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Android to Windows Phone 8: Working with Key-Value Pairs

Over the next several posts I’ll show you how to work with local data on the Windows Phone 8 platform and compare it to working with data on the Android...

0 replies - 117 views - 05/24/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

Developing Apps for Windows Phone 8

Here's a free short course that covers the first 4 weeks of the curriculum for developing apps for mobile devices, specifically Windows Phone 8

0 replies - 478 views - 05/23/13 by Eric Genesky in Articles

MonoGame: Using Libraries with Windows Phone Projects

A challenge faced by the MonoGame team when they created Windows Phone 8 support was that XNA is actually included with the platform, this created a...

0 replies - 427 views - 05/10/13 by Simon Jackson in Articles

Telerik and Windows Phone 8 – The JumpList (Grouping)

Telerik is a very well known company by Microsoft developers, since it develops probably the best components and controls for .NET technologies.  Its...

0 replies - 549 views - 05/09/13 by Matteo Pagani in Articles

Porting a Real Win8 App to WP8

It’s been a good while since I last worked on porting Comic Cloud from Windows 8 to Windows Phone. If you can still remember, the goal was to maximize...

0 replies - 1401 views - 04/26/13 by Nico Vermeir in Articles

Android to Windows Phone 8: Creating a Second Page

Over the past several weeks I’ve been working on some content I’m excited to finally share with you through a series of blog posts. This series will...

0 replies - 513 views - 04/25/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

Android to Windows Phone 8 Part 6: Creating a Second Page

Over the past several weeks I’ve been working on some content I’m excited to finally share with you through a series of blog posts. This series will...

0 replies - 902 views - 04/24/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

WP8 Messaging App is Not Just for Texting

We all are familiar with Text Messaging application, for sending and receiving text messages. But the messaging app introduced in Windows phone is more...

0 replies - 919 views - 04/22/13 by Sony Arouje in Articles

Android to Windows Phone 8 Part 2: Creating Your First Windows Phone Project

Over the past several weeks I’ve been working on some content I’m excited to finally share with you through a series of blog posts. This series will...

0 replies - 722 views - 04/15/13 by Adam Grocholski in Articles

The Problem with Kids Corner in Windows Phone 8

 As a father, I was very happy to see the announcement of Kids Corner as part of Windows Phone 8. “Finally” I thought, “I can now simply hand my...

0 replies - 2127 views - 04/13/13 by Adam Benoit in Articles

Migrating iOS MVC Apps to Windows Phone 8

Recently, I’ve been working with several local iOS developers wishing to port their application to the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platforms. I have ...

0 replies - 2416 views - 01/22/13 by Bruno Terkaly in Articles

Microsoft at the End of the World: 2012 in Review

The end of the world must be coming. Not because the Mayan calendar says so, but because Microsoft is innovating more than Apple. It has been a crazy year,...

0 replies - 7776 views - 12/04/12 by Tim Murphy in Articles

A Lap Around Windows Phone 8 SDK: File Association – Part 1

One of the biggest limitations for Windows Phone developers was the impossibility to share data between applications. This wasn’t limited to third party...

0 replies - 2595 views - 11/27/12 by Matteo Pagani in Articles

Windows Phone 8 Iconic Tile Image Size Comparison

Based on the discussion on StackOverflow, I decided to test out the different IconicTileTemplate sizes. The idea was to try to find out:What are the...

0 replies - 2788 views - 11/19/12 by Mikael Koskinen in Articles

Why Windows Phone 8 Will Succeed

Windows Phone 7 was a great operating system, but the adoption rates were not superb. Microsoft had to abandon its old Windows Mobile operating system and had...

1 replies - 4886 views - 11/12/12 by Pieter De Rycke in Articles