http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080317-microsoft-eyes-iphone-with-adobe-flash-smartphone-deal.html
"Adobe today announced that Microsoft has licensed Flash Lite and Reader LE
for the Windows Mobile OS. Microsoft will make these products available to
all Windows Mobile OEMs around the world, firing a shot across the bow of
the S.S. iPhone. "
Now, does this confuse anyone when I mention Microsoft's own up and coming
rich media internet application, Silverlight? Especially when Nokia just
agreed to support Silverlight. Just how much of a perceived threat is the
iPhone, when they are joining ranks and throwing everything at it?
With that aside, this could bode well for Pocket PCs, erm, Window Mobile
devices. Not to mention having access to a lot of developer applications,
which up to now has held back since the pentration rate of flash lite on
winmo was less than ideal. But knowing that it would be in place and
supported - sweet.
But I would be wrong to not point out that it also moves PPCs closer to the
smartphone group.. a pretty sandbox for your penance... It all depends on
if the PPC specific aspects of the applications (touch screen, etc.)
continue to be supported.