Nokia and Microsoft are working together to bring Silverlight to Symbian S60 mobile phones, as well as Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets. Silverlight will be available to S60 developers later this year, with initial service delivery following shortly.
Scoble, perhaps accurately, calls the move unexpected; however, Nokia has been working together with Microsoft quite a lot before. "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," said Lee Williams, Senior Vice President in Nokia's Devices software organization.