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Well, I sit at my keyboard typing on the eve of Microsoft’s “Big Event”. Tomorrow at 9:30am EDT in New York City, Steve Ballmer will unveil the long-awaited Windows Phone 7 platform (for those interested, the press conference will be live streaming here ). For those who are involved with or follow the smartphone market closely, October 11th 2010 marks a day a long time in the making. I have had the great fortune to be quite close to all of the events of the last several years leading up to tomorrow, be they good or bad.

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Windows Phone 7 and “The Hundred Years War”

Oh please Mr. Ballmer, say it ain’t so. Remember the dark days when Microsoft split its Mobile client into three flavors; first called Pocket PC, PPC Phone and PPC Smartphone and then Windows Mobile Standard, Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic (for some reason at the time, MS marketers missed the obvious fourth flavor, Windows Mobile Increasingly Irrelevant)? It appears that MS may be going for a new version of that market-baffling strategy. First of all, it appears that Microsoft is admitting that, out of the box, Windows Phone 7 will not be a good fit for the Enterprise, being slavishly consumer focused.

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WP7 Release Spurning Enterprise, Then Remaking WinMo’s Mistakes?

Sorry for the late notice about this, folks. A combination of hectic schedules and timing have brought us to the conclusion that tomorrow night’s (September 15th, 2010) Boston / New England Windows Phone User and Developer Group meeting will be cancelled. Next month’s meeting, however, should more than make up for it as we will be in the heart of the Windows Phone 7 launch! That will come after this Thursday’s (September 16th) availability of the final bits of the Windows Phone 7 developer tools (ironically only one day after our scheduled meeting). Stay tuned for more information around our October meeting!

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September 15th User and Developer Group Meeting CANCELLED

Creating Games for Windows Phone 7 isn’t as hard as you think using XNA GameStudio 4.0 . Over at the XNA Creators Club there are some great tutorials and an introduction to get your started. There is even a great beginner guide here . Get introduced to Windows Phone 7, and phone game development with XNA Game Studio.This set of educational content is for all skill levels and phases of development, with a focus on introducing basic game techniques – such as input, graphics, and sound –to developers interested in making games on Windows Phone 7 using XNA Game Studio 4.0. Phase One – Platform: Available Now! Catapult Wars Lab Orientation Sample Sound and Music Sample 2D Graphics Sample Particles Sample 2D Asset Types Article Intro to C# From Objective-C and Java Article Gestures Article Phase Two – Performance: Coming in September 2010 3D Accelerometer-Based Game Lab Dynamic Audio Sample 3D Asset Types Article Intro to Render Loop Article Phase Three – Polish: Coming in October to November 2010 Social Game Lab Best Practices Game State Management Location and Photo Integration Bonus: Augmented Reality Sample To get started creating games head over to the XNA Creators Club now! Note: to run this samples require XNA Game Studio 4.0 and the Windows Phone Developer Tools to run

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Create Games for Windows Phone 7

Microsoft announced that the final build of the Windows Phone 7 developer tools will ship on September 16th and that the current tools have already been downloaded over 300,000 times (CTP and Beta versions). Developers have been waiting patiently for the final release of these tools especially controls like Pivot,Panorama,List,Bing Maps, etc (Developers have had to build their own controls or use open-source versions available on the web to replicate the final build,look, and feel of Wndows Phone 7 apps). Over at the WindowsTeam blog the following has been mentioned: While our developer community has been busy stretching the capabilities of the application platform and developer tools, we have been working very closely with some amazing application and game developers to ensure that Windows Phone 7 customers have the applications they expect, across a wide swath of the categories they value

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Windows Phone Developer Tools Final will be Available Sept.16th,2010

At Gamescom 2010 , Microsoft announced the first wave of Xbox LIVE game titles headed for Windows Phone 7 , set to launch this holiday season. Attendees received a glimpse of the gameplay experience on Windows Phone 7 devices with over 50 titles announced, a mix of exciting new games and old favorites for both the casual and hardcore gamer. Some that were announced were: “ Halo: Waypoint ” an Xbox LIVE hub where Halo fans can go to watch videos and engage with the Halo community, also will be available on the phone, for example

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Xbox LIVE Titles Announced for Windows Phone 7

Time for your friendly reminder… The next meeting of the Boston/New England Windows Phone User and Developer Groups will be held this Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 starting at 6:30pm at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor).

