Microsoft Online Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide

After the splashy release of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has vehemently poured tons of effort into advertising and promoting in order to batter its rivals, Google Android, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBarry, to overhaul its losing market. Meanwhile, Microsoft is in dire need of ample and significant apps for its Marketplace, as the q&q, quantity and quality of the smartphone apps will inevitably be the crucial factor of determining the WP7 victory or failure.

The Microsft MSDN Library of Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide provide all of you with a free opportunity to dive into the Microsoft first-ever-handy software development platform, which hopping from the introducation of Windows Phone 7 to Silverlight Coding, XNA design and back to Marketplace interaction - a completed Bible for Windows Phone 7 App Developer to leave their fingers down with bunch of WP7 apps out of the whole cloth. All you have to do just bit the bullet, sweep through all the materials with hands-on works and churn them with your quixotic idea and ulitimate creativity. Of course, it does have some 'pre-requisite', like any other computer science courses in university, at least a little basic knowledge in object-oriented programming, such as Java, C++. If not, those codes might look terrible from you.

Are you interested to be the one to use apps to revamp the smartphone market? Check it out now: Microsoft MSDN Library

Microsoft PDC 2010 KL: An exploration of KLCC@Microsoft Auditorium?

PDC, Professional Developer Conference, is the Microsoft annually definitive developer's conference where various developers will gather to learn about Microsoft's latest technologies, share their own expertise and explore the new products that Microsoft have launched year to year.

And the shimmer of PDC incessantly leaps its stride to this year, PDC 2010. Instead of garthering all the enthusiastic developers from every piece of the world to Redmond, Washington where the PDC 10' going to be held. Microsoft provides more ways than ever before for us to experience the Professional Developer’s Conference closer to home. Microsoft is working with Microsoft offices, academic institutions, and 3rd parties around the world to provide us the opportunity to attend a PDC10 event near to us by using the broadcasting and live streaming technology through internet.

Of course, Microsoft Malaysia is on the list to bring this splashy event descends upon our town. As one of the Microsoft Malaysia TechNet subscribers, I was pleased to have this precious opportunity to be a part of this local event but also seize on this chance to have a first and fresh exploration of Microsoft Auditorum located in Pertonas Twins Tower Level 29.



Check out my random photo during the PDC 2010 KL:
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Hence, what we learnt from PDC 2010?

-Internet Explorer 9, the next major milestone of IE after undergoing an obvious period of losing big fraction of browser market because of the more gratifying Google Chrome and Firefox. IE 9 going to be ablaze again with the devastating support for HTML5, ever better API system and developer-approached modification.

-Windows Phone 7, a revolutionary mobile phone platfrom which going to potentially stack up against Apple iOS, Google Android with its ever amazing and user-friendly GUI, integrated consumer-demanded functions, the most simpliest and distinctive developer tools, Marketplace(The next Apps Store?) and even more fascinating privileges.

-Windows Azure, the pioneer of providing a flexible cloud-computing platform that lets you focus on solving business problems and addressing customer needs. We all know, building out an infrastructure that supports our web service or application can be expensive, complicated and time consuming. It turns out that cloud computing gradually comes to the limelight as the stronger demand from customers. Windows Azure is the easiest solution of cloud computing aiming to provide users to manage their web service in an ever-efficient way. Building out the network to support your peak times. Getting the right servers in place at the right time, managing and maintaining the systems.

For full video of keynote address and details of PDC 2010, please check out to: www.microsoftpdc.com
Have fun!

What Apple said for Microsoft Windows 7?

Finally, after a long period of using that troublesome Vista and several time of beta edition , Microsoft's next generation operating system- Windows 7 had unveiled itself on 22 October 2009.

Well,no doubt, as the long-term rival on this cutthroat operating system market , Apple revealed some advertisement to "celebrate" the coming of Windows 7, let's check out on them!







Seems to me,"Trust Me!" Haha ,Apple seem really fearful to the Windows 7 then.
Haha,indisputably, really a funny advertisment that Apple done^^

Windows Mobile 6.5 Phone Are Coming On October 6th

Eventhough that Microsoft already unveiled its next generation mobile os- Windows Mobile 6.5 a long period ago, see though all the mobile phone manufactors,you can obviously find out there are still lack of even one official intergrated Windows Mobile 6.5 phone.

But,from now,all the consumers could stop their desire in buying any Windows Mobile 6.0 phone and starting to make a coutdown to the new OS.Yes,in just five weeks, you’ll have a bunch of new Windows phones to choose from.

In accordance with the latest MSDN Flash Newsletter,the Microsoft showed us a stimulative news:

Windows Mobile 6.5 Set to Launch October 6
The next generation of Windows phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 will be available starting October 6. Manufacturers - including Hewlett Packard, HTC, LG Electronics, Samsung and Toshiba - have partnered with Microsoft to release new devices optimized for the latest version of Windows Mobile. Included in this update is Windows Marketplace for Mobile, which will allow developers to create unique applications that run on the Windows Mobile platform, and sell them to millions of consumers around the world.

Microsoft Office New Advertisement!

Come after the great succeed in Office 2003 and Office 2007,Microsoft will coming soon reveal its new edition Microsoft Office 2010.Let's check out the Microsoft latest advertisement for Microsoft Office 2010.Dramatic,movie trailer style,big deal and some how funny also,what a revolution advertisement which Microsoft produced.

