Category Archives: Developer

Microsoft delivers pre-release build of Mango to developers … After RTMing the product?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

So with Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” completed and sent to manufacturing, and Microsoft subsequently announcing a new build of Mango for developers, you might be forgiven for believing that Microsoft is, in fact, providing the RTM version of Mango to … Continue reading →

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Changes to the App Hub developer portal

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Microsoft today announced some changes to its App Hub developer portal. Additionally, it revealed that developers can begin submitting Mango apps to App Hub in August, which is likely the source of those bogus “could Mango ship in August?” rumors. … Continue reading →

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New Mango developer resources

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

The Windows Phone Developer blog’s Larry Lieberman today offered up a great list of resources for Windows Phone “Mango”: There are a very large set of resources being created on a weekly basis for Windows Phone developers. Since I’m the … Continue reading →

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About today’s release of Mango beta 2

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Reading through Brandon Watson’s post this morning (described here), I misunderstood and thought that Microsoft would be releasing a “beta 2” version of Mango to developers sometime in the not-too-distant future. Actually, they’re doing so today (which he does clearly … Continue reading →

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Developers to get Mango beta, developer tools Beta 2 release

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Today, Microsoft announced its plans for delivering the Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” beta to developers. You may recall that last year, the company had to ship prototype phones to developers because the platform was new. This year, developers have phones … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer 9 Mobile Test Drive now available

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

Microsoft announced today that it has made a new Test Drive site for its its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 Mobile release, part of Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango”. This isn’t for testing your own apps per se—you can do that with … Continue reading →

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ChevronWP7 to release authorized developer unlock tool

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

Rafael, Chris, and Long of ChevronWP7 announced today that Microsoft has authorized them to release a low-cost developer unlock tool called ChevronWP7 Labs that will allow enthusiasts to test Windows Phone apps on real Windows Phone hardware without needing to … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone developer certification exam on the way

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

The Silverlight Show reports that Microsoft is prepping what I think is the first developer-oriented Windows Phone certification exam, Designing and Developing Windows Phone 7 Applications, for July 14, 2011. Microsoft’s certification exam 70-599 for its new mobile platform is … Continue reading →

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Now, Microsoft is going after Android developers too

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

You may recall that Microsoft previously released some iOS-to-Windows Phone 7 guidance for developers, including an interesting API mapping tool. Well, they’re back, and this time they’re going after Android and its developers. Microsoft’s Windows Phone Interoperability site offers a … Continue reading →

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Even more Mango features hidden in the developer tools emulator

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

In keeping with this week’s ongoing revelations about new Windows Phone “Mango” features, Alan Burchill uncovers a few more that are hidden in the handset emulator in the Windows Phone “Mango” developer tools: With the release of Windows Phone “Mango” … Continue reading →

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