First time in Japan: mobile maps in Flash Lite

The mobile version of Japanese popular Internet portal goo has rolled out a three month trial to test new UI using Flash Lite. Empowered by Euretechnos’ image automatic conversion technology goo will enable users to access existing maps undergone a conversion into Flash Lite format that gives user an ability to zoom in/out and scroll/move on-screen map in different directions without a need to reload a page, which was a case in previous pre-Flash Lite maps. goo claims to be the first domestic mobile portal to implement such technology. The service works on 3G handsets with Flash Lite 1.1 support from all three national operators.

Source: IT Media (Japanese)