According to Forbes, Verizon has decided to officially support Flash Lite for BREW.

initially will be compatible with four high-end phone models. The handset’s software will be upgraded over-the-air with an automatic download when a customer accesses Flash-enabled content.

I don’t think this means, however, that you can just pull a FlashLite SWF up on the phone and BREW will be used to play it. Qualcomm is notorious for requiring people to be authenticated BREW developers before they even have a chance of deploying an app. But if this process is eventually streamlined or lightened, we could see a ton of content pop up very quickly.

Verizon said in a statement it expects to benefit from the large community of software developers already creating Flash-based media for the Internet: “Flash Lite for BREW utilizes the key features and benefits of the Flash authoring tool and the BREW platform, providing developers with a clear path to market for content distribution.”

That means media developed for Web consumption can more easily be adapted for cell phone delivery. Still, a Verizon spokesman said media companies are looking to create more original material specifically for mobile devices and that the new Flash application will make that process easier.

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