Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
Like others I started work on windows phone development before it was available by using Silverlight 3 on the desktop by simply limiting my desktop space to 800x480. One of the first apps I developed for Windows phone 7 started life this way: http://apps.webservicesuk.com/Shove/.  My approach when the WP7 SDK became available was simply to... Continue Reading →
Having made some fixes to bugs in ‘Metro Drummer’ I was a little surprised to see that my re-submission had failed, not necessarily a bad thing as it looks as though Microsoft are being a little more stringent than they have been in the past with some of the tests. In this instance I was... Continue Reading →
Thought it appropriate to quickly précis some of the apps for windows phone 7 that I am submitting to the marketplace for launch today (more to follow in the coming weeks). In the main, todays offerings centre around a music based performance engine that has been developed for the platform using Silverlight and XNA. ... Continue Reading →
Drums & Bass provides a fully portable platform for both live rendition and composition of songs and/or vocal/acoustic guitar accompaniments. It builds on the opportunities afforded in ‘Metro Drummer’ by adding a Bass (Guitar/Keyboard) option into the mix. Any mix of bass and drum sounds can be stored to any of the four colour... Continue Reading →
“A live performance oriented app featuring multiple high quality musical samples assignable to one of 12 live pads”. Jamster is a Partner to 'Metro Drummer' offering a similar experience but for music based samples (rather than percussion): 48 high fully assignable and high quality musical samples. Control over individual sample volume, Pitch and Position within... Continue Reading →
Shove Ha’Penny is a fun family orientated pub game from the UK (Wikipedia) . Play takes place on a board with the objective being to ‘shove’ coins such that they come to a halt between the parallel lines painted on the board. The game can be played by 1 or 2 players (or teams) with... Continue Reading →
“If you are interested in developing Windows Phone 7 applications here is a good program you should consider – The Microsoft Platform Ready Program (MPR). Once you become a member, you will have access to training, support, testing and marketing resources to help you take your mobile app to market faster. In addition to the... Continue Reading →
Songster is a fun to use interactive song writing aid for Windows Phone 7. It’s focus is a step based music composition screen which allows the simultaneous input of up to 12 different instruments. Both drums and Musical parts can be written and played back in real time in an... Continue Reading →
BING Toolbar Functionality NB The development team has a blog post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slsymbian/archive/2010/04/05/silverlight-for-symbian-development-experience.aspx I will add to this list as I come across sites that work on the N97. Please leave a comment if you would like to suggest a site that you know works well on Symbian S60. UPDATE: I note from the... Continue Reading →
http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/B/A/ABA09BC7-8338-4C04-9DA9-1224CD575636/Windows%20Phone%207%20Application%20Certification%20Requirements.pdfNo great surprises, no porn or excessive violence/profanity etc.
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 