Monthly Archives: May 2010

Windows Phone Training Kit April CTP

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Paul Thurrott

As part of the recent refresh of the Windows Phone 7 development tools, Microsoft also refreshed its excellent Windows Phone Training Kit. Windows Phone 7 promises to be an amazing mobile phone operating system given its innovative user interface and … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7 Design

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Paul Thurrott

Microsoft has posted an interesting video, Windows Phone 7 Design, that provides a look at the Windows Phone user experience. Windows Phone 7 constitutes a dramatic new user experience paradigm. The Metro UI design language and the Windows Phone UI … Continue reading →

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Some progress and an update

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Paul Thurrott

It’s been a bit quiet here lately, but that’s because I’ve actually been writing. So that’s good news. In the not-so-good-news department, after repeatedly ignoring my increasingly frantic requests to get out on the campus and spend time with an … Continue reading →

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Understanding How Microsoft Push Notification Works

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Paul Thurrott

I missed the start of this, but Microsoft has now published two parts of an examination into how push notification works on Windows Phone. Understanding Microsoft Push Notifications for Windows Phones With that said, the Microsoft PN (MPN) service includes … Continue reading →

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KIN Phones to Launch Tomorrow, Pricing Revealed

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Paul Thurrott

I’ve got a news story up on WinInfo today about the launch of the Windows Phone-based KIN smart phones, the KIN ONE and KIN TWO. I’m a bit disappointed that they’re so expensive, but I didn’t bother to check pricing … Continue reading →

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Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone in 90 seconds

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Paul Thurrott

Most of the people who are reading along here are probably familiar with the fact that Microsoft has a set of developer-oriented tools and technologies for creating Windows Phone 7 applications and games. These include such things as Visual Studio … Continue reading →

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How to try Windows Phone 7 right now

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Paul Thurrott

I’m not a huge fan of the gadget blogs, but Gizmodo has a nice how-to article about testing a recent build of Windows Phone 7 by utilizing the recently-released Windows Phone 7 Development Kit and a leaked ROM that provides … Continue reading →

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