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Windows Phone Starter Kit for Schools v2.0 Released!

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

I’m pleased to announce the release of Version 2 for the Windows Phone Starter Kit for Schools! Thanks to some AWESOME help and source code changes submitted by Rudy Hyun, I was able to incorporate a bunch of new stuff into a new version of the Starter Kit. added localization support (fr and en included) [...]

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Have an idea for a Windows Phone Starter Kit?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

If you do, we now have a place for you to submit your ideas for others to see and vote on! This morning I established a User Voice site for Windows Phone Starter Kit Ideas – you can find it at the following url: http://wpsk.uservoice.com User Voice is a great feedback system that allows companies [...]

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New! Windows Phone Starter Kit for Podcasts

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

I’m excited to announce the release of a new Starter Kit for Windows Phone! Officially titled the Windows Phone Starter Kit for Podcasts, this kit makes it really easy to turn your Podcast into a branded Windows Phone application.  I helped with a little bit of the code, but the vast majority of the work [...]

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The Future?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Props to John Weston for sharing the new Futures Video from his blog - I LOVE these videos from the Office Productivity team!  

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Dallas Phone Camp Slides

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterdays Windows Phone Camp in Dallas, TX!  As promised, here is a download to the slides and demos from the event. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at chris.koenig@microsoft.com or via our new email alias msnextde@microsoft.com.   Direct Link (experimental)

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Windows Phone SDK 7.1 RTW

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

The Windows Phone team announced this morning the Release to Web (RTW) of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 and Developer Tools. This release consists of seven additional release languages, final finishing touches to the tooling experience, a handful of bug fixes, and additional upgrade logic to provide a better installation process for users coming from [...]

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Windows Phone Camps

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

A Windows Phone Camp is a free, full-day or two-day event chock-full of everything you need to know to develop a Windows Phone application. Whether you’re a student, a seasoned veteran or just getting started with .NET development this full-day event is for you. Interested in profit? We’ll also lead discussions on how to monetize [...]

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Windows Phone ‘Mango’ OS beta available today!

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Big announcement from the Windows Phone team – they’ve released the Windows Phone Mango OS beta along with the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta 2 this morning.  http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9772716 The best part? If you have a developer unlocked Windows Phone device (that means that you’ve gone through the Marketplace registration and can currently deploy development apps [...]

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Kinect SDK Now Available!

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a programming toolkit for application developers. It enables the academic and enthusiast communities easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system. The Kinect for Windows SDK beta includes drivers, rich APIs for raw sensor streams and [...]

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SketchFlow Templates for WP7

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

http://wp7sketchflow.codeplex.com/ The SketchFlow Template for Windows Phone 7 adds a new SketchFlow template for Expression Blend* users that makes creating a prototype of a Windows Phone app quick and easy. * Please note: To use the SketchFlow Template for Windows Phone 7 you need to be using Blend 4 with SketchFlow enabled (this is the [...]

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