title: RIA Services versus WCF Services
body: <p>I'm rewriting an LOB application whose architecture is like this:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Silverlight &amp;&amp; Windows Mobile -> WCF
    -> Entity Framework -> Database.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The mobile app was supposed to be able to do certain things as the silverlight app. What benefits would I get from using RIA Services here? Whats the advantage and disadvantage of RIA Services over WCF?</p>