XAML and UI, whever it is found. Phone, Surface, Silverlight or WPF
Posted in Windows Phone, WP7 on Aug 20th, 2010
Let’s be frank, it doesn’t take much to double the number of Windows 7 applications available on the market place. Up till today us only been six apps on the store. The good news is Microsoft has started testing the deployment of apps to the store and it appears to be working. Now there’s a [...]
Posted in Games, Windows Phone, WP7 on Aug 20th, 2010
Continuing with my game theme for the week here’s a little tidbit about a great looking, 3-D puzzle game. SouthEnd Interactive has just announced that they will have their cute iomilo game available when the Windows Phone 7 is launched this fall. Now you can carry ilomilo with you in your pocket and play it [...]
Posted in Windows Phone, WP7 on Aug 17th, 2010
What happens when you put three interviewers, one studio audience and a guest on a podcast? You might think it was total mayhem. but really, it was a just a lot of fun. This week I was a guest on the Sparkling Client podcast. They had me on to talk about Windows Phone 7 hardware [...]
Posted in Windows Phone, WP7 on Aug 16th, 2010
A few days ago I wrote about the new game studio opening at Microsoft. I’ve argued for years that the way to get platform adoption is to provide compelling applications for users. Games, games games. Today the XBOX team announced a huge number of XBOX titles intended to be ready for the WP7 launch in [...]
Posted in Windows Phone, WP7 on Aug 11th, 2010
It’s taken 10 years, but Microsoft is finally getting serious about phone development. They’ve thrown out the old model and embraced the multi-touch smart systems that Android and iPhone have popularized. They’re thinking hard about the social aspects of the device. They hired a ton of design and UX people and are working to make [...]
