Microsoft licenses Flash lite for Windows Mobile Devices

At the recently concluded Mix 08, Microsoft showcased Silverlight 2.0 working on Windows Mobile. In addition, Nokia licensed Silverlight to display on its mobile device.

In a recent news, it is said that Microsoft is licensing Flash Lite for display with Windows Mobile Devices. Here's what ZDNET thinks of it: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8240

Now i don't think what ZDNET thinks is at all on the mark for the following reasons:

1. it has already being displayed at Mix 08 and I don't doubt that it is going to come out soon.
2. If MS has to dissect Flash lite to learn it, there is no need to license the same.
3. Why wud MS want to make Adobe look relevant, when it is fighting Silverlight war with Flash and Expression suite war with Adobe designer suite?

I think:

1. Microsoft will continue to prefer Silverlight for its mobile devices.
2. Flash Lite provides Windows Mobile owners additional avenue of using content.
3. In the new found Interoperability "karma", Microsoft may want various technologies to play on Windows Mobile.

In any case, it is the ultimate consumers who are going to benefot from this deal!

Technorati tags: flash. mobile. silverlight

Read Office 2007 docs on Windows Mobile

If you have been using Windows Mobile to read documents on the fly, you know that till now Office 2007 docs cudn't be read... :(

Office Mobile 6.1 has now been released for Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC and Windows Mobile 6 devices.  The upgrade is a free download and will allow you to open and edit Office 2007 file format documents from Word (.docx) and Excel (.xlsx) You can also view Powerpoint 2007 (pptx) documents. 

Other improvements include:
• Enhanced viewing experience for charts in Excel Mobile.
• Ability to view SmartArt in PowerPoint Mobile.
• Ability to view and extract files from compressed (.zip) folders.

This free upgrade works only for Windows Mobile powered devices that have an earlier version of Office Mobile.

Well i tried to install the same on my HP 6965, but the upgrade failed.. i am still investigating..

Technorati tags: mobile, office 2007

Get FREE Windows Mobile Ringtones and Wallpapers for Halo 3

Here:
https://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/domore/halo3.mspx

and find plenty of other ringtones and wallpapers for FREE!

Category: mobile, ringtones
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