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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 05, 2012
The question of whether or not today's Windows Phone apps will be able to work on the next "major version" of Windows Phone aka 'Apollo' or Windows Phone 8 was never a major...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 11, 2011
Boryana Miloshevska, over at WindowsPhoneGeek, has published an ebook today that covers Silverlight development for Windows Phone 7.5. The book itself contains 246 pages separated into 22 chapters...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 08, 2011
In Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Microsoft are kick-starting workshops simultaneously today (October 8th) to aid potential and current Windows Phone developers with improving knowledge, skill...
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by Rich Edmonds
Oct 03, 2011
Right, so this is just friggin' awesome (in the words of our oversea brothers). An MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) called Wowo World has sprung up that is developed with...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 05, 2011
Good news for devs out there, it's just been announced that the Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone will be getting a refresh sometime in August.
This will be the Mango SDK 7.1 refresh, giving...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jul 19, 2011
András Velvárt (Vbandi), the developing power behind the SurfCube app (award-winning 3D web browser), has just announced that his ebook "Windows Phone 7 for Silverlight Developers" is now...
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by Seth Brodeur
May 20, 2011
Paramount Digital Entertainment has announced that 10 more of their titles will be coming to the Marketplace and will be exclusive to Windows Phone as part of Silverlight Enhanced Movies. We've...
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by Rich Edmonds
Apr 22, 2011
Ever wanted to dive into coding for the Windows Phone 7 platform and needed a helping hand? Why not check out the WP7 wiki which targets experienced or newly acquainted Silverlight, WPF and WP7...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 14, 2011
Coming out of talk on Silverlight and XNA (remember, devs can now combine both, making regular apps with 3D, immersive graphics), an interesting question was brought up: Can developers mix...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 13, 2011
We reported on the coming ability of developers to mix XNA and Silverlight programming and this was confirmed today during the MIX11 keynote.
What this means for consumers is much richer apps...
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by Rich Edmonds
Apr 11, 2011
Dean Hachamovitch, Windows Internet Explorer Corporate Vice President, is keynoter tomorrow and after eight platform previews, one beta, one release candidate and one final version of IE9 it's going...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 10, 2011
(See that big ol' rumor tag? Heed it. What we have here are some rumors from a new source, who, to be honest, is not completely verified. Having said that, what they say will be announced this week...
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by Rich Edmonds
Apr 05, 2011
WinRumors has reported on some interesting news that Microsoft may be planning to announce intentions to bring Silverlight to the Xbox 360 platform, and look set to display their plans at the MIX11...
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by Tim Ferrill
Mar 30, 2011
At Mobile Word Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore gave a demonstration of some of the new features coming to Windows Phone 7 in an update to come later this year. The touted features...
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by Rich Edmonds
Feb 19, 2011
Today, the February 2011 release of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit was made available. A few newly added controls, including the tilt effect and performance progress bar are present in...
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by Tim Ferrill
Dec 15, 2010
Microsoft watchdog Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Microsoft is prepping a major update to Windows Phone 7 for the fall timeframe. Codenamed Mango, the fall update is rumored to add Silverlight run-...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 14, 2010
Paramount today announced an interesting twist to movie watching on your Windows Phone: Silverlight Enhanced movies. Fetching for $9.99 and starting with School of Rock, you can download the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 29, 2010
Only announced in September, Microsoft has kept true to their word and released the Visual Basic programming to for Windows Phone 7, allowing an even larger number of developers to jump in on the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Nov 15, 2010
If you're a developer for Windows Phone 7 or interested in development, you'll want to bookmark the Windows Phone 7 Development Best Practices Wiki, which just went live today.
Setup by Justin Angel...
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by Tim Ferrill
Oct 29, 2010
As we get closer to the launch of Windows Phone 7, it’s inevitable that we are going to start learning more about Windows Phones and the Operating System behind them. Hardware details are becoming...
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by Daniel Rubino
Sep 20, 2010
In a nice demonstration of just how easy it is for Silverlight developers to port over their creations to Windows Phone 7, the developer of the classic online game 'Zero Gravity' has ported...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 17, 2010
Though many of us were hoping for some type of 'Halo' mobile offshoot game for the Windows Phone 7 launch, 'Halo' fans will have to settle for Waypoint, which is basically a media/news...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jun 25, 2010
Following up on that Cannes Lions video yesterday, Mobility Digest (and 'Stepehn' in our comments, natch) noticed that when Kostas loads up that Xbox website, the site contains embedded...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jun 24, 2010
Two parts to this story:The first is about how social network buttons can be implemented in third-party applications in Windows Phone 7. This is something that Android and the iPhone do quite well...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jun 06, 2010
Weatherbug has been a popular application for Windows Mobile and now it looks like it is on board for Windows Phone 7. In a recent interview over at Channel 9, Weatherbug developers talked about...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 26, 2010
Another day, some more demo Silverlight apps beings built for Windows Phone 7. We've been stating for awhile now that the combo of Silverlight and XNA as a development platform for the OS would be...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 23, 2010
Yesterday at IndyTechFest, William Steele of Microsoft held a session on "Building Applications on Windows Phone 7 with XNA" which was recorded on UStream for all to watch.While geared for...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 23, 2010
Brandon Watson, Microsoft's Director of Developer Experience hosted an online question and answer "backstage" event on the official Windows Phone 7 site yesterday.The questions were mostly geared...
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by George Ponder
May 20, 2010
The other day we mentioned how beneficial it will be for programmers to be able to write Windows Phone 7 applications in Silverlight (see "DroppyPop"), specifically we can run them in a...
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by Daniel Rubino
May 14, 2010
As we delve deeper into what current Silverlight programmers are up to in exploring Windows Phone 7, a few things are becoming evident:Generally speaking, they love itIt's easyThere's lots of...
