Contents tagged with Windows Phone
Everything You Wanted to Know About Mango in a Single Post
Developer Evangelist, Dave Isbitski, has compiled a list of everything you wanted to know about the forthcoming update to Windows Phone (aka “Mango”). Among my favorite enhancements is the new emulator, where you can simulate motion to test out any accelerometer code without having to deploy …
Abolade Gbadegesin on Mango
More “Mango” goodness today: Abolade Gbadegesin takes us Inside Windows Phone "Mango" From Channel9: There have been a lot of positive reviews of the upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS release, code named "Mango." This release is a big one. It contains over 500 new features, is full of improvements - …
Public Sector Apps for Windows Phone 7
Curious as to how Windows Phone 7 applies to the public sector? Well, wonder now more: here’s a list of all the Public Sector Apps for Windows Phone 7 on the Marketplace. Apps are further broken down into categories: Education State & Local Government Federal Health and Life Sciences Much to …
SketchFlow for Windows Phone 7
If you’ve heard me talk about the wonders of SketchFlow, then you know I’m a big proponent of prototyping. In fact, since its release in 2009, I’ve used SketchFlow on every project I worked on with the exception of two. In both cases, I came to regret not using SketchFlow. One case was due to …
Metro Design Language at Ignite Tampa Bay
Here’s a great video from the Ignite Tampa Bay event on the Metro Design Language.
Excellent Mango Overview Video
Here’s a great overview video of Mango.
My Latest Windows Phone 7 App: Texts From Last Night
Late last night, I received an email telling me that my “latest” Windows Phone 7 app has been approved and published to the Marketplace. [direct link]
I put the word latest in quotes, since this app was really the first major WP7 app I started writing.
In fact, I even mentioned I was …
Texts from Last Night WP7 App Quite Popular
My Texts from Last Night app for Windows Phone has been well received, ranking #51 in the Entertainment category and #309 in the marketplace overall.
It’s also received three 5 star ratings and this review from WPCentral.
While it doesn't feature any way to pass on or favorite …
Speaking of Traffic
Speaking of traffic in the DC area, I just submitted an app called “DC Traffic” that should be available next week. It won’t be on the Marketplace for Terrible Traffic Tuesday, but here’s a sneak peak.
Free eBook: Building Windows Phone Apps: A Developers Guide
Download Building Windows Phone Apps: A Developer’s Guide This free ebook is a community effort to collect useful information about creating apps on the Windows Phone platform. [Download] From the blog post: For more details on this publication and its authors see Mike Ormond's Blog, please feel …
Dream Symbol Dictionary App
I’ve got another app on the WIndows Phone Marketplace: Dream Symbol Dictionary. It’s free and ad-supported. Download it today and the next time you have a weird dream about cyborgs in lederhosen drinking diet soda, you’ll maybe get some insight into what your subconscious is trying to tell you. …
4 Easy to Remember Links
Have you ever found yourself in polite conversation and of how to start developing in a certain technology comes up? Or Have you ever wanted to share SDK downloads without having remember cumbersome URLs? I have* and that’s why I created easy to remember, copyable, pasteable, and shareable URLs to …
Windows Phone in the Public Sector
Here are the slides from my talk at yesterday’s Windows Phone Camp in DC. Windows Phone Public Sector View more presentations from Frank La Vigne.
Tango on Mango
Tango is a iOS/Android video calling application that has now come to Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango).
It’s now available for free in the Windows Phone Marketplace.
Windows Phone Starter Kit for Podcasts
Fellow developer evangelist Dani Diaz has put together this Windows Phone Starter Kit for podcasts. It’s a great way to learn how to program Windows Phone Mango and create an app for your own (or favorite) podcast.
Silverlight DC Meeting On the XNA Framework and Windows Phone 7
This Thursday, Jan 19 at 7PM, the CapArea Silverlight SIG presents Franklin Balaquer on XNA on Windows Phone. The XNA Framework and Windows Phone 7 - Franklin Balaguer Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:00 PM Abstract: XNA Game Studio and the XNA Framework are designed for cross-platform gaming …
Two Great Upcoming Windows Phone Webcasts
My team at Microsoft is teaming up with ComponentOne to deliver a series of webcasts to demo how easy it is to build Public Sector mobile solutions on Windows Phone. Session I: Fast Track Your First App Session II: Give Your Apps Some POP Be sure to register today. [found via Joel Reyes]
Update Posted to My TFLN Windows Phone App
I just posted an update to my Texts From Last Night application that clears up an ugly text encoding issue. Version 1.3 should be available in a few days. Thanks!
Fast Track Your App at the Metro Accelerator Lab Next Week in Chevy Chase
Do you have an app idea? Are you working on an app and you’ve hit a wall, then come to the Metro Accelerator lab next week at the Chevy Chase Microsoft office. Seating is limited, so register now. Please join us for a special, event that you simply don't want to miss – the Metro Accelerator Lab. …
Windows Phone Cameo in a Music Video
A Windows Phone 7 makes a cameo appearance in the music video for “We Are Young.”