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Sony Ericsson is developing a new technology that will merge Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite into one single Java application.

This will allow developers to create Flash-based applications that will be able to access phone functions through Java.

APIs will be available to developers later this year.

Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson have joined forces to develop a universal flash memory card that can be used in any digital device regardless of manufacturer.

It will use the Universal Flash Storage technology, which will make it a lot faster and more efficient, and should appear in 2009.

It was announced by Verizon Wireless that "Flash Lite for BREW," by Adobe Systems and Qualcomm, will allow Flash content to run on its high-level phones. Flash ecosystem provides flexibility to the mobile developer community to create content with Flash applications, screensavers and casual games for the BREW solution.

You can buy applications and automatically "Flash enable" your phone, software will be upgraded over-the-air with an automatic download when you access Flash-enabled content.

Samsung today announced that it has begun mass producing an 8 GB NAND flash memory device, providing a much larger and more affordable storage density for consumer and mobile applications such as mobile phones, MP3 players and gaming consoles.

The newest technology offers 25 percent higher production efficiencies over the previous 70 nm technology and also follows the introduction of 80-nm technology for DDR2 DRAM chips in March 2005, it said.