Microsoft says that it will monitor the success of Android if it considers adjusting Silverlight for the mobile operating system; however, it also says that there is little hope of putting Silverlight on the iPhone.
Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie says in this connection that Apple is contrarily ready to facilitate plug-ins such as Flash and Silverlight.
“We are keen to be able to run Silverlight on the iPhone, but still whatever software is run on the iPhone is ultimately controlled by Apple.” Guthrie says.
“Now, whatever they have said is that they are considering enabling browser plug-ins such as Flash or Silverlight to run on the phone.”
On the other hand, Silverlight on Andriod is looking more promising as it’s an open source OS that has been developed by many companies including Google.
T-mobile’s G1 Android, which is the first Android phone, has huge pre-orders and Microsoft will surely consider this platform.
According to Guthrie, “Google phone is somewhat different and it’s for an open platform that we are looking at.”
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