Today I was blessed with Microsoft having a WP7 Developer boot camp here in Grand Rapids, MI.  Today’s turnout was very decent with over 30 attendees.  This series is part of their Firestarter series and more info can be found from this post.  The rest of this post will go over in detail what you [...]

  Lately we’ve been seeing some pretty basic and bland apps demo’d for Windows Phone 7.  Its leaving a very bad taste in the mouth of others in the blogosphere.  Some have started to question whether apps will be locked and trapped in the sea of blandness.  The above picture of the WP7 version of [...]

Now, before I get into this, let me make it clear to all. I am no stranger to Blackberries, if anyone should understand their abilities and limitations it would be me. I have used and supported these devices from the very first one in existence. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the pic below, [...]

One of the features of Windows Phone 7 that doesn’t get talked about much but does play a part in the overall experience users have on their phone are notifications.  Microsoft delivers notifications in three flavors and they all work well together.  The three types of notifications are 1) Tile 2) Toast 3) Raw.  Check [...]

In case any of our faithful readers and admirers of Windows Phone 7 didn’t already know your future Windows Phone 7 requires the latest version (v 4.7) of the Zune software to recognize and sync with your PC.  I know what you’re thinking..so what cool updates are included? There you have it, the very first [...]

I had one thought in my mind when I read that Xbox Live brought in over 1 Billion dollars in the last fiscal year.  Investment!  Just like people are reluctant to give up their iPhones because of the investment they have made in their apps and iTunes purchases.  This also tells me “free for all” [...]

Did you ever think you’d see the day come so soon that an iPhone user would commit to buying a Windows Phone 7?  Neither did I.  But alas it has happened here (traitor).  There is one main reason why I didn’t.  Steve Jobs and Apple by proxy have done a masterful job of conditioning customers [...]

I know I’ve been knee deep in the WP7 Kool-Aid and I wasn’t planning on doing another post about it today but I just saw this and simply can’t resist. This is a really really full featured app. So much so that I’ll give you the video but hit the jump for the details because [...]

On Friday Brandon Watson of MS gave held a one hour live chat. I know some other sites have written up on it but I think there are a few things missed. And I also want to thank MS for this event as I actually had three of my submitted questions answered so it was [...]

Resco has announced that their Windows Mobile Phone Controls – Resco MobileForm Toolkit will support WP7. These are a set of components to help developers write apps easier. Here are the complete details: Resco, a leading vendor of advanced developer components and tools for mobile devices, announces that it is working on a new suite [...]