I have previously published an Android vs IPhone comparison and many people requested that I do a comparison of Android vs iPhone vs Nokia vs BlackBerry vs Windows Mobile 7.

Creating Windows Phone and Window 8.1 applications using Microsoft App Studio

by saramgsilva

This article aims to present the Microsoft App Studio for creating applications for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1. A few months ago Microsoft released Windows Phone App Studio Beta, a service that allows any person without programming skills … Continue reading →

Development: Windows 10 UWP Wireless Label/Receipt Printer demo

by hjgode

Windows 10 UWP wireless label/receipt printer demo

Dynamically Formatting Phone Field with JavaScript

by Alvin Bunk

How to dynamically format Phone field with JavaScript

Getting Rid of Obsolete Microsoft Windows Mobile Remote Adapters

by hjgode

How to get rid of obsolete Microsoft Windows Mobile Remote Adapters

Getting Started With Windows Phone Development

by Madhur Kapoor

I started developing application for the Windows Phone platform a few months ago. There are a lot of things i learned along the way and i want to share all that with you through a series of blog posts. In the current post, we will focus on the basic and will develop a very simple […]

How to Build a Simple Toast Notification in #UWP Apps? (Part 1)

by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

How to build a simple Toast Notification in #UWP apps? (Part 1)

How to Build a Simple Toast Notification in #UWP Apps? (Part 2, integrating buttons)

by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

How to build a simple Toast Notification in #UWP apps? (Part 2)

How to Fail Your Brand New Windows Phone Application

by Alex Turok

How to fail your brand new Windows Phone application

How to format texts of TextBlock using xaml in Windows Phone

by RaviRanjanKr

This blog help you to learn how to format texts of TextBlock control in Windows Phone.

How to Solve Issues of Internet Not Working with Windows Phone 8 Emulator

by RaviRanjanKr

This blog will help you to solve the issues while connecting Internet with Windows Phone 8 emulator during deployment process.

How to Verify Phone Numbers using Twilio and Parse

by Saleh Hamadeh

This post discusses how to verify phone numbers using Twilio and Parse

How To: Initialize a Game on Windows Phone with XPG

by XPG Live

Initialize a game on Windows Phone with XPG

Introduction to Windows Phone Programming: Part 1

by Joel Ivory Johnson

This is the first part of a multi-part blog post on developing for Windows Phone 7. In this post, I introduce the new operating system and start with XNA programming.

Introduction to Windows Phone Programming: Part 2

by Joel Ivory Johnson

Continuation of a blog post on Windows Phone 7 programming. This part covers playing sounds using XNA

JavaScript, the Back Button, and Windows Phone 8 Development

by Jamie Munro

JavaScript, the Back button, and Windows Phone 8 development

KeyToggleStart: Yet Another Usage for Keyboard Hook

by hjgode

How to start an application by just hitting some keys in sequence? The answer: Just use a keyboard hook.

LINUX: Creating Macros in VIM Editor

by Chief Endian

Creating Macros in VIM Editor

Localizing Your App Name and Tile on Windows Phone 8

by BC3Tech

How to localize your app name and tile on Windows Phone 8

Microsoft's First Accelerometer API (for ZuneHD)

by Joel Ivory Johnson

Microsoft's First Accelerometer API (for ZuneHD)

Mobile Development – A Simple Unicode Character Map

by hjgode

A charmap tool like we have on Windows Desktop PCs

Mobile Development: A Binary Clock for the taskbar

by hjgode

Mobile development - a binary clock for the taskbar

Mobile Development: A native remote desktop client (rdesktop port Win32)

by hjgode

A native rdesktop prt for Wndows CE and Windows Mobile to replace Remote Desktop Mobile.

Mobile Development: AutoHide Windows Mobile Device Center 2

by hjgode

Mobile Development: AutoHide Windows Mobile Device Center 2

MVVM for Windows Phone Developers–Use it Guys! (Part 4)

by IInjac

MVVM for Windows Phone developers

OCD Windows Phone photogs, Beware

by BC3Tech

OCD Windows Phone photogs, beware

Parse the Salt Please

by Simon Jackson

After playing a lot with Parse over the last few weeks, I thought I’d share some of my findings.

Performing Page Navigation in Windows Phone Apps

by Madhur Kapoor

How to perform page navigation in Windows Phone apps

Programmatically Changing UI Language in Windows Phone

by BC3Tech

Let’s have a look at some tweaks to the default phone project created for Windows Phone 8.0 (and 8.1 Silverlight)

Programming Windows Phone 7 – Hello World

by Sarath C

A simple Windows Phone 7 application

Quick Run Through of the WP7 Developer Tools January 2011

by mbcrump

Quick run through of the WP7 Developer Tools January 2011

Remote Desktop Mobile on VGA Devices: QVGA Applications Do Not Scale Well

by hjgode

Remote Desktop Mobile on VGA devices: QVGA applications do not scale well

SingleInstance(Of T) Class for Windows Phone 7

by Nikos Baxevanis

This post aims to provide a way to implement lazy initialization in a multi threaded environment using the SingleInstance(Of T) Class.

So you want to be a Unity3D game developer?

by Simon Jackson

I’ve compiled an extensive list of resources at your disposable on your Unity3D journey, split up in to sections to allow you to target what you need.

