Category: Windows Phone SDK

Microsoft has announced Windows Phone 8

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Yesterday Microsoft has made a major announcement few days right after the announcement of Surface Tablet.   NFC, MicroSD, dual-core support, more memory  – oomphh!!!! I am gonna love new windows phone. Windows Phone 8 is going to be a game changer and Microsoft has revamped it to fit with modern mobile user needs. As per Joe Belfiore’s announcement… Continue reading

Windows Phone Development–Background Agents in Windows Phone

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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

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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

Microsoft announces Windows Azure Media Services

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Microsoft announced new cloud based media services (called as Windows Azure Media Services)and guidance to better enable content providers and customers to tap into the power of cloud computing, at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2012 conference. Windows Azure Media Services is a cloud-based PaaS solution that enables you to efficiently build and deliver… Continue reading

Windows Phone Development–Choosers and Launchers

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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

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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

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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

Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 Updated to Final

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Microsoft has released final version of Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 which includes the support for Windows 8 and 256 MB devices for debugging.  (previously I blogged about the release of CTP version of the same here)                                   Windows Phone… Continue reading

Released: Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Update & Other Updates

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There are few updates from Microsoft for Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Update, Windows Azure, & Windows Phone 7 Training Kit for Developers – RTM Refresh. Check it out. Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update January 2011 Update to the Windows Phone Developer Tools providing bug fixes, a new emulator, and utilities. This update… Continue reading

Released: Windows Phone Developer Tools RTW

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The powerful and easy to use Visual Studio integrated developer environment (IDE) handles developing Windows Phone 7 phone applications. The Windows Phone Developer Tools includes the following Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone Windows Phone Emulator Resources Silverlight 4 Tools For Visual Studio XNA Game Studio 4.0 Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone Download… Continue reading

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