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Questions tagged [windows-phone-7]

Windows Phone is an operating system for smartphones, developed by Microsoft, and successor to Windows Mobile.

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Windows Phone 7 app development - Is it worth it?

I've written a Windows Phone 7 application to display the Ordnance Survey maps that are loved so much in the UK (I am amazed that no-one else has done this yet). However I was about to shell out the £65 to pay for the app hub and get my app to the…
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Why don't mobile platforms support generational garbage collection?

Both Windows Phone/Xbox and Android lack support for generational garbage collection. This is frustrating for a lot of programmers. There seems to be a legitimate engineering reason to it, but I can't figure it out. Current phones have more memory…
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MonoTouch/MonoDroid + C# = trustable?

Possible Duplicates: MonoTouch vs Objective-C for iPhone/iPod/iPad development As a C# developer, would you learn Java to develop for Android or use MonoDroid instead? I'm very curious about the tools named MonoTouch and MonoDroid to create…
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Is it recommendable to program .net apps with C++

From what I can understand, C# is the defacto language when coding .NET apps. Is it recommendable to program .NET apps [let that be ASP.NET, WinPhone 7, GUI, etc] in C++? What are the pitfalls and the drawbacks if we choose to go down this path? …
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Can I release complementary Windows 8 and WP8 apps on their respective stores?

I am creating a pair of apps, one to run preferably on tablets, but also laptops and PCs, and the other for WP8. These apps are complementary - having one is of no use without the other. I know there is a Windows Store, and a Windows Phone store,…
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Which mobile development platform is easiest to develop?

From your experience in developing mobile apps, which mobile development platform is easiest to develop? iOS, Android or WinPhone 7? And why would do you think it is the easiest? If you can order it from easiest to most difficult it is even better.
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Why should I learn to make apps for Windows Phone 7 instead of Android?

What would be the reason one learn to make apps for Windows Phone 7 instead of Android phones? Is there any reason why Windows Phone 7 is the platform that a developer choose instead of Android? Thanks heaps
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Should I wait until Mango's release?

I was deciding whether to start a Windows Phone application, but it seems like it might be better to wait until Mango is released. Is Mango a new platform, or is it an upgrade to Windows Phone 7 (i.e. Windows Phone 8)? Is it expected to arrive in…
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Windows 7 Phone -- what version of Visual Studio to use?

I am an iOS developer just getting started with Windows Phone. At the moment, I have the free product Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone. I see that Microsoft has several higher-end IDEs, and some of them have some very fancy price tags.…
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Are there any "best practices" on cross-device development?

Developing for smartphones in the way the industry is currently doing is relatively new. Of course, there has been enterprise-level mobile development for several decades. The platforms have changed, however. Think of: from stylus-input to…
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Application name licensing issue

I started writing an application for Windows Phone marketplace, at the time only making sure that the name I gave it wasn't being used by any other app on the marketplace. I just found out that the same name is being used by a, seemingly popular,…
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What is better to return from the DataService: Status or Exceptions?

I have a MVVM app with DataServices (using mvvmlight). Right now, i'm using it like var answer = await myDataService.PullList(categoryId); if (answer.Status == Ok) ObservableListOfItems.ReplaceWith(answer.Collection); // Show results if…
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Best way of accessing data on different pages

I'm looking for a way to load data into properties/variables etc and have this information accessible to all the pages of my app. I want the information to be loaded via a background thread to keep UI thread free. Some of the pages will have various…
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What's Microsoft's strategy on Windows CE development?

Lots of specialized mobile devices use Windows CE or Windows Mobile. I'm not talking about smart phones here -- I know that Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft's current technology of choice here. I'm talking about barcode readers, embedded devices,…
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Will official 'Mango' release allow sideloading of apps on WP7 devices?

Any news whether the official Mango release will allow sideloading of apps? I mean ability to deploy apps without going through the MarketPlace? I would like to see the ability to deploy my own apps on my own device without using third party…
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