In our earlier post we had a look at some features of Windows Phone 7(WP7).

Well it was a combination of both worlds we say developer as well as end user point of view.

Here is the link to that http://sanketspace.blogspot.com/2010/11/introducing-windows-phone-7-part1.html

But I do admit it was not that deep stuff we really like to see.So here comes the  part Deux (2) of this series.So what do we have…………

What are going to expect in hardware from Windows phone 7

I have say one thing  and that is consistency  in hardware profile of all  Win Phone 7 models.

Well Microsoft calls it Hardware chassis.

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Windows    Common       Consistent      Overall

Phone    =  Hardware + Platform      + Quality

Hardware  Elements                               Focus  

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This is Samsung Focus

What Does it mean?

Consistent set of Hardware profile set and guided by Microsoft.This include:

• one resolution size of screen(800*480) throughout all variants. 
• Second resolution will be defined later. 
• Same touch input that is Multi-touch Capacitive(OLED) 
• Consistent processor / GPU for all Variants
• Same available RAM in all Platforms.

It Includes standard Hardware in all Smartphones powered by Windows phone 7.

• Capacitive touch: 4 or more contact points
• Sensors: A-GPS, Accelerometer, Compass, Light, Proximity
• Camera: 5 mega pixels or more, flash required, camera button required
• Multimedia:Common detailed specs, Codec acceleration
• Memory: 256MB RAM or more, 8GB Flash or more
• GPU: DirectX 9 acceleration
• CPU:ARMv7 Cortex/Scorpion or better

If you think this is Over let me get to this all Phones carrying this Phone 7 OS will have same Basic Navigation Buttons

Hardware buttons | Start, Search, Back

This phones are having two platforms for applications development. Silverlight and XNA.

So it will give end users Flavors of different types.

  

Microsoft

Silverlight                   

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SILVERLIGHT  PLATFORM HAS

1. Modern XAML/event-driven application UI framework
2. Rapid creation of visually stunning apps
3. Metro-themed UI controls
4. HTML/JavaScript
5. 500,000 ++ developers spanning Windows and web

And Yes I will be one of them Hopefully

XNA PLATFORM HAS

1. High performance game framework
2. Rapid creation of multi-screen 2D and 3D games
3. Rich content pipeline
4. A very mature, robust, widely adopted technology covering
    Xbox 360, Windows, and Zune.

Well its time to end this part but before leaving one more thing,

Windows Phone ready well it means it is integrated with cloud services,

the programs are location aware

App Deployment & Updates ,Notifications,Location,Xbox LIVE and Bing….

I say go have a look at windows phone 7… smartphone Models….

Next part we will see developing simple application for windows phone 7 using silverlight..

Happy Coding……………..

I recently started learning how to create applications for windows phone 7 platform.
And was astonished by its capabilities and availability of tools for its development.
Windows phone 7 is an Operating System for Mobile platform. It can power both smartphones as well as Tablet Computers. Well Probably the word Windows says all that this platform comes from the house of Microsoft.


Here today I am going to give a simple introduction to this Platform.
So let start Hello Windows Phone7.


This is a Demo of Windows Emulator and Tools available from Microsoft for its Development.
Well we can say if Apple has IPhone and Open source(Google) has Android then Windows phone 7 is microsoft’s answer to it.
Microsoft showcased WP7 on Feb 15, 2010 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Here are the names of Smartphones which will be launching with WP7.
HTC-7 Mozart ,7 Surround ,7 Pro,7 Trophy (Spark),HD7 (Schubert)
LG- Optimus , Optimus(quantum) 7Q
Dell- Venue pro
Samsung- Focus.


And Many more will be coming -….


So whats New in WP7(Phone 7)

1) Input (multi-touch, hardware buttons, SIP)

2) Media (digital media playback and capture)

3)Phone sensors and APIs (accelerometer, contact, sms)

4) .NET (Silverlight, .NET Base Class Library)

5)Web (webservices, WCF)

6)Data (XML, Isolated storage, LINQ, LINQ to XML)

7)Cloud services (notifications, updates, location, xbox).

Now lets continue with Developer tools and Resources 

The resources provided by Microsoft are pretty good for beginning development on this

platform. 

MSDN WP7

Also have a Look at XNA network.

Tools Available for Development are

1)Windows Phone developer tools (CTP)

2)Visual studio 2010 Express (Freely available)

3)Expression Blend

4)For Testing :Windows Phone Emulator

             

                                                            

Hope that it will succeed due to its unique features, and good luck Microsoft Team.
Lets see whether a stable and successful Windows 7 OS has successful Mobile Edition in 
Windows phone 7.


Happy Coding………………