After close to a 2 year delay (initially announced in 2008), Microsoft finally comes through and delivered Silverlight functionality for the Symbian operating system and its associated devices.Read this article in full on eWeek
Microsoft
has announced the general availability of its Silverlight technology for the
Symbian operating system.
In
a July
6 blog post, Microsoft’s Silverlight team announced that Silverlight, the
software giant’s cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of the .NET
Framework for building media experiences and rich interactive applications for
the Web on desktop computers, is also available for Nokia S60 5th Edition
devices such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini.
Microsoft
is making the Silverlight tools available for Symbian developers via the Nokia Ovi Store. Microsoft
initially announced plans to deliver Silverlight for Symbian in 2008 and later released
a beta of the technology in March 2010.
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