So no big news for Windows Phone 7 at MIX11 as of yet but don’t fret. Microsoft has just let us in on all the details we need for the next 2 days. They just published the whole timetable for their MIX sessions online. The list below specifies Multitasking, Developer Tools, Sensor Access, New Data […]
NewsWith Microsoft hosting MIX11 soon, they have been teasing that a few important announcements will be made regarding Windows Phone 7. Well now there is a mysterious list going around that supposedly is every bullet point that Microsoft will make regarding WP7. The list is as follows… Interoperability: devs can now use both Silverlight and […]
NewsMicrosoft Research does it again! They just launched another coding based app to the Marketplace. I would call this one the best so far as TouchStudio is a software development enviroment that runs on your actual phone. You have access to the Media library, sensors, etc. An App that Makes Apps… You can’t get any […]
AppsOn the heels of the official XDA app launching recently. An app dedicated to dev forums for Windows Phone 7 has launched. The Developer Forum Tracker app follows the forums of Apphub, Silverlight.net and Stackoverflow. It’s a pretty simple app but very fast and works really well. Wish there was a way to be able to join […]
AppsThrough case studies Microsoft Advertising is showing off what creating apps on the Windows Phone platform can do to your wallet. Simply by using the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone 7, they are saying that you can easily make a living making apps on the platform. We have discussed this plenty of times on here. […]
NewsOne developer request I heard over and over again from the community was that they wanted XNA on Visual Basic. It is finally going to happen after soon. ‘Tonight at DevConnections, Senior Director Dave Mendlen announced that XNA support will be coming to Visual Basic. This is part of Microsoft’s co-evolution strategy, whereby we are […]
Apps, Games, NewsThere are some beautifully designed apps on the WP7 Marketplace. Some use the Metro UI to it’s benefit to create interesting and visually pleasing application. There are TONS though that don’t use the UI to its full potential. The Windows Phone Team recently published an article showing off the UI and trying to show Developers […]
AppsMicrosoft has made available more toolkits to help you get your Windows Phone 7 apps going. The Microsoft Research team has released their toolkit codenamed project Hawaii: This is a software-development kit (SDK) for the creation of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) applications that leverage research services not yet available to the general public. The primary […]
NewsMany customers and developers alike have shown their frustrations about how slow Microsoft is moving with Windows Phone 7. Most of the anger comes from the fact that we can see how big Windows Phone can be. It has all the pieces in place to be a heavy hitter in the market. What other OS […]
NewsWe here at Wp7connect have remained with the same thought process as when we started this site. Keep Windows Phone 7 consumers informed about the latest WP7 news, show them what they might like to download and what they might want to stay clear of. Our other important goal is to help promote WP7 developers […]
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