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Showing an Image Background for a Search String in Windows Phone 7

On the last day of 2011 ago I made DynamicBackgroundBehavior - a quite bizarre behavior which plays a supporting role in my latest Windows Phone application...

0 replies - 1378 views - 10/05/12 by Joost Van Schaik in Articles

Windows Phone App Coming Soon

The other day, I was talking to my new friend Shayne Boyer (Windows Phone developer and motorcycle rider to boot).  See his blog hereAs we're starting the...

2 replies - 1754 views - 08/15/12 by Will Soprano in Articles

Re-Using 90% of the Original Code to Port from Windows Phone 7 to Windows 8

Rick Waldon, developer of the AlphaDrops game for Windows Phone, posted this video recently demonstrating his port of the game from Windows Phone 7 to Windows...

0 replies - 1491 views - 02/20/12 by Chris Smith in Videos

PhoneGap on Windows Phone Adds Support For Facebook, Twitter, Bing Maps, and More

Developers looking to tackle Windows Phone 7.5 with PhoneGap, an open source mobile framework that uses HTML5, CSS and Javascript, can now include some...

0 replies - 3263 views - 01/19/12 by Eric Genesky in Articles

Windows Phone 7: Touch and Sensors

A few months have passed since my previous presentation for Eneta community and the time has come to talk about something new. This time I have chosen two...

0 replies - 1637 views - 01/18/12 by Jevgeni Tšaikin in Articles

PhoneGap 1.3 Arrives with Full API Support for Windows Phone

Big news for mobile hybrid and web app developers!  PhoneGap 1.3 is out, and the biggest new feature is PhoneGap's full API support for Windows Phone 7. ...

1 replies - 2687 views - 12/20/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Silverlight 5 has been released plus other info!

On December the 9th, 2011, Microsoft released the final version of Silverlight 5. This release included many new features that I was looking forward to...

3 replies - 2687 views - 12/13/11 by Michael Crump in News

Detecting and simulating low memory devices in Windows Phone 7 applications

Probably most of you have read Performance and Resource Management part of Windows Phone 7 Application Certification Requirements v1.4 document concerning...

1 replies - 4656 views - 12/12/11 by Jevgeni Tšaikin in Articles

Visual Inconsistency and the WP7 Application Bar

Petter Silfver, a UI/UX designer in Stockholm, has a problem with the Windows Phone 7's application bar icons.  You see, the Microsoft UxD Guidelines have...

1 replies - 1726 views - 11/28/11 by David Pell in Articles

Two Ways to Create a Database for Your Mango App

So you are working on a Windows Phone 7 App and need to create a database to store application data.  There are plenty of resources out there to help you get...

1 replies - 5401 views - 11/15/11 by David Pell in Articles

Hey, Windows 8! Take a Hint from your Mobile Forbears!

It probably wouldn't be an exaggeration to guess that many users of today's technology are on mobile platforms (tablets, smart phones, etc.) as often as...

0 replies - 2311 views - 11/15/11 by David Pell in Articles

Windows Phone 7 Coding Dojo Video: Making a Time Request App

Here is a video showing how to create a simple but useful Windows Phone 7 application. This application allows Devoteam Luxembourg's consultants to add and...

0 replies - 2304 views - 11/02/11 by Benjamin Laffont in Articles

Why it's Easier to Develop for Windows Phone than iOS

According to former Valve developer Mike Dussault, Microsoft's toolchain for developing Windows Phone applications is way better than Apple's XCode...

1 replies - 3586 views - 10/31/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Windows Phone Mango database support: actually pretty good

Back in June, WindowsPhoneGeek wrote a popular post walking Windows 7.1 developers through creating a simple Local Database application (for storing strings).A...

0 replies - 2337 views - 10/25/11 by John Esposito in Articles

Catching an uncatchable exception

Recently we had an interesting issue in a Windows Phone 7 app I was working on that proved awkward to address. The code in question related to playing a...

0 replies - 2947 views - 08/20/11 by Matt Lacey in News