Windows Phone 7 Day

Microsoft Gurgaon
29th Jan, 2011

Saumya Aggarwal

contact@saumyaaggarwal.com
http://www.saumyaaggarwal.com
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 Windows Phone 7

Design philosophy

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 Five principals of UI
Clean

Content

Integrated hardware & software

World class motion

Soulful and alive

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 WP Screen
WVGA
800 * 480 pixel resolution

Non convertible
Refer OEM display specifications for fine-grained mm

WP Developer Tools
Support all possible screen sizes

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 Screen Orientations
Portrait

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 Fonts

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 Navigation, Frames & Pages

Silverlight Page Model – 1 frame, unlimited pages

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 Scroller

Visible scroll indicators

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 Themes

• Users can chose 20-22 themes

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• Avoid using white – LED display
 Input Methods

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 Phone Hardware Buttons

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 Developer
Silverlight / Applications or Games
Modern applications UI framework, “Metro” themed
controls. Rich XAML-based vector graphics and video.
Expression Blend designer support

XNA / Games or Applications

High performance game framework, supports 2D and 3D
gaming. Rich content pipeline. Widely adopted and used
on Windows, Xbox 360 and Zune HD

Windows Live / Push Notifications & Location

Free Cloud-based “Live” Tile, Toast and in-application
notification service. GPS, A-GPS & WiFi Location service
balancing accuracy with time and power consumption

Windows Phone Marketplace

Membership $99 per Year. Unlimited paid applications
and 5 free apps per year, $19.99 per additional free

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application. Transparent and open certification and
approval requirements. developer.windowsphone.com
 Resources
Windows Phone Design System –
Codenamed Metro

Windows Phone Design Templates

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=190696

http://ilovewindowsphone.in

wp7des@microsoft.com

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 Quiz Time - Random

1. Anybody having WP7?

2. Previous name of Phone OS?

3. Previous version of Phone OS?

4. Four major competing OS?

5. Official website of WP7?

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 Q&A
Saumya Aggarwal

SaumyaAggarwal.com
twitter.com/samagg