Microsoft has released Silverlight for the Symbian OS, which will allow your Silverlight applications to run in some selected Nokia handsets. Earlier, Silverlight was only available for web on desktop for Windows, Mac operating system. Later Moonlight came out, which is the linux version of Silverlight. Then Microsoft released Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 and this is the time for Symbian platform targeting mobile devices such as Nokia N97, N97 Mini XpressMusic etc.
As a Silverlight developer, you need the following tools to start with it:
- Expression Blend 2
- Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1
- Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1
The following resources are available for the developers to start with their application development:
- Silverlight for Symbian Developer Tools
- Silverlight for Symbian Device Runtime
- Get Started Page for Silverlight for Symbian
Here are some Silverlight demos which you can try in your Silverlight enabled Symbian devices:
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