The way to Mobile 2.0

I found this interesting picture that show the evolution of the markup languages for the mobile web during the years.

It's interesting to see how XHTML replaced the obsolete WML and the appearance of quite new players like Flash Lite. I haven't seen many applications written in Flash Lite but they will definitely have a place.
On the other hand for this picture to be complete we should add J2ME, Symbian and Brew. They are not markup languages but they play a big role on the mobile tech landscape as well as Flash Lite. In fact, many mobile sites have an XHTML version for browsers and a more polished and user-friendly version in the form of a "stand-alone" application (e.g. google gmail). There are also many Mobile Widget Engines coming out that make easier the way to create appealing applications on the handsets that consumes services from the web.

I will discuss the Mobile Site vs. Widgets in another post as it is an interesting topic in itself.