Author news: Charles Petzold presenting on Windows Phone 7

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Greetings. Charles Petzold, whose upcoming Programming Windows Phone 7 will be available as a free download at the end of October, will be presenting in New York in October. The presentation’s title is “Multitasking on Windows Phone 7.”

You must register at https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=150256 to be admitted to the building and attend.

Subject: 
“Multitasking on Windows Phone 7”
They say that Windows Phone 7 can't multitask. They're wrong. Join Charles Petzold for a programmer's perspective on the multitasking features of Windows Phone 7, including tombstoning, asynchronous operations, and push notifications.

Charles says this on his blog:

“’Multitasking on Windows Phone 7’: That's the (somewhat provocative) title of a presentation I'll be delivering at the NYC .NET Developers Group on October 21, 2010…. This is the only public presentation on Windows Phone 7 currently on my schedule, and I plan to make the most of it.”

Speaker: 
Charles Petzold is a New York City based freelance writer who has been writing about Microsoft operating systems since 1984. His latest book, Programming Windows Phone 7, will be available in October.

Date: 
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Time: 
Reception 6:00 PM , Program 6:15 PM

Location:  
Microsoft , 1290 Avenue of the Americas (the AXA building - bet. 51st/52nd Sts.) , 6th floor

Directions:
B/D/F/V to 47th-50th Sts./Rockefeller Ctr
1 to 50th St./Bway
N/R/W to 49th St./7th Ave.

In the meantime, make sure to download the preview version of Charles’s upcoming book. It contains 11 chapters in DRAFT form.