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This new series on the Windows Phone Developer Blog offers tips with step-by-step advice on common issues that can surface when developing a Windows Phone 7 application. Compiled by the Windows Phone Design team, the series tackles ten key areas with...

From the Windows Phone Marketplace team…Top seven items to check in order to pass certification. 1. Technical Support Information. Include technical support contact information, such as an email address or URL, within the application along with the application...

These are unofficial Adobe Illustrator templates for building Windows Phone 7 wireframes created by Clarity Consulting.  Read more about them and download here: http://blogs.claritycon.com/windowsphone7/2011/01/12/wicked-wireframes-wp7-vector-ux...

For Silverlight developers, Expression Blend is old news, however, for most developers Expression Blend is a foreign tool.  If you are an iPhone or Android developer, you are probably very focused on getting your arms around Visual Studio 2010 and...

Looking for Windows Phone 7 information to help you port over your iPhone application and expand to a growing market?  Check out the Windows Phone 7 Interoperability site located here: http://windowsphone.interoperabilitybridges.com/    ...

I had the opportunity to interview Ed Schmit while at DevConnections 2010 as part of Bytes by MSDN .  Ed Schmit is a Director with the AT&T Developer Program, where his mission is to provide support and guidance for the developer community. He...

If you are an iPhone developer looking for content tailored to you for Windows Phone 7, Jesse Liberty’s blog is a great place to start.  He has many posts and podcasts covering key Windows Phone 7 topics.  Here is a search link that brings up...

I had the opportunity to interview Brandon Watson while at DevConnections 2010 as part of Bytes by MSDN .  Brandon Watson serves as a director responsible for the developer experience of Windows® Phone 7. His responsibilities include managing the...

The Windows Phone 7 product team announced a partnership with PreEmptive Solutions to provide their Dotfuscator application, which includes Runtime Intelligence, for free, to all Windows Phone 7 developers from today through March 31, 2011 . During this...

If you are attending DevConnections 2010, please come check out my session.   My session is VMP02 – Building Integrated Mobile Apps with WP7 Hardware And Services.   I present Tuesday November 2nd  at 11:30am in MANDALAY BAY L...

The Windows Phone Developer Tools update includes a MUCH improved Bing Maps control from a performance standpoint and two additional tools to assist with development.  The first tool helps application better understand certification requirements...

Download the tools here .  Major changes from the beta are the inclusion of a Panorama, Pivot, and Bing Maps controls.  Also, don’t forget to download the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit as well that has additional controls including the...

Check out Brandon Watson’s blog post on the brand new WIndows Phone Jump Start Training: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2010/08/17/windows-phone-7-jump-start-training.aspx Here are the sessions:   There are 12 sessions in...

I received this question during a webcast recently.  It is very easy to embed a Font into a Windows Phone 7 Application.  I grabbed a random font from a free Font web site to ensure I had a Font that is not on my system.  I dropped the...

I had the opportunity to sit down with Andre Vrignaud (aka Ozymandias ) for an interview during MIX 10 hosted as part of Bytes by MSDN .  Andre brings a game development background and is very popular in XNA circles.  Check out Andre’s thoughts...

Some interesting stats: Demand for Smartphones that play as hard as they work is fueling the continued growth for new devices, with IDC projecting 31% growth in Smartphone units in 2010 and another 22% in 2011 . More than 90% of our target customers for...

I had the opportunity to sit down with Page Brooks for an interview during MIX 10 hosted as part of Bytes by MSDN .  Page brings a web developers background to Windows Phone 7.   Here is a link to the full interview: http://msdn.microsoft.com...

If you don’t know who Loke is, you don’t know Windows Mobile:-)  Loke’s been around Windows Phone for many years and is very active on social networks and at events.  I had the opportunity to sit down with Loke Uei for an interview during MIX...

Check out Ben Riga’s blog detailing a couple of great training events coming up in May.   These events will have both presentations and lab time with experts ready to assist as you learn. The first event is in Redmond May 18th-19th.  The...

I had the opportunity to sit down with Luigi and Guido Ross from Archetype for an interview during MIX 10 hosted as part of Bytes by MSDN . It was fun to interview both (twin brothers if you haven’t noticed:-)) brothers back-to-back.  Luigi and Guido...

If you are still on the Visual Studio 2010 RC1 build and Expression Blend 4 Beta in order to continue to develop for Windows Phone, Microsoft released updated tools that are compatible with Visual Studio 2010 RTM and Expression Blend 4 RC.  First...

Come check out this great event with a User Experience, Windows Phone, and Silverlight/Web track. I am presenting as part of the Windows Phone track. I am co-presenting on Metro as well as Building games with XNA and Windows Phone. I hope to see you...

I had the opportunity to sit down with Kurt Brockett from IdentityMine for an interview during MIX 10 hosted as part of Bytes by MSDN . I enjoyed chatting with Kurt.  A thought provoking reference Kurt made was when he said for the current generation...

Silverlight has been a part of Microsoft’s NAB Show booth since its initial release a few years ago.  This year for the first time at NAB we are demonstrating Silverlight on devices.  Here is a photo of our “device bar” at NAB.       ...

I had the opportunity to sit down with Todd Brix for an interview during MIX 10 hosted as part of Bytes by MSDN . Todd provides a great overview of the Marketplace for Windows Phone 7. I also give Todd a short psychological profile quiz so that...