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Guest on the Windows Phone Dev Podcast

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

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.

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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 [...]

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Flashlight 7 Updated to Mango, Adds LED Support

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

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 [...]

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Bus Tracker Edinburgh for Windows Phone 7

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

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 [...]

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Ad Rotator Control for Windows Phone 7

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

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 [...]

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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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In my previous post I’ve listed resources to help getting started with Silverlight for WP7 developers. This article aims to collect the most important resources developers should go through in order to learn the WP7 ecosystem and build decent Windows Phone 7 applications using Silverlight. Tools To Get Started Developing Download the free developer tools [...]

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This post aims to present a structured collection of resources for developers wanting to get started developing for Windows Phone 7 in Silverlight, but don’t have any Silverlight or WPF experience. I’m also aiming this post at peopleĀ  who’ve started developing for WP7 without too much WPF/Silverlight experience and would like to learn more about [...]

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In the past weeks I’ve been working on some Windows Phone 7 applications to have them ready for near launch. One of them is Cocktail Flow. I’m developing this application in collaboration with Distinction. These guys are the same group of people who I’ve won worldwide 3rd place and special prize on the Microsoft Imagine [...]

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Why You Should Get Started With WP7 Development

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Two weeks ago at TechMeetup I’ve talked about why I think Windows Phone 7 is a great opportunity for developers in five minutes. The people at TechMeetup – as always – filmed it and it’s available for viewing: TM Talks-Gergely Orosz talks about Windows Phone 7 from TechMeetup on Vimeo. My key points on why [...]

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