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REMINDER: User / Developer Group Meeting This Wednesday (Aug. 18, 2010)

Colorize I was a huge fan of Color Splash for the iPhone and had hoped to see some app like that on WP7 , now thanks to Kitron Software I don’t think I will need to wait that long. Colorize for Windows Phone 7 will let you quickly give photos stunning effect by converting them to black and white, while keeping certain details that you choose in color.

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Windows Phone 7 App : Colorize

Resco , a long-standing supporter of the Windows Mobile platform for both consumers and developers, has announced further support for Windows Phone 7 developers in two areas – Resco has released a Technical Preview of what is now being called the Resco MobileLight Toolkit . Similar to their already successful MobileForms Toolkit for the .NET Compact Framework, the MobileLight Toolkit will provide a rich set of Silverlight controls for Windows Phone 7 – “The first version of the Resco MobileLight Toolkit—scheduled for September 28, 2010—will include two most frequently used controls: Resco AdvancedList and Resco DetailView. After the release, Resco will continually add new controls, such as Calendar, Grid, etc. The controls’ UI will meet the Windows Phone 7 Series UI Design & Interaction Guide in order to fulfill the Windows Phone 7 graphics and usage standards.” Resco has announced that their recently-released MobileApp Studio , a rapid application development tool suite for Visual Studio, will be extended to support Windows Phone 7.

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Resco Continues to Add Support, Tools for Windows Phone 7 Developers

If one is to consider using a single mobile device for all their multimedia needs, serious consideration has to be paid to the capabilities of the device for video purposes. In my first article on my decision to give mobile device convergence a serious try for the first time in many years, I listed video viewing as a key reason for carrying and using a dedicated portable media player (a Zune HD)

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Rethinking Device Convergence–The Video Experience

In my quest to try once again to use a single device for all my needs, I decided that the first real test for my T-Mobile USA HTC HD2 would be with regards to the audio experience. In my previous article on the subject , I laid out what I thought were the needs, criteria and requirements for what would be deemed an acceptable experience

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Rethinking Device Convergence–The Audio Experience

Just a friendly reminder (and an update at the bottom of this post) – The next meeting of the Boston/New England Windows Phone User and Developer Group will take place on Wednesday, July 21st starting at 6:30pm at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor). Continuing our meeting focus on preparing for Windows Phone 7 development, I will be presenting “ Silverlight UI Tips and Tricks for Windows Phone Developers” – In our previous presentation on Windows Phone 7 development for Compact Framework developers, be were introduced to the essentials surrounding UI development with Silverlight and Visual Studio 2010.

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UPDATE: User and Developer Group Meeting Next Wednesday (July 21, 2010)

Well, it’s a bit later than expected, but it’s well worth the wait. Microsoft announced at the Worldwide Partners Conference on Monday the availability of the Beta (that’s right – beta) of the Windows Phone 7 SDK and Tools for developers. Among the highlights – In addition to the inclusion of Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone Developers, the beta is compatible with the RTM version of Visual Studio 2010 (no more VS 2010 RC for me).

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Windows Phone 7 SDK Beta and Developer Training Kit Refresh Now Available

The folks at Astraware have announced the release of two fun new games for Windows phone and Windows Mobile devices called OddBlob and Police Range. OddBlob is a fun puzzle arcade game created entirely from modeling clay. Help OddBlob bound across the squishy maze to grab bonuses, chomp fruit, and win points as quickly as he can as the chasing tiles disappear behind. Bounce and double bounce tiles can help you reach your goal or throw you through the gaps to impending peril below, and cake slices earn you a try at the Cake Or Doom mini-puzzle! Police Range is Astraware’s take on the classic shooting range game.

