Category: Phone
Microsoft has released an infographic about the highlights, developments and achievements of Windows Phone in the year 2011. This infographic has been posted on the Windows Phone Developers Blog. The statistics displayed include the number of apps available on the …more >>>
As a part of the Learn to Develop Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Applications, in our last tutorial we have seen that we can use “switch statement” if there are multiple values to be tested against one condition. In this tutorial …more >>>
If you are looking forward to developing apps or designing for Windows Phone, you might want to check out these free offerings from Microsoft UK. The Faculty Resource Kit from Microsoft provides schools and colleges with material and software tools …more >>>
The partnership between Microsoft and Nokia has given birth to a new aggressive marketing strategy pursued by both the giants. This made us see huge impressive ad posters almost everywhere, luring tv commercials, the dead mau5 presentation, a giant-sized Windows Phone …more >>>
Finally, the widely speculated Nokia Lumia 900 is now official. At the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2012 , Nokia CEO Mr. Stephen Elop unveiled the Nokia Lumia 900 amidst wide applause. Nokia Lumia 900 features Considered to be more superior in features and …more >>>
After India and Canada, it’s now time for Australian Windows Phone developers to buckle up for an interesting challenge that awaits them. Microsoft and Nokia have jointly announced a new Application Development challenge where the first 50 developers who fulfill the development …more >>>
Earlier it was L for London but today it’s L for Lumia. Yes, that’s how much the Nokia devices have got into us. Launched on October 26, 2011 at Nokia World event, the Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710 have been …more >>>
A few days back, I had covered an excellent Windows Phone app from Microsoft Research called Face Swap. This fun app quickly allowed you swap faces in a photo. Microsoft Research has released yet another fun app called Face Mask. …more >>>
I usually do not cover Windows Phone apps, but this is one app I must! The newly released free Face Swap application for Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is something you must check out! How do you someone elses face will …more >>>
As we have already learnt in previous chapters, we can control flow of application execution based on certain conditions. There are a number of statements which can be used for the same purpose. We have seen in Part 4 that …more >>>
In our last tutorial, we studied how to control flow of execution based on various conditions using “if” statement. In this chapter or tutorial we will have a look at various basic building blocks in C# like expressions, statements and …more >>>
In previous chapters of this series, we started off with very basic things like introduction, first small application and we also learnt some other basic concepts like variables and assigning values to them. In this chapter, things will get a …more >>>
Windows Phone 7 has become a household name in a short duration of time and has a huge collection of apps in its MarketPlace. App development has a huge potential in the smart phone industry. Most of us at some point …more >>>
While there are several ways one can customize Windows desktop operating system, when it comes to the Windows Phone mobile operating system, Windows Phone users are aware that the only way you can personalize or customize your Windows Phones theme is …more >>>
In the last chapter we wrote our first application for Windows Phone 7.5. In this tutorial we will see what variables and data types are and how to assign or retrieve values from variables. Plus we will also have a …more >>>
In our last tutorial, we saw the overview of Windows Phone 7.5 aka Mango and its developer tool. Now before we move on, I want to clarify one thing. Some of you might be thinking that what exactly is the …more >>>
Some days ago Microsoft released a new Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone 7.5 Smartphones. The application is an easy way to control an Xbox console with a Windows phone. It will allow you to play, pause, rewind, and fast-forward …more >>>
Innovative it may seem as Microsoft decided to gift 5 Windows Phone devices to folks who come up with unique (maybe funny) experiences regarding the malware on their Android phone. Ben Rudolph, Windows Phone evangelist from Microsoft, popularly known as …more >>>
Microsoft today announced the release of apps for the Windows Phone and iPhone platform, that will let users interact with SkyDrive very conveniently. The cloud storage service has now decided to provide its Microsoft and non-Microsoft users a different way …more >>>
I suppose it was just a matter of time! iPhone has a ‘parallel store’ called Cydia – and now Windows Phone gets one too. Bazaar, a MarketPlace alternative has just been launched. Marketplace for Windows Phone 7 and the App Store …more >>>
