I have seen people keep complaining that they are unable to install Windows Phone SDK 7.1 on Windows 8 and they ended up unable to develop Windows Phone applications using Visual Studio 2010. I am going to give you some tips in getting Windows Phone SDK installed on your Windows 8 PC along with Visual… Continue reading
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Introducing Windows Azure Mobile Services – Cloud Backend Solution For Mobile Apps
Microsoft has introduced a new service in Windows Azure platform – Windows Azure Mobile Services makes it incredibly easy to connect a scalable cloud backend to your client and mobile applications. It allows you to easily store structured data in the cloud that can span both devices and users, integrate it with user authentication, as… Continue reading
Windows Phone 7.8 Feature set Leaked
Recently leaked Windows Phone 7.8 feature list indicates some of the interesting features you can expect as part of Windows. Windows Phone 7.8 is an incremental update to existing Windows Phone 7.x platform, as upcoming Windows Phone 8 will not work on existing windows phone 7.x devices, because hardware signature and kernel might change as… Continue reading
I Unlock Joy 2012–Build Windows Phone apps campaign in India
I Unlock Joy is a campaign by Microsoft. Build Windows Phone apps and learn more about Windows Phone.You will be getting a change to build Windows Phone Apps and showcase your capabilities and win a Windows Phone or other gadgets from Microsoft. The campaign is coming to India in next 24 hours, stay tuned to… Continue reading
Must Read – Unleash the power of HTML 5 Canvas for gaming
An excellent article discusses about using HTML5 canvas for building browser based games using only HTML and Javascript. The <canvas> element is used to draw graphics, on the fly, on a web page. The power of HTML5 Canvas is that you can draw any 2D or 3D content within the canvas region using powerful HTML5… Continue reading
Windows Phone Development–Background Agents in Windows Phone
Windows Phone came through long way after it’s initial release on Oct 21st 2010. Windows Phone 7.5 update release called as “MANGO” brought lots of improvements including Multi tasking capabilities etc. With the introduction of multi-tasking ( it is not true multi tasking, but an efficient application switching which ensures that only one application will… Continue reading
Windows Phone Development–Developing for 256 MB (low profile) Windows Phone Devices
Microsoft has announced that upcoming Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh code named as “Tango” will have low profile 256 MB devices which would make Microsoft’s entry in to mobile market by delivering low cost Windows Phone devices. All existing Windows Phone devices are having 512 MB RAM, considering the mid-range or low entry market Microsoft has… Continue reading
Windows Phone Development–Choosers and Launchers
While doing windows phone application programming you will come across some requirements such as: a. “Selecting a contact from contact book” b. “Open up Camera, take a photo and upload or use the photo” c. “Open a link in Web Browser” How you can achieve these typical tasks? Answer is pretty simple Windows Phone SDK… Continue reading
Windows Phone 7.5[MANGO] and Windows Phone 7.1 OS
Microsoft has released Windows Phone 7.5 on Sept 27th 2011. The Operating system itself been initially been called as “Windows Phone 7.5” code named as “Windows Phone MANGO”. The underlying operating system version is Windows Phone 7.1, even though it is been marketed as “Windows Phone 7.5”. There is been lots of confusion among people… Continue reading
Windows Phone "Tango" to be renamed to Windows Phone 7.5 “Refresh” and Windows Phone 8 for the future
Microsoft’s announced upcoming Windows Phone OS code named as Windows Phone “Tango” to be renamed to Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh. This is inline with Microsoft’s cloud feature specific Windows Phone OS called as Windows Phone “Apollo” or Windows Phone 8. Windows Phone 7 “Tango” a.k.a Windows Phone 7.5 REFRESH The upcoming Windows Phone update… Continue reading