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
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 methods – Pause and Resume. You can handle these events to detect when your application […]
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 facts:- If you try to use a feature and you didn’t specify the capability you’ll […]
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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 is where you might have problems. See this tool for cleaning up your machine:- http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/pages/9544320.aspx […]
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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 that if you add five icons in your XAML your app will compile and run […]
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 the same underlying technology as Windows Mobile has in the past and Windows Phone will […]
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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 (sorry) of Microsoft adding redundant words to product names to unnecessarily confuse the public…
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 not demonstrated however some screenshots have emerged from an upcoming build featuring the “Content Assistant” […]
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Audio Recording in WP7
Because it is possible to use the XNA libraries within a Silverlight project you can add audio recording in your application using the Microphone class found in the Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio namespace. You can test this on the Emulator as it will work with a microphone attached to the host PC. First add a reference to Microsoft.Xna.Framework.dll […]
The emulator for Windows Phone 7 includes Internet Explorer so you can test your websites now to see how they are rendered on this device. The emulator gives you a lifesize rendition of the device screen so you can format your pages appropriately. To customise your site for this new device you’ll need to identify […]
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