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Astraware Announces OddBlob and Police Range for Windows Phone

The next meeting of the Boston/New England Windows Phone User and Developer Group will take place on Wednesday, July 21st starting at 6:30pm at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor). Continuing our meeting focus on preparing for Windows Phone 7 development, I will be presenting “ Silverlight UI Tips and Tricks for Windows Phone Developers” – In our previous presentation on Windows Phone 7 development for Compact Framework developers, be were introduced to the essentials surrounding UI development with Silverlight and Visual Studio 2010. The logical “next step” in the learning process is to enhance our user interfaces using the powerful capabiliities that SIlverlight provdes

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Next Windows Phone User/Developer Group Meeting – July 21, 2010

Just a friendly reminder – the next meeting of the Boston/New England User and Developer Group will be held this Wednesday (June 16th) starting at 6:30pm at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor). For details, check out this post or visit our Facebook page . I am looking forward to presenting another in our series of Windows Phone 7 development topics.

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REMINDER: User/Developer Group Meeting THIS WEDNESDAY, June 16th

WoL Everywhere WoL-Everywhere is a Windows Phone app that allows the user to remotely start his or her PC over the Lan or Internet. WoL ( Wake-on-LAN ) is not a new concept, and network experts will not be new to this term. It is an computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or woken up by a network message

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WoL Everywhere – Windows Phone app to remote start PC over Lan or Internet

Just your friendly little reminder – the next meeting of the Boston/New England Windows Phone User and Developer Groups will be held this coming Wednesday, May 19th starting at 6:30pm at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor). Our featured presentation is the first in a series of focused Windows Phone 7 application development topics – “ Application Data Storage In Windows Phone 7” . While I am on the “reminder” subject – if you are a Facebook user and have not yet “liked” the BostonPocketPC page , please be sure to do so

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REMINDER: Windows Phone User/Developer Group Meeting THIS Wednesday (May 19th)

Need to synchronize your contacts with another email client on another machine and don’t know where to start? Well it is possible… and easy! Sync Outlook Contacts Fortunately, it doesn’t require any third party tools to do it. To synchronize data between Exchange Public folders and mailboxes you can refer to the Exchange Public Folders and mailbox section. There is a section called Synchronizing Outlook using Web Services which presents information on how to use Internet services to sync two Outlooks.

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How to Keep Your Contacts Synced

By now, many may have heard about or read in full Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on Flash” statement released yesterday. While much of what was written in the statement (and discussed around the Internet) was specific to Adobe and Flash, a statement by Jobs in the section entitled “Sixth, the most important reason” , can have a far broader effect on mobile device development – “We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. If developers grow dependent on third party development libraries and tools, they can only take advantage of platform enhancements if and when the third party chooses to adopt the new features. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers

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Is Steve Jobs Sending a Message To ALL Cross-Platform Development Vendors?

According to the Windows Phone Developer Blog, a refresh of the Windows Phone 7 Developer CTP is now available for download! – “ Beginning today you can download the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP Refresh (WPDT CTP) from http://developer.windowsphone.com , which means you can now build Windows Phone 7 apps on the final release of Visual Studio 2010 (VS2010). While this update is primarily intended to enable development using the final release of VS2010 there are a few new things here too.” In addition to the big item of Visual Studio 2010 RTM compatibility (I know a few people eagerly awaiting this), there are a number of other enhancements – This release has been tested to work with the final release of Visual Studio 2010 . An updated Windows Phone 7 OS image for the Windows Phone Emulator. A few APIs in the frameworks have been added and or changed

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Windows Phone 7 Developer CTP Refresh Now Available