The Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710 phones have launched and Nokia is working on an unprecedented retail support and an aggressive consumer marketing campaign along with the rollout. Apart from the consumer engagement, Nokia is also focusing on the developer engagement.
This icon pack from Templarian would easily take care of all your icon needs for Windows Phone development and elsewhere! The pack contains 48×48 icons and the source files so with Expression Design they can be resized and exported for other uses.
While Windows 8 Developer Preview was the clear star of Microsoft’s inaugural BUILD conference last week, there were quite a few interesting sessions around Windows Phone and mobile Web development. Here’s a complete list for you to explore.
Last month, Rob Miles and Andy Wigley, two of the most sought-after Microsoft mobile development MVPs in the world, conducted a two-day fast-paced, demo-rich online course live on the Web. The course videos are now available on Channel 9 to view and download.
Nick Randolph at BuildMobile has authored four comprehensive posts with code snippets about using several authentication models in Windows Phone apps.
In one of the episodes of Silverlight TV at Channel 9, Dave Crawford and Tom Eddings visit from the UK to contribute top design tips. Dave and Tom have tremendous amounts of experience helping to create great UX for Windows Phone 7 applications in the marketplace.
Join the Mango Momentum in the App Hub with a two-day fast-paced, demo-rich online course. This training course is specifically designed for experienced developers and technologists and features Rob Miles and Andy Wigley, two of the most sought-after Microsoft mobile development MVPs in the world.
Dennis Delimarsky has authored a series of 17 articles on DZone that cover different aspects of the Flickr API structure. It covers the core parts of it that you most likely will want to integrate in your applications if you decide to use this web service.
MSDev has released an updated How Do I video series for Mango. These short 15-minute videos cover several aspects of Windows Phone development.
The Windows Phone 7 platform contains great out of the box integration with SharePoint under the Office Hub. Microsoft has developed an exhaustive training course to help you create your own custom applications on the phone that leverage SharePoint 2010 data and services.
Microsoft announced certification exam 70-599 – Designing and Developing Windows Phone 7 Applications few months back. The exam will be published on July 14, 2011.
Quick Charts is a fast set of charting controls for WPF, Silverlight, and Windows Phone 7. Quick Charts for Windows Phone is an easy to use and free and open source product. The source code is released under very permissive Ms-PL license.