Nokia shines Silverlight on Symbian
04 March 2008
Nokia shines Silverlight on Symbian
Finnish handset vendor Nokia said Tuesday that it plans to make Microsoft's Silverlight web platform available for Symbian S60 devices as well as for Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets.
Nokia said that adding support for Silverlight will extend opportunities for developers to create rich, interactive applications that run on multiple platforms in a consistent and reliable way.
Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering next-generation media and rich interactive applications over the web.
The Finnish firm intendeds to make Silverlight available to S60 developers later this year with initial service delivery anticipated shortly thereafter for all S60 licensees. Availability for Nokia Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets will be confirmed later.
"There is clear market demand for rich, web-based services across a variety of device types, but developing these can often be commercially difficult. For Microsoft this extends Silverlight to a broader range of vendors, platforms and devices. For Nokia it expands the web runtime options on its devices, enabling a wider community of developers and more applications. This should help the uptake of higher speed mobile services and advance a new era of anytime, anywhere device-based computing", said Bola Rotibi , principal analyst at Ovum.
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