Interesting. Nokia is partnering with Microsoft to bring Silverlight to its S60 and S40 platforms and the Nokia Internet Tablets. Silverlight is the plug-in that allows users to run rich media web content regardless of the platform or browser they are using. According to this post on GigaOm, the next version of Windows Mobile (WinMo 7) will support Silverlight. We’re supposed to hear more on this later in the week from Microsoft at the Mix08 Conference.

Stefan Wick has been running a series of Tablet PC development gotchas. Part 5 in the series covers rendering ink and image to a bitmap using Winforms. This will allow you to do the frequently requested feature of writing on a digital photo and having the ink be a persistent part of the image. There are commercially available apps that can do the job, but if you're interested in a relatively simple Tablet PC inking exercise, this could be a really interesting way to get your feet wet. Stefan has provided sample code and instructions that make this pretty straightforward if you want to  start dabbling in Tablet PC development.

If you're interested in getting into Tablet PC and ink development, Stefan's weblog covers a host of pertinent topics, including Silverlight. He includes gotachs, hints, and tips about ways to develop easily for ink enabled applications. Check it out!

via Stefan Wick's Weblog - Development with Silverlight, WPF and Tablet PC

Microsoft's Stefan Wick continues to pump out some great Tablet PC ink and Silverlight stuff, this time delivery some ink video goodness, along with a sample app and a sample for you to try on his blog. Check it out:

Silverlight makes delivering video content in the browser very easy. Silverlight also has ink support built-in. So why not combine these two features to enable some great new scenarios?

I have put together a little sample using Silverlight v1.0 to record and play back ink annotations, synchronized with the video playback.

What are some great ways that annotating / inking on web-based video could be used?

Microsoft's Stefan Wick continues to dish out good stuff in the areas of ink and Silverlight, this time delivering a new Ink Blogging tool proof-of-concept tool. Great work, Stefan. I need to give this a try.

Are you using Windows Journal to jot down your thoughts on your Tablet PC? Did you ever wish to publish your handwritten notes to your blog?

Here is one way to do this: The TabletPC SDK provides a Journal Reader API that provides access to the content of the .jnt file. Now you can read all content and convert it into a 'blog-friendly' format. Since Silverlight offers great ways to present content in an attractive, interactive way, I decided to write a Journal -> Silverlight converter. The result of this test project is now available as SDK sample on microsoft.com/downloads.

Keep a close eye on Loren's blog!  His Silverlight based whiteboard application is getting close by the moment.  Sounds like it's still a couple of weeks away for cleaning up a little.  I bet GBM could use this for some of our 'virtual' meetings we have from time to time.

Another interesting new Silverlight application is entering beta! For those unfamiliar with Microsoft Popfly, it allows users to easily create web applications without programming in APIs and without having intimate knowledge of Javascript. From the Popfly informational site:

Popfly is the fun and easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, and Web pages. It’s made up of online visual tools for building Web pages and mashups and a social network where you can host, share, rate, comment and even remix creations from other Popfly users.

This will be great for people who want to add a little jazz to their website, Facebook page, etc, but don't have a programming background. With more of a drag and drop style, people can quickly create applications by pulling "blocks" from other sites and linking those blocks together.

You can read a review and perspective on this interesting new app at Ed Dunhill's Blog.

Gavin Gear from Microsoft has posted some information on an Ink Silverlight sample.  This is a SDK example that includes all the source code as well.  Pretty cool stuff - Don't forget to check out the Silverlight work that Loren has been working on too.  You can play with the sample from Microsoft by downloading from this link.  Unzip to a folder and double click on the Index.html in the folder.