Windows Mobile Louisville

There is an interesting article over at Channelweb about Windows Mobile and Silverlight.  Here is an excerpt:

Several sources told Channelweb.com this week that they expect Microsoft to make Silverlight 4 the platform for building native applications in Windows Mobile 7 and future generations of Windows Phones.

Such a move wouldn’t be unexpected: Windows Mobile 6.5 is based on the Windows CE 5.2 kernel, which is the same version that powered Windows Mobile 5 when Microsoft launched it in 2004. Microsoft was expected to launch Silverlight For Mobile last year, but that has yet to come to pass. Partners have long clamored for Microsoft to support Silverlight in Windows Mobile because they believe the flexibility this would give them translates into easier application development.

“We need to have .Net available to developers in order to compete more effectively, and Silverlight is the key to taking back the application platform for mobile,” said one source, who requested anonymity.

 Read the entire article here.

Tags: Silverlight

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