Dominic Betts - Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide: Building connected mobile applications with Microsoft Silverlight (Developer Series)

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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series represents a major advance in mobile devices. We have created a completely new model that gives users a new class of phone. Everything from the underlying operating system and the application platform, to the delivery, style, and performance of applications has been engineered to provide a great user experience.

Windows Phone 7 is a major part of the Microsoft vision for mobile computing, and a core component in the three screens and the cloud philosophy. It allows users to enjoy an immersive and productive environment, full interaction with other Microsoft platforms and applications, and access to all existing web experiences.

We have made the phone intuitive for users and very familiar for developers writing applications. Developers can reuse their skills, tools, knowledge, and experience to create great mobile applications using the Microsoft .NET Framework, Silverlight, XNA, Visual Studio, and more. These applications and the development environment are consistent across the desktop, the web, the cloud, and mobile devices.

This guide is a great starting point for your journey through Windows Phone 7 development. It provides a pragmatic, actionable approach to planning, designing, and building applications that can reach out into the cloud and take advantage of the power and capabilities available there for both business users and consumers.

In this guide, you will see how easy it is to build applications that work well for life on the move, provide a compelling and integrated experience for users, and allow you to create a revenue source. We have worked very hard to make Windows Phone 7 an indispensible part of the users lifestyle, and this guide will help you to play your part in this exciting new mobile world.

Sincerely,

Istvan Cseri

Distinguished Engineer, Windows Phone