Category Archives: Windows Phone

Maps in Windows Phone 8 and Phone toolkit: a winning team – Part 1

Maps in Windows Phone 8 is probably the biggest evidence of the great partnership between Nokia and Microsoft: in Windows Phone 8 the maps application installed on every device, even the ones made by other manufacturers, is powered by Nokia … Continue reading

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Working with SQLite in Windows Phone 8: a sqlite-net version for mobile

With a perfect timing, as soon as I’ve published my previous post about using the chsarp-sqlite engine in combination with sqlite-net, Peter Huene has released a porting of the famous library for Windows Phone 8. What does it mean? That, … Continue reading

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A workaround to use SQLite in a Windows Phone 8 application

Recently I’ve made a post where I’ve tried to explain better the SQL Lite support situation on Windows Phone 8. The core of the post was very simple: the SQLite engine is available for Windows Phone 8, but actually a … Continue reading

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How to support Windows Phone 8 devices in a Windows Phone 7 application

As I’ve already highlighted in another blog post, Windows Phone 8 has introduced many new features; plus, lot of things have been changed under the hood: Microsoft has abandoned the old kernel, based on Window Mobile’s core, to introduce a … Continue reading

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Nokia Premium Developer Program

Nokia has recently announced a new initiative for Windows Phone developer that is really interesting. At the same price of a standard Windows Phone account for developers (which is 99 $) you will have access to the following benefits: A … Continue reading

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