Good Bye - Microsoft Encarta

Microsoft Encarta-a rarely Microsoft's product that we had heard for.Actually,Microsoft Encarta is a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation starting on 1993.It has its famous time too,before the Wikipedia had been revealed on the internet,Microsoft Encarta was the most practical tool to everyone find some reference and information.

But now,after the Wikipedia had been revealed,which is the more convenient and more powerful web encyclopedia than Microsoft Encarta,the market of the Microsoft Encarta had became smaller and smaller.Last, just few days ago, Microsoft finally announced it was discontinuing the Encarta disc and online versions.Let's us say good bye to it!

More information can refer to here.

Received a mail from Microsoft(Malaysia)

Oops...finally got some free time now.I was totally went into faint for my exam and MSSD running competition recently.Thanks to the god,it will be a public holiday on monday,if not so,I will really become sick because of the busyness T_T

Ok,back to the topic.Just few week ago,when I was checking my hotmail box,I was so surprised that I had found out there was a mail which come from Microsoft(Malaysia)!As a member of Microsoft Developer Network,I just only got the chance to get some news and make some discussion on their forum previously, and it was giving by the Microsoft(US) not the Microsoft(Malaysia) indeed.Hence,I was always missed out the Microsoft's events which held on Malaysia.

Finally,the Microsoft(Malaysia) focus on me.This mail had been divided into two parts,one was wrote in english and the other was Bahasa Malaysia(Hehe,from this sign,I can really 100% sure this email was came from Microsoft(Malaysia).).First,Microsoft had invited me to participate in their GRS Survey‏."Between March 11 and April 17 you will receive an email invitation from IPSOS, our certified research vendor, with a link to an online customer satisfaction survey."copied out from that mail.Otherwise,Microsoft also introducing some event which will be exhibit by them on Kuala Lumpur such as TechNet MSDN Technology Summit,I will never miss out this event if I free.

Here is the picture that showing the upper part of my mail:

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March is always be a great exciting month to an IT enthusiast.The world most largest IT Fair and Show-Cebit 2009,PMA(Photo Marketing Association Annual Show) 09 will be coming on this month.A majority of new IT product will be reveal on this two fair!Let's check out on it at the following thread.

Windows Mobile 6.5 final released!

The next generation of Microsoft Windows Mobile OS - Version 6.5 after a long distance of rumors,finally been unveiled by Microsoft at the Mobile World Congress 2009 which exhibiting at the Barcelona during 16 to 19 February.

"Everything is now finger friendly,"

said Scott Rockfeld, group product manager for Windows Mobile.He claimed that these are the words which most suitable to describe to the new windows mobile os,WM6.5.That means it is not surprised at the user interface of WM6.5 had been totally changed into a "stylus-free" interface which seem like iPhone.Most item and icon on the WM6.5 are become large enough to be clicked with a finger on a touch screen rather than selected with a stylus or by pushing buttons to navigate through menus which always needed to do on the previous version.

Otherwise,there are some big change that Microsoft done in WM6.5 are,the start button, rather than launching a menu in a list or a row of icons, opens up a new honeycomb design. Microsoft has also developed a new way to efficiently use the home screen when it's locked.(actually just seem like iPhone that one,haha^^)The new version of Internet Explorer Mobile had been revealed in WM6.5 too.It was coming a big change than the previous version.Indeed,IE Mobile also based on the aim of WM6.5-"finger friendly".

"Touching a magnifying glass icon opens a bar on one side of the screen for zooming in or out of on an area of the Web page. Touching and dragging moves the page around the screen, with a small square at the bottom depicting where the current view is within the larger page."

That can be simply knew IE Mobile will make a great efficiently on using too.


Apparently,the user interface of new version Windows Mobile,WM6.5,already has a potential to put Microsoft in closer competition with devices like iPhone,Palm Pre and also the Google G1 too.Last but not least,Microsoft also announced WM6.5 will appear in phones early in the second half of the year.Let's us giving a great applause to Microsoft,it was done a good work this time,announced a 6.5version and being perpared for the WM7.

Don't believe in WM6.5?Just take a look on it:

No more Beta to Windows7

Windows 7 beta 1 will be the only one beta version for the Windows 7 , and the next step in the journey of Windows 7's development will directly come out a release candidate(RC) build,Steven Sinofsky said.

The senior vice president in charge of the Windows engineering group,Steven Sinofsky had confirmed this news in a long entry to a company blog early firday(30 January 2009).Otherwise,he also claim that after the release of RC,the company will not provide the RC2 build too,just take a unsual path of windows development, jump to RTM version directly.However,he still declined to spell out a timetable for the rest of the Windows 7's development,it apparently no final date has been made regarding the launch of Windows7.

It seem like Windows 7 will be final announced soon?

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Meanwhile,Microsoft had released their last public test version for Microsoft Internet Explorer 8-RC1 build.There had already available to everyone to download this latest IE8 version at Microsoft's offical website now.The company claim that IE8 RC1 was a "Completely Platform",it was clearly meant that IE8 will not be has a big change between RC1 and final release edition.

Good Bye to Vista～Windows Se7en Come!

Finally,after the "world's worst OS",Windows Vista,take a lot of trouble to IT user.On 9 January, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, surely said that their first Windows Se7en Public Beta 1 had been releases when he was giving a speech on CES 2009.

Definitely,Steve Ballmer claimed that the Windows Se7en will become more suitable and more greater performance operating system than ever.However, he only said that Windows Seven has still under well with "Entirely according to plan" and never claim any news about the date of the Windows Seven release.

Anyone want to download and get more detail of Windows Seven,can refer to here.