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Silverlight for Windows Mobile – Look out Adobe Flash!

By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, May 5th, 2007 at 3:52 PM

Microsoft has Flash squarely in its sights with the release of Silverlight for Windows MobileMicrosoft’s Silverlight format, an alternative to Adobe’s Flash format, has been opened up to .NET developers. Windows Mobile users can expect a slew of new Silverlight-based applications for their smartphones, in the near future. Flash is already renowned for it’s versatility and wide-spread adoption, so it remains to be seen if Silverlight can make any significant headway against an established format like Flash. What we do know is that the new .NET development options for Silverlight will potentially open the door for many more annoying banner ads, and the like.

Keep an eye out for Silverlight, folks. It’s gonna be fun to watch the two competing formats duke it out – we don’t know who’s gonna come out on top. We’re gonna keep to the sidelines on this one.

via: mobilitytoday

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...