Porting XNA To WP7? A Few Tips And Lessons

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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

Hello Aria: Follow-up

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Well, it has been a month since I made the move from the HTC Fuze and Windows Mobile 6.5 to the HTC Aria and Android. At this point, I couldn’t be happier with the move. I truly LOVE my Aria. What I love: 1. Size: Small, thin, and light. Fits in my pocket comfortably. The … Read more

The First WP7 Fart App

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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

HTC Officially Ditches AMOLED for SLCD

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Looks like HTC is tired of waiting for Samsung to deliver those AMOLED screens, and is officially switching to Super LCD (SLCD).  It was previously believed that HTC would be augmenting its AMOLED screens with Sony’s SLCDs, but it seems that they will be making a solid switch to SLCD on at least two devices, the Desire and the Nexus One.  Only time will tell if SCLD screens will bleed over to other devices and/or continue to be used in upcoming devices. Press release after the break:

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No Surprises – Sense IS NOT Coming To WP7

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There’s this story that is circulating that Sense is coming to Windows Phone 7. The original quote is from Forbes and this is it: But HTC says its custom software, which it calls "Sense", will live on, even on Windows phones. Drew Bamford, who heads HTC’s user experience design team, tells Forbes the manufacturer is … Read more

Mo Words–Scrabble Clone For WP7 Shown Off

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Here’s a game called Mo Words that’s still in progress but you can get a sense for the game itself. It’s going to be updated with push notifications for turn by turn play for two players. Anyway, still a cool demo and the dev states that the actual device performance is better than the video … Read more

HTC WP7 Phone Shown In The Wild

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So there aren’t a lot of details here but Engadget has photos of an HTC phone with a 3.7” SLCD, 1ghz Snapdragon and an 8mp camera wit a singe LED flash. It’s also noted that the three buttons are touch sensitive (like the Fuze which carried a capacitive DPad) and is CDMA based, Wish we … Read more