Microsofts official blog confirmed the addition of web widgets in the upcoming release of Windows Mobile 6.5. Jorge Peraza, a software engineer and member of the development team disclosed the following:
A good way to think of a Windows Mobile Widget is as a “Portable chunk of the web” or just basically a rich internet application. Widgets are written using all the web technologies we know and love (HTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript) and, since they are powered under the covers by our new internet browser, they have full access to flash and other ActiveX controls available on the device (Like MediaPlayer).
The interesting thing about our Widget Platform is that it allows them to look and feel, to the end user, as a normal standalone application does; they have their own start menu icon, they show up as an individual apps in task manager and, most importantly, they have full control of the SK menu bar as any other application would (just easier J).
He also added that the exact capabilities of the widget framework and more details about it and the mobile OS will be available soon in the following months specifically during sessions on TechDays in April and TechEd 2009. He also shared some screenshots of the MSN widgets created by the Windows Live team below.
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