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Last Wednesday, we mentioned Windows Mobile 6.5 will come with widgets support. Now we have more details to share.
First we know the official name – they will be simply called “Windows Mobile Widgets,” and they will rely on the latest draft of the emerging W3C standard for mobile widget applications. Since new Internet Explorer Mobile 6 will power-up these widgets, developers will be able to use standard web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript; as well as Flash and ActiveX controls, which is kinda cool.
Finally, and this is where it gets cool – widgets can be designed in a manner that users don’t even realize it’s a widget. Rather, widgets can get the look and feel of a full-blown native application. If you remember, Nokia’s S60 widgets work in the pretty much same manner, although they were never adopted on a wide scale.
What we don’t know, however, is whether Windows Mobile Widgets will be available for older Windows Mobile 6 smartphones and PDAs, or this will be an exclusive feature to the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5. When you think about it, if all WinMo 6.x phones will get a 6.5 upgrade, maybe that down compatibility isn’t that important. Any thoughts?
[Via: the::unwired]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
