November, 2010

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There over 2000 Windows Phone 7 applications in the marketplace already. Developers see the future of this platform and are betting in its growth. For does who have or are currently planning summit their Windows Phone 7 applications to the marketplace...

Internet Explore 9 introduced a feature called “Site Pinning”. At first glance, you might think site pinning allows uses to pin/dock a shortcut to a website and nothing else. However, it does a lot more. Site pining allows developers to add...

I should have known better. I gave half dozen presentations on the Windows Phone Marketplace certification process. I however, forgot to test for certification requirement 6.5.1 for my own app which states: Requirements Expected Result When the user is...

It is a common task for developers to persist data on an application. There are various ways to achieve this in Windows Phone, but the easiest way I found to accomplish this is to use the IsolatedStorageSettings class. This class basically provides an...

Before I share my thoughts on this matter, I want to make it clear that although I am employed by Microsoft, I don’t not have direct access to any top secret strategic information about my company’s technology direct. I do have over 10 years of experience...