Late March I was invited on to the Windows Phone Dev Podcast where I talked about Windows Phone app development, dropping some details on how Weather Flow, AppFlow and Cocktail Flow was developed. Listen to or download the podcast here: Episode 60 – DutchFlow.
The latest version of Flashlight 7, v4.4 has added two exciting features: it now supports continuous LED light without flickering and has been fully translated to all 19 languages supported by Mango. This makes Flashlight 7 the only app on the market to support constant LED light under the lock screen as well as probably [...]
I’m happy to announce that Flashlight 7, the – currently – most popular flashlight app has been updated for Mango and now has LED support. According to tests the LED works on all phones, except for HTC HD7, MTC Mozart and Dell Venue Pro – these models don’t seem to properly implement the API used [...]
I’m happy to announce that I’ve finally finished and published the Edinburgh Bus Tracker application, Bus Tracker Edinburgh. It’s completely free, get it from the Marketplace now: Main features of the application are: Find bus stops based on your location, by service number or by bus stop codes Mark stops as favorites and access them [...]
I’ve finished creating an ad rotator control for Windows Phone 7 and have published it along with the source code here: Windows Phone 7 Ad Rotator on CodePlex. I originally created the control so that I could dynamically configure ads appearing on Flashlight 7 based on ad culture. In the US I normally prefer using [...]
I’ve presented the talk Creating a Beautiful Windows Phone 7 Application in two locations the past weeks: 18 May, Wednesday, Newcastle at NEBytes 24 May, Tuesday, London, Fulham at Tech.Days 2011 Some useful resources to get started with: Jeff Wilcox’s Metro Design Guide – an excellent, hands on design guide from the creator of the [...]
Cocktail Flow (on Twitter: @CocktailFlow) development hasn’t slowed since the Holiday update and I’m happy to announce that we’ve released another update for Valentine’s day. This update comes with a new, Valentine’s package as well as several small, but useful features added. The most important things we’ve added this update are the following: Valentine’s day [...]
With the team at Distinction we’ve continued to work hard on Cocktail Flow and I’m happy to announce that we’ve shipped an update for the application with some new features and holiday themed cocktails! So here’s a summary of what’s new: We’ve added support for cocktail packages – these can be downloaded within the application [...]
I’m proud to announce that the release version of Cocktail Flow, an application I’ve been working together with Distinction has been sent to approval and is planned to appear in the Windows Phone 7 marketplace in a few days. Before I go into any other details, watch the 45 seconds teaser video (recommended to do [...]
Last night I’ve talked about developing for Windows Phone 7 in Edinburgh on a Scot Alt.Net meeting. Thanks for everyone who showed up, as well as Mike Ormond for coming up from London and showing off some developer devices. As promised, here’s a list of resources that I think serve as great starting point on [...]
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