With the Windows Phone Developer Tools in beta and Windows Phone 7 in technical preview, now is the time to build Windows Phone 7 apps in earnest, and we have refreshed our Design Resources for developers and designers to help you build beautiful apps.

The UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7 v2.0 has been updated for beta. With additional information and a new layout we hope you will find more readable, this guide provides detailed information about UI elements and controls, UI system behaviors, and the interaction model for the touch interface based on the design system codenamed “Metro”. Designers and developers should read this guide to learn about the dos and don’ts of UI implementations for their Windows Phone applications.

The Design Templates for Windows Phone 7 are a collection of 28 layered Photoshop template files and system fonts that can be used to create pixel-perfect application layouts, to help guide UI development, or to pitch an idea. These design templates showcase many controls that are a part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta. They also include examples of controls that are a part of Windows Phone, but are not available as a part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools.

Let us know what you think. If you have suggestions or feedback about these design resources, please email us at wp7des@microsoft.com.

-Mithun Dhar

Join us and discover a developer overview of how to build games for Windows Phone 7 with Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4. Learn about the developer tools, the XNA Framework, and the resources available to build interactive, compelling, games with Windows Phone 7. In this webcast you will learn how to create games for Windows Phone 7 using XNA Game Studio 4. This session will cover the programming model, how to work with content, game input, and available resources. This event is sponsored by the AT&T Developer Program.

Presenter: Rob Cameron, Industry Architect Evangelist
Rob Cameron is an Industry Architect with the Communications Sector in Microsoft focused on Windows Phone 7, Silverlight, XNA, embedded and Mediaroom. Rob has worked with the product team since October to help customer and partner early adopters get ready for Windows Phone 7.

Register to get all the details - http://bit.ly/cCAIL8

Thursday, July 15, 10-11 AM Pacific Time

All actual attendees can enter to win an AT&T Smartphone. Winner will be notified via email after the Webcast.

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Thanks,

-Mithun Dhar

As you all know, geekSpeak is our awesome Technology Talk Show. It’s this uber geekdom conversations that we love having with our community rockstars! Here are two upcoming Talk Shows that are my favorite for July!

7/14/2010 12:00 PM

MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Local Messaging and Silverlight with Brian Lagunas

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032455709&Culture=en-US

7/28/2010 12:00 PM

MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Business Intelligence for the .NET Framework Developer with Andrew Brust

https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032455736&Culture=en-US

Register to get more information! We look forward to geekSpeaking with you…

-Mithun Dhar