The update that isn’t an update will be coming to Vodafone New Zealand’s HTC Trophy devices next week. Revealing an interesting insight to the update shenanigans, Vodafone has said that the update has been approved by both Vodafone Group and Vodafone NZ, and Microsoft will push the update next week. Microsoft announced the update on… Continue reading WP7 Non-update Update being Updated
Category: Windows Phone 7
Developers: Provoke discusses Windows Phone 7 and Azure
[box type=”info”]This is one of a series of sponsored blog posts highlighting New Zealand companies working with cutting-edge Microsoft technology. If you’re interested in Windows Phone 7 development, you should download the free Windows Phone Developer Tools and start building your own Windows Phone application.[/box] Provoke are an online experience consultancy based out of Wellington… Continue reading Developers: Provoke discusses Windows Phone 7 and Azure
Windows Phone 7 Distribution by Device and Country
An anonymous associate is the developer of a popular application for Windows Phone 7. The advertising platform he uses in the application reports on the location and nature of devices that are requesting ads. There’s nothing nefarious about this: it’s the same as any web server collecting browser statistics. First let’s have a look at… Continue reading Windows Phone 7 Distribution by Device and Country
Developers: Datacom Devs talk Windows Phone 7
Thivy Ruthramoorthy and Sashank Ramkumar are two recent university graduates working at Datacom’s Auckland offices. Inspired by Microsoft New Zealand’s Windows Phone 7 app development challenge, they both downloaded the development tools and created applications for the competition within a month.
Developers: Keith Patton talks Windows Phone 7
I’m not kidding when I say that Keith Patton from Marker is one of the top Windows Phone 7 developers in New Zealand. He’s behind a couple of the most popular apps in the New Zealand marketplace, and one of the top games worldwide.