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Windows Phone 7 Series Developer FAQ [an error occurred while processing this directive] Common Questions and Answers about Windows Phone 7 Series for Developers
Developing for Windows Phone 7 Series is done using Silverlight and XNA which includes using the XAML markup language for UI design. However using Silverlight in the browser is not supported. The UI design is based on Metro. Metro has been used as part of the UI for the Zune and Media Center. Developer tools are free and use Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 4.0. There are extensions that are specific for Windows Phone 7 Series including an emulator. Windows Phone 7 Series - Installing the SDK - Screen shot by screen shot of the installation process. Windows Phone 7 Series is not backward compatible with Windows Mobile 6.5 or earlier. Applications are not compatible because Windows Phone 7 Series now uses Silverlight and XNA for all applications. There are extensions to Sliverlight to support Phone hardware such as acelerometers, location of the user, microphone and camera, as well as the Microsoft Notification Service. The Microsoft Notification Service is required to provide a standard method for your application to wake up and process push notifications. All data stored from your application is isolated from all other applications. There is no built in database functionality built into Windows Phone 7 Series. 3D Hardware Acceleration APIs supported in XNA Links
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