My 2 cents to Microsoft’s “Metro” disaster
It has been very long that I blog from mobile now. But in the last hours there is something going on that really gets me annoyed. Due to a similar naming with the big German concern “Metro AG”, M...
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BinaerForceOne´s take on Windows Phone 7.8 vs. Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 8 Developer Summit is finally over and has many early adopters who recently purchased a second generation device left unsatisfied, to say the least. As an early adopter myself who bou...
I learn to tie my shoes – now available on Windows Phone (deal inside)
In January 2011 Internet Security specialist AVG released a study. This study tells us that nowadays children get in touch with technical gadgets much earlier than in the past, while they are not a...
[WPDev] Add Multiline Text to a Resource File in Windows Phone
Today I had to solve the problem that I needed to add multiline text into my resource file. I did not find a Windows Phone specific solution, but enough hints to solve the problem. Here is a short...
[WPDev] How-to create a tile without app title for Windows Phone
Every App has always a title on its dedicated tile for the Windows Phone start screen. But what if your tile icon contains already the title of your app? Normally, you are setting the appearance o...
Windows Phone panorama comparison: Nokia vs. HTC
Both Nokia and HTC are providing a Panorama picture function with their Windows Phone devices. Nokia released its “creativity suite”, while HTC integrated this feature in the camera app. Both devi...
Does Windows Phone really need Google to take off?
Windows Phone has a problem, at least in the eyes of Eric Zemam of informationweek.com. According to a recent article, Google is ignoring the Windows Phone OS. Google’s lack of support for the ...
How to install the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 on W8CP (WPDev)
This week Microsoft released the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 to us developers. If you are on Windows 7, you can hit the download button and install the SDK, everything will go fine. If you have used m...
Fast Application Switching (FAS) also for 256 MB devices
Andreas Hammar, developer and author on jayway.com, discovered that Fast Application Switching is still available on 256 MB devices. As he discovered, the MSDN documentation has been updated recen...
Microsoft lures developers with million deal
Microsoft and Nokia are teaming up again to push the Windows Phone OS. This time it is all about developers. Over the next three years, both companies are investing the amount of 18 million euros ...