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  • Mobile In The Hand 4.2 Released

    This latest update includes a number of performance enhancements and wider device compatibility. A new SystemEvents class is added in the InTheHand.Win32 namespace which allows you to monitor power changes on devices which do not support the State and Notifications… Continue reading

  • WP7: Versions in April CTP

    I was surprised when I first wrote a hello world application on the MIX CTP that the Environment.OSVersion.Version property was returned as 7.0 when all the media speculation was that it would be based on CE 6. I tweeted about… Continue reading

  • Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server for Mobility

    If you want to learn about configuring Exchange Server for mobile devices there is an interactive configuration guide which will work through the actions required depending on your platform and your specific requirements:- http://wmexchangesetup.com/launcher.aspx Continue reading

  • WP7: Writing a Well-Behaved Threaded Application

    The latest CTP release of Windows Phone 7 introduces a new managed library which exposes events you can monitor to catch changes in state in your application. The assembly is Microsoft.Phone.Execution.dll. This contains a WindowsPhoneEvents class which exposes two static… Continue reading

  • WP7: New Capabilities Security Model

    Jamie Rodriguez has a post on the new capabilities security model in Windows Phone 7 which is introduced in the latest CTP release:- http://blogs.msdn.com/jaimer/archive/2010/04/30/windows-phone-capabilities-security-model.aspx It is interesting to read how this will be handled at runtime, here are the key… Continue reading

  • WP7: New CTP and a quick tip

    If you haven’t already heard there is a new release of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools available which is compatible with the RTM release of Visual Studio. Before you install you need to uninstall the previous version and this… Continue reading

  • WP7: ApplicationBar CTP Issue

    If you have read the UI Guidelines for Windows Phone 7 (If you haven’t, get it now) you notice that in the discussion of the ApplicationBar it states that a maximum of four icons can be added. I noticed inadvertently… Continue reading

  • KIN: A totally different Windows Phone

    Microsoft announced a pair of new phone devices which will be manufactured by Sharp and branded KIN. These are not part of the Windows Phone 7 platform but are still (perhaps confusingly) called Windows Phone. KIN uses a lot of… Continue reading

  • Introducing “Windows Phone 7”

    Microsoft have announced via Twitter that they have officially dropped the epic fail “Series” from the product name. Many have been referring to it as “Windows Phone 7” or “WP7” already and the “Series” was the latest in a series… Continue reading

  • April Fools: More Details on Windows Phone 7 Cut and Paste Alternative

    The news that Windows Phone 7 would release with no Cut and Paste functionality generated a lot of outcry but we were promised an alternative system which can recognise common information types and perform appropriate actions. The actual implementation was… Continue reading