Posted by Robert Bazinet  From/InfoQ

Nokia announced it will make Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 available for its S60 phones running Symbian OS as well as Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets.  Silverlight will give developers opportunities to create rich and interactive applications running on multiple platforms.

Silverlight is Microsoft's answer to Adobe Flash for integrated-rich-media Web 2.0 people are used to.  Silverlight is:

Silverlight 2 includes a cross-platform, cross-browser version of the .NET Framework, and enables a rich .NET development platform that runs in the browser.  Developers can write Silverlight applications using any .NET language (including VB, C#, JavaScript, IronPython and IronRuby).

The announcement includes a demonstration to developers at this week's MIX08 conference in Las Vegas:

Microsoft will demonstrate Silverlight on S60 during the opening keynote at Microsoft's MIX08 conference on March 5 in Las Vegas. Silverlight is intended to be available to S60 developers later this year with initial service delivery anticipated shortly thereafter for all S60 licensees.  This will allow S60 application developers to use an even wider range of development environments for S60 on Symbian OS than today. Today S60 developers can use: C++ (using native Symbian OS APIs and Open C providing subset of standard POSIX libraries), S60 Web Run-time (supporting standards-based web technologies such as Ajax, JavaScript, CSS and HTML), the Java(TM) language, Flash Lite from Adobe, and Python.

Nokia's reasons for wanting Silverlight are very clear and are explained in Nokia's press release:

Today's consumers are very clear in what they want: easy access to tightly integrated services and data on any device," said Lee Williams, Senior Vice President in Nokia's Devices software organization. "Nokia's software strategy is based on cross-platform development environments, enabling the creation of rich applications across the Nokia device range.  Nokia aims to support market leading and content rich Internet application environments and to embrace and encourage open innovation. By working with Microsoft, we are creating terrific opportunities and additional choices for the development community, S60 licensees and the industry as a whole."

Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering next-generation media experiences and rich interactive applications.  Silverlight is already powering thousands of applications around the world and organizations including Entertainment Tonight, the NBA and NBC Universal to deliver superior Web-based experiences to their customers.  The arrangement with Nokia will substantially extend the reach of Silverlight by making the platform available for hundreds of millions of devices.

Microsoft is determined to give developers a strong platform on mobile devices beyond the Nokia Symbian OS:

Microsoft eventually plans to include a runtime for Silverlight in its Windows Mobile platform. Although Nokia is not yet one of Microsoft's Windows Mobile handset partners, it's rumored it will come on board (alongside competitors such as Sony Ericsson and HTC). Meanwhile, Microsoft chose it as the company to bring Silverlight to handsets because of its leading market position.

The demonstration of Nokia an Silverlight can be found at the MIX web site and more information about this Nokia announcement can be found at the Nokia web site.

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Nokia宣布支持Silverlight技术

译/朱永光

Nokia宣布它将让Microsoft Silverlight 2.0支持运行Symbian OS的S60手机，以及Series 40设备和Nokia Internet平板设备。Silverlight让开发人员有机会创建运行在多种平台上具有丰富和良好交互界面的应用程序。

Silverlight面向进行集成化富媒体（integrated-rich-media）Web 2.0应用开发的人群，也是微软对Adobe Flash的一个回应。Silverlight是：

Silverlight 2包括了一个跨平台、跨浏览器的.NET Framework版本，能让丰富的.NET开发平台运行于浏览器中。开发人员能使用任何.NET语言（包括VB、C#、JavaScript、IronPython和IronRuby）来编写Silverlight应用程序。

这个公告包括了这个星期在Las VegasMIX08会议上面向开发人员的一个演示：

3月5日在Las Vegas举行的微软MIX08会议上，微软将在开幕主题演讲上演示运行于S60的Silverlight。Silverlight打算在今年晚些时候提供给S60开发人员，并会在短期内为具有S60许可证的人提供初期服务。这将让S60开发人员为基于Symbian OS的S60应用程序选用比如今更广泛的开发环境。今天S60开发人员能使用：C++（利用原生的Symbina OS APIs和Open C提供的标准POSIX函数库的子集）、S60 Web 运行时（支持基于标准的Web技术，如Ajax、JavaScript、CSS和HTML）、Java语言、来自Adobe的Flash Lite和Python。

Nokia需要Silverlight的原因在Nokia的新闻发布中解释得非常清楚：

如今，消费者对于他们的需求非常清楚：“在任何设备上都能轻易地访问紧密集成的访问和数据”，Nokia设备软件部门的资深副总裁Lee Williams如是说，“Nokia的软件策略是基于跨平台开发环境的，实现跨Nokia各类设备的丰富应用程序开发。Nokia致力于支持市场领先和内容丰富的互联网应用程序环境，接受并鼓励开放的创新。通过和微软合作，我们正在为开发社区、具有S60许可的人群和整个业界创造一个非常好的机会和额外的选择。”

Silverlight是一个跨浏览器、跨平台的插件，用于实现下一代媒体体验和丰富交互的应用程序。Silverlight已经为世界上大量的应用程序和组织提供强大的功能，包括Entertainment Tonight、NBA和NBC Universal，把优秀的Web体验提供给了客户。与Nokia的这个安排通过让Silverlight运行于亿万台设备上，而会大大延展Silverlight的领域。

微软是决心给予开发人员一个用于移动设备上的强大平台，其将超越Nokia Symbian OS现有的开发平台：

微软最终计划在他自己的Windows Mobile平台上包括一个Silverlight的运行时。虽然Nokia并非微软Windows Mobile手机设备合作伙伴，据闻Nokia也将加入（以向Sony Ericsson和HTC这样竞争对手靠拢）。以此同时，微软选择Nokia作为把Silverlight带到手机里的厂商，也是因为Nokia处于市场的领先位置。

Nokia关于Silverlight的演示可以在MIX的网站上找到，关于这个公告更多的信息可以在Nokia网站上看到。