Microsoft Bringing Silverlight to iPhone?

Nobody’s really retention their hint to see Flash on iPhone, but of all companies, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) might be the single to offer a reasonable option. Microsoft UX Platform Manager Brian Goldfarb was demoing Silverlight working on an iPhone to wirelessly flow H.264 video recording at the Professional Developer Conference ‘09. Now, it’s a bit of a mis leading to think Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Microsoft ar collaborating closely on this undertaking; it’s the Microsoft guys doing the heavy lifting, Apple simply gave the go-ahead. It’s not entirely out of office for Silverlight to be sniffing around platforms other than Windows Mobile, though – they’ve dedicated to Symbian and Maemo, and there’s even rumblings of BlackBerry support.

An additional caveat is that all of the Silverlight rendition is done server-side а la Opera on Microsoft’s Iraqi Intelligence Service servers, so you’ll be wait quite awhile for buffering and processing before getting the final product on your mobile. Still, there’s progress being made, and if they can make it to iPhone before Adobe does, then I wager a draw of web developers eager to capitalize on the rich Safari mobile browser will happily make the switch.

[betanews via 9to5 Mac]