Slides of the presentation taken as part of IEEE GOLD Singapore chapter talk series.

1. Windows Phone 7 Technology
Update
Chris Ismael
Developer Evangelist
chism@microsoft.com

2. Agenda
• Introduction to Windows Phone 7 (demo)
• Creating WP7 apps using Silverlight
• Interacting with Windows Phone functionality
• More examples of WP7 apps

3. SMART DESIGN
Windows Phone 7 Series has
A different a smart design that focuses
kind of phone on what is most important to
you and works the way you
would want
INTEGRATED EXPERIENCES
Windows Phone 7 Series
organizes the web and
So you don’t applications to simplify what
miss a moment you do everyday
Designed for
life in motion FOR DEVELOPERS
A single, cohesive API set
and platform

4. Demo
SMART DESIGN + INTEGRATED
EXPERIENCES

5. What developers need to know now
• Managed code dev’t (C#)
• Silverlight / XNA
• Tools are free
– VS2010 Express for Phone
– Blend 4 for Phone
• Consistent hardware
specs
– 800 x 480 / 480 x 320
– Capacitive touch – 4 points
– Sensors – AGPS/Accelerometer/Compass/Light/Proximity
– 3 Hardware buttons… etc
• “End of year” availability
• Emulator support

6. Windows Common
Consistent Quality
Phone Hardware
Platform Focus
Hardware Elements
Consistent set of hardware
capabilities defined by Microsoft
One resolution at launch
Second resolution added later
Same touch input
Consistent processor / GPU
Same available RAM
Optional keyboard

7. Two Flavors of Applications

8. Windows Phone Developer Tools
Tools
Phone Emulator
Samples Documentation
Guides Community
Packaging and Verification Tools
Windows Phone
device
myapp.xap
Windows Phone
Emulator

9. Experiences Across Screens
Cloud Platform

10. Silverlight: XAML and Code-Behind
MainPage.xaml
MainPage.xaml.cs (code-behind)

12. How we can support developers
• Technical support and trainings
• Preview device loan program
• DreamSpark waives $99 reg fee for students
• App promotion in Microsoft assets

13. Call to Action
• Download the WP7 Developer Tools
– http://developer.windowsphone.com/
• Build those apps! And let us know 
– chism@microsoft.com
• Get local news and updates
– http://innovativesingapore.com/