Summary of Windows Phone 7 series applications and game development content

At the first keynote speech of Mix10, Scott Guthrie and Joe Belfiore announced and demonstrated the Windows Phone 7 Series applications and games and development-related content, of course, a development tool for the test version is also released.

Windows Phone 7 Series applications and game development tools

This Series of Windows Phone 7 Series development tools include Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone, Windows Phone device simulator, and XNA Game Studio 4.0. Charlie Kindel mentioned that the official versions of these tools will continue to be available for free.

Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, Windows Phone device simulator, XNA Game Studio 4.0 technical preview, and Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone Beta are both released. A download link is provided at the end of this article.

Silverlight 4 and Silverlight for Windows Phone

At the same time, Microsoft also released the Silverlight 4 RC version today, and the Silverlight 4 official version will be released by the end of April.

All in all, Silverlight is a Windows Phone 7 Series Application Development Platform (high-performance games can be developed through the XNA framework). However, Windows Phone 7 Series does not support the latest Silverlight 4, in contrast, Silverlight 3 supports mobile phone features, such as location services, acceleration sensors, push reminders, and mobile phones.

Silverlight for Windows Phone also supports the Deep Zoom seamless scaling technology for Image Browsing, such as the Graphic. ly cartoon reader application demonstrated on site.

First Windows Phone 7 Series developers

On Mix10, Microsoft also announced a list of developers who have started to develop applications and games for Windows Phone 7 Series, including AP, frog design, Pandora Media, Microsoft game studio, Foursquare lab, PopCap Games, Seesmic, and EA mobile.

The apps and games demonstrated on The Mix 10 live are AP Mobile news reader applications, Hush diary applications from Jackson Fish Market, and 3D games The Harvest (dark style) netflix application, Graphic. ly cartoon reader application, Foursquare application, Shazam music application, MLS application (demonstration push reminder function), Marionette whole-person application, Coding4Fun: Cannon remote control application, and Xbox Live game Goo Splat.

Windows Phone 7 Series App Store

Microsoft also demonstrated the new Windows Phone Marketplace (App Store), which supports credit card payment, mobile carrier payment, or application embedded advertising. Developers can select the trial period of the application, simplify the trial version and full version conversion process, and promote applications and games on the mobile phone end through deep links.

Access: Windows Phone for Developers
Download: Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, Windows Phone device simulator, and XNA Game Studio 4.0
Download: Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone
Official announcement: Microsoft Outlines New Opportunities at MIX10 for Developers to Create Compelling Experiences