Symbian sees (Silver) light at the end of the tunnel

A Symbian version of Microsoft's answer to Flash, Silverlight, has been spotted in the wild. It quickly disappeared but the hope is that it will emerge later this week.

The download and associated documentation was spotted by Mary-Jo Foley, who managed to snag a copy before it disappeared and is expecting to see the product launched later this week at Microsoft's Mix Web developer conference.

"The installable executable file enables users to run Silverlight applications on the Nokia S60 5th Edition platform."

Which seems pretty clear, but just to underline the point, the download was accompanied by an emulator, sample applications and developer documentation. Read more...