Category Archives: News

Windows Phone Back Button

Posted on March 20, 2010 by admin

The back button is a key feature differentiating Windows Phone from the iPhone and Android.The hardware back button is mandatory on all Windows Phones and will likely be a key navigation feature in Windows Phone applications. The back button is … Continue reading →

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First Look at Windows Phone Marketplace [News]

Posted on March 20, 2010 by admin

The Windows Phone Marketplace was demoed for the first time at Mix 2010. The Marketplace is of great interest to developers as Apple’s App Store has proved a great distribution model for small application developers. However the App Store has … Continue reading →

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First Look at the Windows Phone Developer Tools [News]

Posted on March 20, 2010 by admin

At Mix 2010 Microsoft unveiled the first CTP’s of the tools developers can use to build Windows Phone apps. The Windows Phone Developer toolkit can be downloaded here . The developer tools CTP is a single install which contains the … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone XNA

Posted on February 22, 2010 by admin

In leaked documents, Microsoft has outline the development platform for the Windows Phone OS and the key development environment for Win Phone games will be XNA. XNA is the development environment for both XBox LIVE and the ZuneHD. This appears … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone Application Platform

Posted on February 22, 2010 by admin

Althought not meant to be officially released until Mix 2010, details of the Windows Phone Application Platform have already been leaked. Application Platform Components The core components of the application platform will be Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend. The … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7 – SQL Server

Posted on February 17, 2010 by admin

At MWC Microsoft demoed Windows Phone 7  but developer details were sparse – one key question is what will be the database service. SQL Server CE was the provider for Windows Mobile 6x but Microsoft promised to make an announcement … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7 SDK Visual Studio

Posted on February 17, 2010 by admin

At MWC Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 7 Series OS which is likely to have a strong following of Windows Mobile developers. No word as yet on the breaking changes from Windows Mobile 6x or what .NET technologies will be … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7 – Hardware

Posted on February 17, 2010 by admin

The new Windows Phone 7 Series will feature a standard hardware platform that Microsoft has developed in an partnership with hardware  vendors. Microsoft worked  with Qualcomm in optimizing the phone’s silicon, probably an advanced ARM-based Snapdragon processor. Microsoft has also … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7 – Azure Support

Posted on February 16, 2010 by admin

Windows Azure is likely to be a key pillar of the newly launched Windows Phone Series 7 OS with Azure Storage likely to be the repository for the cloud based storage. Microsoft hasn’t provided details on the integration of Azure … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7 Series – Office Development

Posted on February 16, 2010 by admin

At Microsoft’s demonstration of the Windows Phone 7 OS – an mobile Office suite was highlighted although not demonstrated. These are likely to be inbuilt Office apps and not web versions of the Office.com products likely to debut in April. … Continue reading →

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