I admit it! I am not a gamer. Or at least I have not been one since my last game of Zaxon. But things are about to change. Between Kinect for XBox 360 coming out and all of the games that are going to be on the now Wp7, I am sold.
Check out this mini montage of WP7 games.
Or go to the engadget story to get the lowdown on how cool the experience is on the WP7. Judge for yourself and let me know what you think. http://bit.ly/9E2TZi
Daniel Egan – DotNetDoc
 Attention Developers!! There are only a few seats left for this (BYOL – Bring your own Laptop) Event THIS SATURDAY. You must register now!.
Windows Phone 7 is HOT! Come check out Windows Phone 7 Unleashed for everything you need to know to develop for WP7. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or you’re just starting with .NET development, there’s something in it for you.
There will be Windows Phone 7 handsets at the event to test on. DATE: Saturday, August 21, 2010
LOCATION: Microsoft Irvine Office 3 Park Plaza, Suite 1600 Irvine, CA 92614 TIME: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM REGISTER: http://bit.ly/WP7unleashed821 Session 1 – Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Programing. In this session, we start with a discussion of windows phone, the architecture changes made from 6.5 to 7.0, the hardware specifications and then move into the beginnings of building a WP7 application including : 1) Sensor overview 2) Application life cycle 3) Splash screen and the importance of 1 second / 19 second loading 4) Files associated with project template 5) Application Bar 6) Live Tile 7) Application Icon The session will end with a brief discussion of the Windows phone 7 Marketplace before the entering into the HOL. HOL – The screens that will be built during this session are: · Project Set-up · Live Tile · Splashscreen · Home Screen with Application Bar Session 2 – Connecting to Services
In this session, we will discuss how Cloud Services help to bring power to the phone. We will be binding to a rest based services and show how to search and display the information received. In this session we will also talk about Navigation, passing information between screens, simple page animations while working with List and detail information. HOL – The screens that will be built during this session are: · Search Screen · Display Screen · Detail Screen · Additional Application Bars Session 3 – Recording Data
In this session we will be working with the Camera to capture and crop photos, record audio files, take notes, saving location, sharing (sending emails and SMS messages – and if time permits sending to twitter or FB) and saving everything using isolated storage. We will discuss tombstoning and how it effects your application process, including the when, where and whys of saving state). HOL – The screens that will be built during this session are: · Add New Wine · Record Audio · Picture Capture and Crop · My Wines Session 4 – XNA on Windows Phone 7 with Sam Stokes
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Are you still deciding if WP7 is going to hit big? I know I am quite obviously bias but it has been great to see the way in which people are embracing the phone even though it is not yet finished. In this Engaget Show, check out the comparison between Blackberry OS6 (first half of video) vs WP7. Its been a while since people have said ANYTHING good about a windows phone.
Tell me what you think. And if you are in my area, come to my next event and I will show you in person.
Happy Coding — Daniel Egan (DotNetDoc)
If you have been following Brandon Watsons blog at http://www.manyniches.com I am sure you have come across his posts about Windows Phone 7 Device requests.
In a follow up post, he stated that distribution will be through the Evangelists in the field.
“but there’s a whole team of evangelists who will be getting the phones to developers.” ( http://bit.ly/dwnovQ )
Guess what? That’s me!! Well, one of them anyway. To be clear, I only have a few right now so I want to make sure that as many people as possible are able to test their WP7 App on a real device. I may have more in the next few weeks but we will see. By the way, for those that do not know, I am a Developer Evangelist in Southern California, so you must be in this area. But don’t worry, I can help point you to your local developer evangelist that may be able to help.
So, if you want to test your app on a device contact me at any of the following :
Daniel (dot) Egan (at) Microsoft (dot) com
@DanielEgan on Twitter
or leave a comment here on how I can contact you.
Once you do, I will send you an email with more info.
Happy Coding!!
Daniel Egan – DotNetDoc – The Sociable Geek
If you are looking to get up to speed on the Windows Phone Marketplace check out my session from the uplinq conference in San Diego. I will blog more about the WP7 Marketplace in the future but this is a great place to start.
The launch of the much anticipated Windows Phone7 (WP7) is just around the corner and with it will be the launch of the Windows Phone MarketPlace for WP7. Now is the time to get the application you have been thinking about for years under way. There is absolutely nothing stopping you. The tools are completely free and can be found here http://bit.ly/9J7icb
Starting next week I will begin a series of how-to blog posts/screen casts (depending on the amount of code) that will take you through everything you need to know to get started on WP7. Among other things we will cover (Not necessarily in this order) :
Start looking for these posts coming next week. If you have a request for a post or a question you need answered feel free to post a comment or send me an email.
Happy Coding
Daniel Egan
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