Bring on the WP7 Games

Posted by Daniel Egan On August - 17 - 2010

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

WP7 vs Blackberry OS 6

Posted by Daniel Egan On August - 13 - 2010

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)

Want to test your WP7 App on a real device?

Posted by Daniel Egan On July - 29 - 2010

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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.

 

http://bit.ly/bPTASL

 

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

Windows Phone 7 Marketplace

Posted by Daniel Egan On July - 26 - 2010

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.

Click HERE for the video.

Working with WP7

Posted by Daniel Egan On July - 20 - 2010

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) :

  • The tools and environment
  • Working with the Emulator
  • Push Service \ Live Tiles
  • Location Based Services
  • Launchers and Choosers
  • The other Sensors (Accelerometer, Proximity,  Compass, etc..)
  • Multi-Touch
  • And More
  • Unlocking and Installing on the phone
  • Marketplace and Developer Resources

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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