Nice panorama app for the LG Camera: (Click for a better look)
The PDC Phone (LG E900)
HTC HD7 WP7 Windows Phone 7
Having given ‘grief’ to my Family over the last year or so (while developing apps for WP7) I promised my wife I would buy her a new WP7 Mobile Phone when they came out. The one that I liked the look of is the HTC HD7, mainly because it has the largest screen size of... Continue Reading →
SNAP!
In the last week before release I have managed to sneak in another little app: a variation on the classic game of Snap! Definitely one to play with the kids. I made a decision early on not to involve any play that might have the potential of inflicting rough treatment on your new phone, that... Continue Reading →
Tip 7–Watch out for colours & gradients in the Application Bar!
In my haste to refresh an existing ‘broken icon’ (see Tip 2) I made a ‘bad colour decision’ on the application bar that didn’t show up until it was too late. Here are the offending icons with the default dark theme: and here are the same icons in the light theme: My take is... Continue Reading →
Tip 5–Don’t use formatting in your Marketplace Descriptions
This is one that I might experiment with in the future but a straight ‘copy and paste’ of formatted text is not a good example. Submitted Text: (HTML) A full featured Drum Machine featuring live pads and step input into sequencer and song arrangement modes. Over 50 high quality drum samples 4 immediately accessible... Continue Reading →
Tip 4–Don’t use ‘washed out’ colours for your Marketplace background.
Your Marketplace background (that’s the optional 1000x800 graphic for the marketplace ingestion process)) gets special treatment by Microsoft, so keep the original colours vibrant! Here is how not to do it: Original Graphic: Marketplace Result: (see here for other tips)
Getting your App published on Windows Phone Marketplace
“Congratulations Ian Walker of Web Services UK! Drums & Bass has successfully passed certification for Windows Phone Marketplace!” Following application submittal to http://create.msdn.com and ‘ingestion’ (where Microsoft test and certify your app) this is the message you receive on a successful submission It means your app is live (if you elected to auto publish)... Continue Reading →
Any colour as long as it is black
Henry Fords famous statement when asked about the colour of his new motor vehicle. Of course, that was just fine, it was the only game in town, and it was a fantastic machine! However, It wasn’t long before the market demanded something more, and it was a competitor that first offered multiple colours of... Continue Reading →
Windows Phone 7 Launch Apps.
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
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 →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 