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  • APPA Mundi Tasks 1.9

    The latest version of our Tasks app has now hit Marketplace. This release builds on the improvements from my last blog post:- We now have fixed an issue some users were encountering with synchronising Hotmail tasks in v1.8 We now… Continue reading

  • Managing Processes and Memory With Mobile In The Hand 7.0

    .NET Compact Framework The Compact Framework provides the capability to start a separate process from your code, and stop it but it doesn’t give you more detailed information about what is running and what components are in use. Windows CE… Continue reading

  • Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding with Mobile In The Hand 7.0

    This is the first in a series of posts about Mobile In The Hand 7.0 which brings a collection of reusable components to the .NET Compact Framework. This latest version is updated to support all versions of Windows Mobile including… Continue reading

  • Tasks: Coming in v1.7

    This week we released the second in a couple of updates to the Tasks application. We’ve added a large number of features and improved compatibility with a wider range of servers based on user feedback. Let’s look first at compatibility… Continue reading

  • Windows Phone 7: Localisation and Windows Phone Features

    Anyone who has built an application for Windows Phone 7 in multiple languages will know there are three parts to the process. Within your application you can use managed RESX resource files to provide localised strings. For your application title… Continue reading

  • Windows Phone 7: More Tilt Effect

    The Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone (Latest version is February 2011) contains a Tilt Effect implementation. To add it to your controls requires the addition of an XML namespace definition and one dependency propery set in your page XAML. <phone:PhoneApplicationPage… Continue reading

  • When Phone Tasks Might Not Work

    The range of Tasks available in the Microsoft.Phone.Tasks namespace call into various system features from your application. In some circumstances these may not work as expected. The most obvious example is the Emulator where not all of the system is… Continue reading

  • Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit–Feb 2011

    The latest release of the Silverlight Toolkit contains a number of fixes and new features including:- TiltEffect (previously available separately) PerformanceProgressBar (previously available separately) Visual Basic Samples Major improvements to LongListSelector and Transitions   Go grab the latest release here:-… Continue reading

  • Copyable TextBlock for Windows Phone

    The latest update for Windows Phone 7 adds automatic support for Copy and Paste to TextBox controls in your application. By default this means you can’t copy text from static TexBlock controls. There is however a solution which requires minimal… Continue reading

  • Tasks Frequently Asked Questions

    Since we have released a couple of updates for the application we have updated the Frequently Asked Questions for the Tasks application and moved them to a new location. If you have any issue with the application or question this… Continue reading