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Microsoft’s Flash competitor, Silverlight, is about to get a big boost. Word from Microsoft has Windows Mobile 7 rocking an integrated Silverlight Mobile client that should allow smartphone users to view and play with all kinds of Silverlight-based streaming and interactive media on the web. Unfortunately, Silverlight is only slated for Windows Mobile 7 because Microsoft missed the window of opportunity to bring the technology to market with Windows Mobile 6.5.
Windows Mobile 6.5 has already been confirmed to support widgets, which are basically web-based applications that run without a browser. With Silverlight support in WinMo 7, we could see web-based widgets becoming even more powerful and eye-catching. But, again, that will have to wait until the still-developing Windows Mobile 7 goes live.
Too bad we’ll have to wait it out with Windows Mobile 6.5 in the meanwhile…
[Via: WMExperts]
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Will Park
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...
