# Iphone and Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iphone-and-ignition/1791>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 28, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iphone-and-ignition/1791 "2010-04-28T09:47:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iphone-and-ignition/1791/21 "2010-12-02T02:19:40Z")

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It looks like Windows 7 Phone won’t support HTML 5, Flash, or Silverlight - so why would you buy a new one new over an Iphone, Android, or Blackberry? In any event, MS is promising support for the Flash and Silverlight soon, with HTML 5 eventually coming afterward.

[quote=“Automate”]Even the new Windows Phone 7 is not modern enough since it does not support HTML 5.  
[html5trends.com/browsers/win … 5-not-yet/](http://www.html5trends.com/browsers/windows-phone-7-html5-not-yet/)[/quote]

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**Author:** ![Automate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Automate](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Automate)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iphone-and-ignition/1791/22 "2010-12-02T18:14:40Z")

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During the Sneak Preview Webinar it was mentioned that Windows Phone 7 would be supported. It also indicated that JavaScript and canvas support were required. Since canvas support is possible in HTML4 can you clarify if HTML5 is required?

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iphone-and-ignition/1791/23 "2010-12-03T18:13:16Z")

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To Clarify: Only javascript and the element are required. Canvas is part of HTML5, but “HTML5 support” is nearly always a gray area, and support is often one of the 1st things a browser will support.

In the webinar I said that we expected to have Blackberry 6 and Windows Phone 7 support - but I don’t have either of those devices as of yet so I’m not sure about them. Looks like Blackberry 6 is very likely (it uses a webkit browser), WP7 not so much (it uses an ie7/8 hybrid browser, at least for now)…

The silver lining here is that I think we can be reasonably sure that these technologies become more and more ubiquitous on mobile devices, so compatible options will only increase. It seems like only a matter of time before WP7 would gain the abilities of a modern browser, especially given Microsoft’s [recent announcement](http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/31/microsoft.backs.html5.over.silverlight/).

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**Author:** ![Automate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Automate](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Automate)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iphone-and-ignition/1791/24 "2010-12-15T18:22:53Z")

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More rumours about HTML 5 in WP 7.  
[zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/tip … =mncol;txt](http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/tipsters-windows-phone-7-mango-release-to-add-html-5-support/8214?tag=mncol;txt)

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iphone-and-ignition/1791/25 "2010-12-17T17:56:10Z")

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It is inevitable.

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