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Can Silverlight save Windows Mobile from plummeting sales?
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Windows Mobile is steadily losing market share as consumers look to more frequently updated devices with a larger availability of apps. Despite the launch of Windows Marketplace for Mobile with 246 apps, and the opening of the store to Windows Mobile 6.x devices, developers don't seem as interested as Microsoft would hope. The company is hoping to reverse all the negative trends with the release of Windows Mobile 7, the upcoming version of its mobile OS that has seen multiple delays.

Microsoft is working hard to make Silverlight an important platform for building native applications in Windows Mobile 7 and on future generations of Windows Phones. We already knew that Silverlight for Mobile would arrive with Windows Mobile 7, the release date for which many expect will be announced at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona this month. But how much emphasis Microsoft will put on the technology in its mobile OS is yet to be determined. One thing is certain though: the company is going to try to use Silverlight as a way to kick start mobile development on Windows Mobile 7, hopefully giving it enough momentum to push both technologies forward.

Can Silverlight save Windows Mobile from plummeting sales?

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