Silverlight is a development platform based on the Microsoft .Net technology and the good news is that it is now available for Nokia 5800 and other devices running on Symbian S60 5th Edition OS. It enables cross browser and multi-platform application design which somewhat similar to Java and QT platforms.

Like QT, Java and Python, we also have a silverlight runtime installation available for Nokia 5800 which enables the phone to support applications designed on Silverlight. The introduction of Silverlight will lead to rapid application development for Symbian S60 v5 devices. Along with this we will also see more interactive features, better graphics, stability and reliability in the applications built on Silverlight.

There is a demo Bing application designed for S60 which runs on Silverlight. It showcases the possibilities with Silverlight and gives an overview of the application's look and functionality. The application opens in the phone's browser and looks much like the flash-based portals and it is very slow. Since, it is just a demo, we may ignore the performance issues.

To get started you need to install the Silverlight Beta Runtime for Symbian S60 and open the following link on your phone's browser - http://silverlight.net/content/samples/s60/bing/default.htm

Silverlight Beta Runtime for Symbian S60 is a 4MB SIS installation file. Download here

Visit the Nokia 5800 Forum for more interesting news about Nokia 5800.

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