Microsoft’s Internet application browser plugin, Silverlight, may soon be coming to Android-powered handsets. Silverlight is the direct competitor of Adobe’s Flash. Seeing Silverlight or Flash on the next Android would really hurt Apple because the iPhone 3G currently has neither.

Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie told TechRadar.com “[The] Google phone is slightly different [from the iPhone]. It’s more of an open platform, that is something we’re going to continue to look at. Certainly as it’s gotten deployed and if sales are good we’ll definitely keep our eyes out and look at that in the future.”
For reasons still unknown Apple made a potentially bad decision to keep Adobe’s Flash plugin as well as Microsoft’s Silverlight off of the iPhone. Many iPhone owners cannot look beyond the fact that, despite how advanced the phone is, it still lacks Flash support. If Android-powered handsets see Silverlight or flash before the iPhone, it could possibly hurt iPhone sales in the future.
[Via TechRadar]








adobe will do something i am sure of it.
they already got it ready for the iphone.
android usies the same webkit that the iphone does.
so just sit back and wait for adobe to do its thing.
adobe will do something i am sure of it.
they already got it ready for the iphone.
android usies the same webkit that the iphone does.
so just sit back and wait for adobe to do its thing.
And I think myself as a computer/internet advanced user.
I believe it came out yesterday.
You are correct! My client will be stoked, we've been holding off a few releases from production because of it being beta. It will be interesting to see where it goes from here.
From a user's point-of-view....
It's no-where near ground-breaking... I'd rather have flash support than Silverlight support ANY day.
Atleast youtube will be available at launch... But I would really enjoy me some Flash for other sites.