Windows Phone COE

On 27th Feb 2012 Microsoft has announced support for lower cost devices, such as Nokia Lumia 610....

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 04/02/2012

Marketplace has specific requirements (5.2.4) for use of hardware back button, which can be...

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 03/09/2012

While testing applications on Windows Phone we have often come across scenarios where application...

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 03/01/2012

The story so far In the first part of this series on Background Audio the Background Audio feature...

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 02/11/2012

The story so far In the first part of this series on Background Audio the architecture of the...

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 02/10/2012

Summary Using background audio for Windows Phone 7.5 is a great way of playing audio content such as...

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 02/09/2012

Ingestion is the process of testing, code signing, and publishing your application via Microsoft's...

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 01/20/2012

A common problem in Windows Phone app design is the poor use of touch targets, i.e. the area...

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 01/20/2012

Fast Application Switching (FAS) is a new feature of Windows Phone 7.5 and provides an improved...

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 01/06/2012

As you can imagine, in the design team in Depth Partner Support we review hundreds of app designs...

Author: Windows Phone UK Centre of Excellence Date: 01/06/2012

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