you use advanced programming techniques including classes, interfaces, and strict data typing
• Device video playback
• Local, persistent data storage (Flash Lite shared objects)
• Support for loading device-specific sound and image formats
• New system capabilities information
• Support for additional device keys, including QWERTY keyboard support and support for up to 11 soft keys
• Rich text formatting (partial support)
• Ability to control backlight duration and set custom focus rectangle color
• Synchronized device sound
• XML processing support

The following features in Flash Player 7 are not available in Flash Lite 2.0:

• Several ActionScript classes available in Flash Player 7 are unsupported or partially supported in Flash Lite 2.0. For more information about available ActionScript, see Introduction to Flash Lite 2.0 ActionScript.
• Socket communication using the XMLSocket class (available in Flash Lite 2.1)
• Support for communication with Flash Media Server (available in Flash Lite 3.0)
• Remote shared objects (local shared objects are partially supported)
• Native support for Flash Video (FLV) playback (available in Flash Lite 3.0)
• Support for Flash Application Protocol (the binary data communication protocol used by Flash Remoting)
• Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) formatting with text fields
• Masking with device fonts
• Bitmap smoothing while rendering at high-quality