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iPhone 7+ – First Look

What can I say that you don’t already know?   [Updated Sept 23, 09:19: To reset the iPhone 7, hold the power button and the volume down button until you see the apple The battery does seem to last much … Continue reading

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iPhone to Windows Phone 7 – Animation and Games (Part 2)

This two-part tutorial is included in both An iPhone Developer’s Guide to Windows Phone 7 Programming, and Windows Phone 7 Development for Silverlight Programmers. The material is equally relevant to both and so the two series have been temporarily joined. … Continue reading

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iPhone to Windows Phone 7 – Animation and Games

This two-part tutorial is included in both  An iPhone Developer’s Guide to Windows Phone 7 Programming, and Windows Phone 7 Development for Silverlight Programmers. The material is equally relevant to both and so the two series have been temporarily joined. … Continue reading

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Yet Another Podcast Show #4 – iPhone to Windows Phone 7 Development

Talking with folks from Firefly Logic about programming for Windows Phone 7 vs. iPhone programming.  Chris McPherson Partner and Senior Software Engineer Bryan Hunter Partner and Senior Software Engineer Daniel Norton Senior Software Engineer Shawn Lacroix Senior Software Engineer Listen … Continue reading

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The iPhone to Windows Phone 7 Tutorial Mind Map

The iPhone to Windows Phone 7 Mind Map is  a work in progress, illustrating the topics covered in the tutorial series to date. For the best view, click on the map pop out in the lower left corner. [Last update: … Continue reading

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iPhone to Windows Phone 7: Launchers and Choosers

Not all Windows Phone 7 Applications are entirely self-contained.  It is not terribly surprising that some will want to reach out and touch other applications.  There are two ways to do so: Launch (and forget) another application Choose an application … Continue reading

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iPhone to Windows Phone 7 – Application LifeCycle and Tombstoning

[ Link to First Tutorial ] The iPhone and Windows Phone 7 share the same dilemma: how do we maintain an extremely responsive experience for the user, provide some sort of multi-tasking and preserve battery life, all at the same … Continue reading

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iPhone to Windows Phone 7 Tutorial: Objective-C, C#, Xaml

[ Link to First Tutorial ] While there is much you can “pick up as you go” if you are an Objective-C programmer, understanding some of the fundamental differences in C# can save you a great deal of time and … Continue reading

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iPhone to Windows Phone 7 Tutorial #4: Lists and Details

[Please note that comments and discussion for published tutorials are at http://i2w.CodePlex.com ] In the previous tutorial we looked at binding data to fields on a Windows Phone 7 page. In this tutorial we take the next step and create … Continue reading

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iPhone To Windows Phone 7 On CodePlex

I’m very pleased to say that I’ve moved the source code for the iPhone Developer’s Guide to Windows Phone 7 Programming tutorial series to CodePlex under the MS-Pl license.

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iPhone to WP7 – Diving Deeper

Go to First Tutorial In this tutorial, we’ll expand upon the work done in the previous tutorial and we’ll look more closely at a few key issues. MVVM As an iPhone Developer your thinking is adapted to and influenced by … Continue reading

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i2W: An iPhone Developer’s First Windows Phone 7 Application

Go to first Tutorial In this tutorial we will build a meaningful, and nontrivial Windows phone 7 application. This will give us the opportunity to explore layout controls, interactive controls, Visual Studio and a good bit more. [Updated 8/30/2010]

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