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Windows Phone 7 Series announced at MIX 10

srenzi — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:35:33 +0000

As it was announced by ScottGu a few minutes ago in the MIX 10 keynote , Microsoft has launched the new mobile platform. It’s called Windows Phone 7 Series. One of the principal drivers for this new platform is the user experience .

Developers using Windows Phone 7 Series will take advantage of Silverlight, the XNA Framework and a great set of tools to build rich applications.
This means that all Silverlight and XNA developers are now Windows Phone Developers automatically . Another great news is that developers will write the code once and then optimize across mobile devices, web, desktop or Xbox, adjusting basically the resolution and the screen size.

If you want to start playing you can download the Windows Phone Developers Tools as a free single download from developer.windowsphone.com .

Windows Phone Developers Tools includes:

Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
Windows Phone 7 Series Add-in for Visual Studio (For developers already working with Visual Studio 2010)
Windows Phone 7 Series emulator
Expression Blend for Windows Phone (NOT YET, COMING IN THE MONTHS AHEAD)

You can also browse the Channel 9 Online Training Course in here.

Stay tuned that I will post a Hello World example application for Windows Phone.

Comparison table between HTC Touch HD, Diamond 2 and Touch Pro 2

srenzi — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:24:22 +0000

This table was taken from WMEXPERTS

	Touch HD	Diamond 2	Touch Pro 2
Processor	Qualcomm MSM7201A @ 528 MHz	Qualcomm MSM7200A @ 528 MHz	Qualcomm MSM7200A @ 528 MHz
Operating system	Windows Mobile 6.1	Windows Mobile 6.1	Windows Mobile 6.1
Upgradable to 6.5?	Officially? Unknown	Yes	Yes
Memory	512 ROM/ 288 RAM	512 ROM/ 288 RAM	512 ROM/ 288 RAM
Dimensions	115 x 62.8 x 12 mm	107.85 x 53.1 x 13.7 mm	116 x 59.2 x 17.25 mm
Weight (with battery)	147 grams	117.5 grams	175 grams
Display	3.8-inch 480×800	3.2-inch 480×800	3.6-inch 480×800 w/tilt
Camera	5.0MP w/autofocus	5.0MP w/autofocus	3.2MP w/autofocus
Battery	1350 mAh	1100mAh	1500 mAh
Expansion slot	MicroSD (2.0 compatible)	MicroSD (2.0 compatible)	MicroSD (2.0 compatible)
Accelerometer	Yes	Yes	Yes
WiFi	802.11 b/g	802.11 b/g	802.11 b/g
Bluetooth	2.0 + EDR & A2DP	2.0 + EDR & A2DP	2.0 + EDR & A2DP
Headphone jack	Uses HTC ExtUSB	Uses HTC ExtUSB	Uses HTC ExtUSB

HTC using Twitter

srenzi — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:51:47 +0000

I was really surprised when I saw HTC using Twitter for important product announcements like:

“sad news, US. we looked into it- by the time we could bring Touch HD to the states, it would be old news. we do have other cool stuff coming”

After researching a little bit I realized that HTC is not the only big company using Twitter as an official communication channel.

Comcast (USA) is giving technical support, CNN interacts with listeners through Twitter and many others like airlines, retailers and media companies.

Here you will find a list of companies using twitter in different areas, like customer support, marketing, flight status and technical support among others.

Retailers
Dell Outler http://twitter.com/DellOutlet
Direct2Dell http://twitter.com/Direct2Dell
Direct2Dell (China): http://twitter.com/Direct2Dell_CN
Studio Dell http://twitter.com/StudioDell
WOOT: http://twitter.com/woot
Apple: http://twitter.com/appleinc
Amazon.com Deals: http://twitter.com/amazondeals
Zappos http://twitter.com/zappos
Buy.com http://twitter.com/Buy_com

Manufacturing
GM http://twitter.com/GMblogs
Ford http://twitter.com/FordCustService

If you want to start Twittering visit: http://www.twitter.com

Sebastian Renzi http://www.twitter.com/sebarenzi