Time to change from a Smart Phone to a Smart PC

by Chris Boss

While many companies have been trying to jump onto the Smart Phone bandwagon over the years, Windows devices seem to have had a troubled path there.

Use Converters in your Windows Phone Apps

by Alex Turok

In a recent post I have covered several approaches to store data in a Windows Phone application. Another important problem is presenting data in an easy and controllable way that would not interfere with other layers of your app.

Usefel Tips For Windows Phone XNA Game Development

by zoyobar

Usefel tips for Windows Phone XNA game development.

Using Flickr Data Source in Windows Phone App Studio

by Arpit Jain

Using Flickr data source in Windows Phone app studio

Using Isolated Storage in Windows Phone App

by Madhur Kapoor

Using Isolated Storage in Windows Phone App

Using Local Database in Windows Phone Apps

by Madhur Kapoor

How to create a Local Database for storing data of our Windows Phone app

Using NUnit and Entity Framework DbContext to Programmatically Create SQL Server CE Databases and Specify the Database Directory

by PeteBarber

How to use NUnit and Entity Framework DbContext to programmatically create SQL Server CE databases and specify the database directory.

WCF Guidance for Windows Mobile on CodePlex

by Joel Ivory Johnson

WCF guidance for Windows Mobile

Why I’m a Happy Windows Phone Developer

by Bogdan Bujdea

Why I am a happy Windows Phone developer

Why It’s Sad To Be A Windows Phone Developer

by Bogdan Bujdea

Why it is sad to be a Windows Phone developer

Windows 8 Developer Preview – A Quick View

by M Sheik Uduman Ali

Windows 8 Developer Preview – A Quick View

Windows Mobile – A Simple Web Server with Extended Features

by hjgode

Windows Mobile - a simple web server with extended features

Windows Mobile – tasker2 runs and stops applications periodically

by hjgode

Tasker2 is a tool to launch or kill applications periodically using windows mobile scheduler. It was born to control the running of agent software on windows mobile at specified times.

Windows Mobile – The no-go World of Function Keys

by hjgode

Summary of the role of function keys in Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile 6.5: Changed Screen Geometry

by hjgode

Changed screen geometry in Windows Mobile 6.5

Windows Mobile and Color Depth

by Joel Ivory Johnson

This question has come up three times in the various forums in which I participate, so I thought it would be appropriate for me to write a post about it.

Windows Mobile: CameraCaptureDialog Alternative

by hjgode

This is not really an alternative but a different approach if you need the user to take multiple pictures in one session and then return to your application.

Windows Mobile: CF how to catch F1 and F2 in WEH

by hjgode

How to catch F1 and F2 in WEH.

Windows Mobile: disable touch input

by hjgode

Hello sometimes you might want to 'lock' the screen, or to put it another way: disable touch input.

Windows Mobile: Kiosk Mode – Clear Today and Programs

by hjgode

Windows Mobile: Kiosk Mode – Clear Today and Programs

Windows Mobile: Kiosk Mode Series - Part 2

by hjgode

Windows Mobile: Kiosk Mode Series - Part 2

Windows Mobile: Kiosk Mode Series: Part 1

by hjgode

How can you achieve a kiosk mode application, where the user is only allowed to do what you define.

Windows Mobile: Redirect Function Keys into Internet Explorer Mobile Browser

by hjgode

This small tool enables you to use Function keys within Internet Explorer Mobile (IEM) web sites.

Windows Mobile: SetSystemTime and DST, Einstein’s Relativity Theory?

by hjgode

SetSystemTime and DST, better disable DST before using SetSystemTime

Windows Mobile: Some Logging Tools

by hjgode

In this post, you can read about some logging tools for Windows Mobile

Windows Phone 7 – Application Lifecycle – Ocean for the Phone

by User 271009

Windows Phone 7 – Application Lifecycle – Ocean for the Phone

Windows Phone 8 App Development - Part 2: Developing an App

by Manoj.Kumar12

This article is Part 2 of the series of the article on Windows Phone 8 app developments - Quick Start-up guide with best practices.

Windows Phone 8, Family Safety, and Your Kids

by BC3Tech

Windows Phone 8, Family Safety, and your kids

Windows Phone 8: Print Demo for Bluetooth Label/Receipt Printers

by hjgode

Description of my btPrint demo app to print demo files to portable bluetooth label/receipt printers

Windows Phone TDD Part 1: The Project

by Bogdan Bujdea

Windows Phone TDD Part 1: The Project

Windows Phone TDD Part 2: Working with Caliburn.Micro

by Bogdan Bujdea

Working with Caliburn.Micro

Windows Phone TDD Part 3: Writing the First Test

by Bogdan Bujdea

I will show you how to create the project for the unit tests, and I will write a small test to see if it all works.

Working With Local Storage in Windows Phone App

by Madhur Kapoor

Working With Local Storage in Windows Phone App

Xamarin Studio (on Mac) Vs Visual Studio (Windows) for Xamarin Forms

by S Ravi Kumar (TechieRathore)

Now than Xamarin Community is free for everyone, we don’t require a Xamarin professional license to build Xamarin applications using Visual Studio However some of [...]

Your First Windows Phone 7 App is Just a Few Keystrokes Away

by Vijay Rajanna

Your first Windows Phone 7 app is just a few keystrokes away