Windows Phone 7 is Here Today In The US!

Beginning today, Windows Phone 7 devices are available at AT&T and T-Mobile retailers across the United States! Around the world, customers who buy a phone today will be able to access nearly 2000 Windows Phone 7 applications and games from developers like you. Here are some of the phone details at AT&T and T-Mobile retailers.

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Samsung Focus

AT&T

Brilliant 4” Super AMOLED Screen

Thinnest, lightest Windows Phone

Audience Noise Reduction

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LG Quantum AT&T

Full QWERTY Keyboard

16 GB Internal Memory

Play To (DLNA) Support

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HTC Surround AT&T

Slide-out speakers

w/ kickstand

SRS Dolby Mobile Surround Sound

16GB internal memory

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HTC HD7

T-Mobile

Largest 4.3” Screen

T-Mobile TV built-in

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Dell Venue Pro

T-Mobile

Vertical QWERTY Keyboard

Scratch & Shatter Resistant Screen

Available on T-Mobile, sold through Dell

   

Thanks to your enthusiasm and engagement the Windows Phone Marketplace is off to a great start. Whether you’ve already published your first application or not, here are a few recent developments to help you make the most of Marketplace.

Get the latest tools
Two weeks ago we released an update to the Windows Phone 7 Developer tools available here. The update provides:

  • A new Bing Maps Control that improves map performance during user gestures
  • The Capability Detection Tool, which scans your application and reports on detected phone capabilities that will be applied during ingestion to marketplace.
  • The WP Connect Tool, with which you can create a connection between the Windows Phone and your PC without requiring Zune to be running, so you can debug media APIs.

More information on the Capability Detection Tool is available here, and details on the WP Connect Tool are here. The update requires that you have the Windows Phone Developer Tools installed and that language/locale of the update and developer tools match. Be sure to use this new updated toolset to when submitting your apps to Marketplace

Earn More Money with Advertising
Today, Microsoft begins serving live ads to Windows Phone 7 apps with the new bidded, Microsoft Advertising Exchange for Mobile, where multiple ad sales channels compete in real-time to purchase your ad inventory. Microsoft Advertising's best-in-class ad targeting for its in-app ad solution provides better monetization opportunities including higher click-through rates, easy integration of ads into your apps, and actionable reporting on how ads and apps are performing.
If you are a US-based developer targeting the US market click here to visit Microsoft Advertising pubCenter and get started with the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone 7.

Try Free Analytics
On November 2nd, Microsoft announced a new partnership with PreEmptive Solutions to offer a free trial of Runtime Intelligence for Windows Phone. This application analytics solution offers a variety of insights into real-world usage of your applications and answers questions like "how often is my app run," "what features in my application are the most popular," or "how many users have installed my app?"
Click here to sign-up and start using Runtime Intelligence for Windows Phone. It's free to developers through March 31st, 2011 and setting up your application for analytics takes less than 10 minutes.
Marketplace is open for business, and phones are now available for sale in all launch markets around the world. So, whether you have already submitted your first app or not, there is still time to capture the imagination of new Windows Phone 7 consumers for the holiday season by visiting App Hub to submit your new or updated Windows Phone 7 apps and games now.