Does anyone here have any experience of FLASH LITE 3 for mobile devices, or know anyone that does?
I'd really like to know how well it handles online browsing.

i should know this, but i don't.

what do you mean by online browsing? Are you comparing it to mobile web browsers? 'cause that really isn't what flash lite is for

Is it widely used yet? The S60 browser, used in in all Nokia N series phones, supports Flash Lite 2 but I don't think it yet supports Flash Lite 2.

A quick check shows that the Opera mobile browser does support it though.

Essentially I dont want to buy a new device that can't handle internet browsing fully only to have new generation devices that can days/weeks/months later.
For example I'd like to be able to view my site: www.multigrooves.com (a beta version for now) fully. The Adobe site mentioned something about it working with full flash 8 minus a few features. Is there anyway to work out from looking at my site whether it could/should work?

See, I had a HTC touch diamond (free upgrade) that I sold 'cos I was going to get an apple iphone. Problem is I aint getting rid of my vodafone contract and jailbreaking the apple means loads of features will not work. Also Jobs was very dismissive of taking on mobile Flash for apple devices.
Then I thought about getting an archos 605 but despite adverts claiming it to work fully online many users suggest otherwise plus support is crap and a new 606 is due soon.
This led me to the sony ericsson xperia X1, where I read about flash lite 3.

Does this make sense?

Both the Xperia X1 and the HTC Touch use Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system which, like the Symbian/S60 software used in the Nokia N series (and other selected Nokia, Samsung and LG phones) are open, i.e. you can download a third party browser such as the Opera one to use on it. Support for a run time like Flash 3 is usually provided by the application, i.e. the Opera browser, so it's probably best to find a web browser that supports it then pick a phone that you can use that browser on.

The Xperia X1 won't be available for another month or so I believe. It's also Sony Ericsson's first Microsoft device so I'd go for the second version ahead of the first, i.e. after those first few bugs are ironed out.