This one totally slipped my radar, but Monday John Case announced that Nokia have signed up with Microsoft to bring Silverlight to Nokia S40 and S60 devices.  I guess we all knew that Silverlight was in the works for Windows Mobile 7, but now that they have Nokia onboard things are starting to get interesting. No details on the difference between Silverlight 2 and the version that will ship on mobile devices. Would be awesome to get the CLR running on a Nokia phone! I guess we'll find out more in less than 24 hours when MIX08 kicks off in Las Vegas and they are going to do a Silverlight demo on a Nokia phone!

Nokia has signed up to use Microsoft’s Silverlight platform for its S60 and S40 mobile devices as well as its Nokia Internet tablets, marking the first mobile win for the Redmond giant’s rich media development framework. This follows announcements last year of Silverlight support for Linux and Macs. With the mobile push, Microsoft is moving toward making Silverlight a truly cross-platform tool, able to compete with Adobe Flash.

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