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Windows Phone Developer Tools beta released; lots of updates, free classes for developers and more
Since its announcement in February, Microsoft has obviously been ploughing a lot of resources into its next-generation mobile operating system. With consumers (and developers!) are jumping from the ailing Windows Mobile platform in record numbers, Windows Phone 7 can't come soon enough. Microsoft, to put it frankly, needs an absolute miracle or the finest mobile operating system ever to turn around its mobile phone operations.
Will Windows Phone 7 be enough? I think it will stem the tide, but whether it will be enough to gain on Apple, RIM and Nokia, I don't know. The feature list certainly is impressive. If I was a developer, I'd be torn between the extant tried-and-tested smartphone platforms, and the juicy development tools available for Windows Phone 7. Nothing comes close to Expression Blend or Silverlight when it comes to quick, feature-rich-and-beautiful application development.
You can learn more about the Developer Tools beta release on the Windows Phone blog. Also, if you're a developer -- or interested in becoming a developer! -- Microsoft is offering four free live sessions on Windows Phone 7, Silverlight and XNA. The first is on July 20th -- go sign up!
Update: istartedsomething has a cool video walkthrough of the new Windows Phone 7 emulator; it's worth a watch!
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Subscribe to commentsBrianJul 13th 2010 2:20PM
Failed at the first hurdle so far, not that I was expecting a Mac version but I was at least hoping XP would be supported, I still use XP for development as it is stable and fast.
AnthonyJul 13th 2010 4:05PM
So is Windows 7. It's faster and more stable than any Windows XP machine I've ever owned or used.
BrianJul 13th 2010 4:40PM
Well if headlines are to be believed 70% of business still run XP so not offering dev tools for a phone os which looks deader by the day seems odd.
I had loads of old code and apps ready to go but IOS and Android are my focus at the moment. If you want to play catchup you have to bend over backwards to help.