Try Out Your Apps on a Real Windows Phone at Coffee and Codes and Deployment Clinics

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You’re building apps for Windows Phone 7. You’ve tested them as much as you can on the emulator. You now need to test them on a real device. We can help!

Getting your hands on a Windows Phone is a very hard thing to do. Even those of us who work inside the company are having trouble getting our hands on them because there just aren’t enough advance devices to go around. We have a small pool of phones and a big number of people who need to test their apps on them, so we’ve had to get creative in order to help people test.

First, there’s Coffee and Code. Coffee and Code has traditionally been an event where we take advantage of our mobile worker status and work out of a café, where we’re easily accessible. Lately, we’ve been using them as a chance for you to drop by, impromptu, take a look at our Windows Phones and even deploy apps to them for some quick testing. These are pretty informal, with no appointment required, and first-come-first-serve.

Then, there are the Deployment Clinics. These are a little more structured – you book an appointment to drop by one of Microsoft Canada’s offices and spend some quality just-you-and-your-app time with a Windows Phone. You have to book time in advance, and you have the phone all to yourself for the appointment.

Take advantage of these opportunities to test your WP7 apps on a real phone!

Here’s the schedule for the upcoming Coffee and Code and Deployment Clinics:

What When Where
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, October 14 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Ottawa Bridgehead Coffee 109 Bank Street (at Albert)
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, October 14 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Downtown Toronto Starbucks at King and Yonge
Deployment Clinic (Book an appointment) Friday, October 15 Downtown Toronto Microsoft office Ernst & Young Tower, TD Centre, 12th floor
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, October 21 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Downtown Toronto Starbucks at King and Yonge
Deployment Clinic (Book an appointment) Monday, October 25 Mississauga Microsoft Office 1950 Meadowvale Blvd (Off Mississauga Road, just north of Highway 401)
Deployment Clinic (Book an appointment) Wednesday, October 27 Vancouver Microsoft Office 1111 W. Georgia, 11th floor
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Friday, October 29 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Downtown Toronto Timothy’s 255 Front Street West
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, November 4 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Halifax Location TBD
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, November 11 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ottawa Location TBD
Deployment Clinic (Book an appointment) Friday, November 12 Montreal Microsoft Office 2000 Ave McGill College, 4th floor
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, November 18 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Downtown Toronto Starbucks at King and Yonge
Deployment Clinic (Book an appointment) Friday, November 19 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Montreal Microsoft Office 2000 Ave McGill College, 4th floor
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, November 25 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Montreal Location TBD
Deployment Clinic (Book an appointment) Monday, November 29 Ottawa Microsoft Office World Exchange Plaza (100 Queen Street), 5th floor
Deployment Clinic (Book an appointment) Wednesday, December 1 Calgary Microsoft Office Atlus Centre (500 – 4th Ave. SW), 19th floor
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, December 2 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Downtown Toronto Starbucks at King and Yonge
Deployment Clinic (Book an appointment) Friday, December 3 Calgary Microsoft Office Altius Centre (500 – 4th Ave. SW), 19th floor
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, December 9 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Winnipeg Location TBD
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, December 9 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Downtown Toronto Starbucks at King and Yonge
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, December 16 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Calgary Location TBD
Coffee and Code (Drop in) Thursday, December 16 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Downtown Toronto Starbucks at King and Yonge

To book an appointment, drop Samantha Wong a line and she’ll set you up.

This article also appears in Global Nerdy.