Windows Phone 7

Today's Mobile Monday is a toolkit by Pedro Lamas that will help speed up your Windows Phone 7.x and 8 app development. Yeah, I know it feels like I've been doing allot frameworks recently, but in my weird world, playing with new frameworks and seeing how they work is "fun". Why? They let…

Luis Perez (Neuralnet, LLC) discusses Windows Phone app development.  Luis's app Pro Football '13, was featured in a Windows Phone TV commercial in the Fall of 2012.  He discusses his app portfolio and what attracts him to developing apps for Windows Phone.

This summer Microsoft interns were asked to create an application for Windows Phones that integrated the Hawaii services. What they came up with will astound you! Take a look at the entire competition here including the awards ceremony and  Q&A period with our esteemed panel of…

This week on Inside Windows Phone, we got to talk to Program Manager Peter Torr about Multitasking in Windows Phone Mango. Peter goes in depth on the different types of Multitasking, including Fast App Switching, Background Notifications, Background Transfer Service, and Background Agents. Peter…

Laura and Paul scour the interwebs and their inboxes to find out what 'Softies are talking about- here's a taste of the flavor this week: The Dilbert Challenge Mango Apps now being accepted Smarter file copying in Windows 8 Social Networks & Microsoft in China

Code for this project Do you have an existing application or game that you want to bring to Windows Phone Mango? This is a new series of videos where we'll show you exactly how to do that, step by step. Our first video is about taking an existing XNA game, and modifying it to leverage our new…

Hot Apps will feature 5 of the hottest apps each week for the Windows Phone 7. In this episode Laura takes a look at: IonBallEX Relaxify Speed NightStand Clock Fastball 2 Please leave suggestions for hot apps that should be featured in the comments section, thanks!  

Code for this project This is the second in a series of videos that will detail how to add Windows Phone Mango functionality to an existing Windows Phone application, step by step. In our first sample, we modified an existing XNA game to leverage the new Silverlight / XNA integration available in…

Hot Apps will feature 5 of the hottest apps each week for the Windows Phone 7. In this episode Laura takes a look at: Fight Game: RivalsBad TripMulti BrowserShowcase'dBulls n CowsPlease leave suggestions for hot apps that should be featured in the comments section, thanks!

This summer Microsoft interns were asked to create an application for Windows Phones that integrated the Hawaii services. What they came up with will astound you!   Here's a look at the highlights.