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The Internet Explorer browser that's built into Windows Phone 7 devices could be getting two very important additions next year: support for HTML5 and Microsoft's Silverlight runtime.
A report by ZDnet this morning says the extra functionality may come in the form of a major update codenamed "Mango" that is set to be released in August or September of 2011. That's well after the rumored January or February release timeline for the phone update that will bring the long-awaited copy and paste functionality.
While the two extra Web features may not seem like game-changers, they move Microsoft's mobile browser into a more competitive spot among its peers, including efforts from Apple, Google, and Opera. It also lets browser users venture to more Web destinations and use more tools without running into compatibility pitfalls.
As far as the two technologies go, Silverlight is used as part of a number of media delivery platforms, as well as rich media applications. And despite being a very important part of Windows Phone 7 application development, Silverlight cannot currently be found in the mobile version of IE that ships in WP7 devices.
HTML5, on the other hand, is one of the things that did not make it onto the platform from the get-go, despite being a major feature of Microsoft's latest desktop browser. In recent months Microsoft has been touting HTML5 heavily, and recent rumors pointed to it playing an important role as part of Microsoft-incubated Web apps marketplace.
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A report by ZDnet this morning says the extra functionality may come in the form of a major update codenamed "Mango" that is set to be released in August or September of 2011. That's well after the rumored January or February release timeline for the phone update that will bring the long-awaited copy and paste functionality.
While the two extra Web features may not seem like game-changers, they move Microsoft's mobile browser into a more competitive spot among its peers, including efforts from Apple, Google, and Opera. It also lets browser users venture to more Web destinations and use more tools without running into compatibility pitfalls.
As far as the two technologies go, Silverlight is used as part of a number of media delivery platforms, as well as rich media applications. And despite being a very important part of Windows Phone 7 application development, Silverlight cannot currently be found in the mobile version of IE that ships in WP7 devices.
HTML5, on the other hand, is one of the things that did not make it onto the platform from the get-go, despite being a major feature of Microsoft's latest desktop browser. In recent months Microsoft has been touting HTML5 heavily, and recent rumors pointed to it playing an important role as part of Microsoft-incubated Web apps marketplace.
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