Issaquah, Wash. - McObject is now supporting Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smarptphone apps using its Perst object-oriented, open source embedded database after Windows mobile software experts in the UK ported Perst (along with McObject’s related Silverlight demo) to WP7.

APPA Mundi, a Birmingham, England-based consulting firm with experience in developing Windows-based mobile software, first offered Perst for WP7 from its Web site in early June.

Using Perst for .NET, developers using Silverlight can now include true database management system features in their Silverlight applications, including adding persistence to this data by storing it in a container file in isolated storage.

McObject has added the code ported by APPA Mundi to the Perst for .NET distribution which is available online and supports the platform, effective immediately.

Unveiled in February at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft’s revamped device operating system for use in the smartphone market, which it will promote by supporting development of third-party apps on phones alongside Microsoft's own Office applications.

In 2006, McObject released Perst Lite, an edition of Perst for the Java ME technology used on BlackBerry. Since then, developers have successfully integrated Perst Lite in commercial and open source software for BlackBerry ranging from mobile customer relationship management (CRM) clients to banking, consumer, healthcare and other vertical market solutions. Full-text search is one important Perst feature for smartphones.

Perst and Perst Lite are part of McObject’s family of powerful small footprint, high performance embedded database software products for use in MP3 players, WiMAX base stations, digital TVs, telecom/network communications equipment and military/aerospace technology. Perst is available for Java and .NET, including Java ME and .NET Compact Framework.

To learn more, go to www.mcobject.com.