It might have missed Windows Mobile, funny enough, but Microsoft’s Silverlight runtime has surprisingly come to the Symbian platform. Of course, we all know it’s going to hit Windows Phone 7, as it should, but unlike WP7, Silverlight on Symbian will allow those runtime-based apps to work in or out of the browser.
While my general take on Symbian these days is “meh,” it looks like good things are happening for the platform, albeit incrementally. Decent apps like Skype for Mobile are gracing the OS while the Symbian Foundation continues to push and encourage the openness of the platform to developers and content creators by opening up the source code and recently releasing the PDK.
If you’re wondering whether your handset will support Silverlight, it’s available on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini and other Series 60 5th edition devices.
[Via: WMPoweruser.com]