WP Mango Series pt. 26: Background File Transfer

Perform a file download that continues even when your application is not running.

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Windows Phone / SQL Server Compact Resources List

This blog post collects links to relevant blog posts and articles about Windows Phone support for SQL Server Compact. You can also follow me on Twitter...

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DZone's Top 10 Mobile Articles of 2011

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0 replies - 623 views - 01/27/12 by Mark Mooibroek in Articles

MetroSky - End to end Windows Phone 7 SkyDrive sample code and app

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0 replies - 645 views - 01/27/12 by Den Delimarsky in Articles

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0 replies - 506 views - 01/26/12 by Jerry Nixon in Articles

Why Windows Phone Rocks

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0 replies - 1464 views - 01/26/12 by Tim Murphy in Articles

Windows Phone 'TryGetValue' Between XAML Pages

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0 replies - 499 views - 01/26/12 by Andrea Haubner in Articles

What Will You Do With Your Data?

There are a lot of ways to track data on your smartphone or mobile device, but what do you do with that data once its been collected?  A new set of mobile...

0 replies - 319 views - 01/26/12 by Christopher Smith in Articles

Is Programming Less Exciting Today?

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13 replies - 5664 views - 01/26/12 by Ted Neward in Articles

Custom Animation for Android

Android developers web site provide you with 2 predefined animation techniques which you can use in your applications - Tween animation and frame animation. ...

0 replies - 107 views - 01/26/12 by Avi Yehuda in Articles

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0 replies - 405 views - 01/26/12 by Maarten Struys in Articles

Rumors Persist: Will Windows Phone 8 use Windows 8 Kernel?

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0 replies - 346 views - 01/25/12 by Christopher Smith in Articles

Windows Phone Mango Sample: Portable Assemblies

Windows Phone Applications are written in Silverlight (or XNA). Considerations for Silverlight impact Windows Phone developers. The Problem Many developers...

0 replies - 518 views - 01/25/12 by Jerry Nixon in Articles