David K 
clr-namespace.com has shown off a way to use tombstoning to preserve your background state and pick up where things would have been if multitasking were enabled. To put it another way, they demonstrated a stopwatch application that you can run, exit the program (which closes it and without multitasking means that it stops running) and … Read more
It’s nice to see games running on an actual device. here’s an XNA game that has 3D layers to it and as you can see there’s no frame rate issues and everything is smooth. That’s reassuring since the desktop emulator isn’t throttled so there were some concerns as to what happens when you have it … Read more
So today Brandon Watson announced that at the GDGT event in Seattle that if developers brought WP7 apps then there would be devices to test them. As he notes: Under normal circumstances, that would be pretty cool. However, we’re not in the “pretty cool” business here. I think I have made it clear, we are … Read more
OK so today AT&T made a statement to PC World in which they said “we’ll be the premier carrier for Windows Phone 7.” It’s circulating like breaking news. Uhm here’s a pic from Engadget from the announcement of WP7 like 5 months ago. Notice anything in the image? And in February AT&T said “We take … Read more
See, open up Marketplace to MS employees and they get right to it…or get their interns right to it. I don’t normally post on RSS feed readers but this one is actually really functional. It even shares with Twitter (maybe they can show MS how Twitter integration works:) ) Take a look at the feature … Read more
Man those of you with WP7 devices are really showing off. Not only do you hold the future in your hands, but you can actually start to test out third party apps. FourSquare has provided a download to an alpha of their application for testing. That’s not actually news…it’s olds. It’s been out for a … Read more
Yesterday Brandon Watson posted about the reasons why MS has given away devices to their employees and changed their Marketplace policies. Here is their rational: So why did we do it? Put simply, we did it for the employees. If you speak to any software developer or hacker, they will tell you that they love … Read more
Here’s another demo of a portion of an app that tells you the guitar note that you’re playing to tune it. Appears to do what it claims to do;)
Elbert Perez is done with his port of Scribble Defense to WP7 from Xbox and he’s shared his experiences on his site. A few interesting items that he’s noted about the work involved. It’s a good read but here are a few items that stuck out (in his words): The emulator is not throttled, so … Read more
Interesting article at MSNBC where they pit the apps of iPhone against Android in 10 areas. Here’s the outcome as they put it: iPhone Android Games Winner Social Networking Winner Kid Stuff Winner Music, photos and movies Winner Streaming Music Winner Dining In Winner Dining Out Tie Tie … Read more
Why was this built? Cause every platform needs one;) This is also the reason why MS is discouraging free apps. Yet I still appreciate the first of everything. This is really a sound board…just so happens to be filled with fart noises. If you want to know more about this innovative app you can check … Read more
