Once we’ve got the basics of writing Windows Phone HTML5 apps, we’re probably going to want to start interacting with some of the cooler aspects of the phone. And first on my list is the camera. In this tutorial, I’m going to walk though: Launching the native Windows Phone camera from an HTML5 app Returning…
I’ve recently been learning to write HTML 5 / Javascript apps for Windows 8 and wanted to take some of that knowledge and transfer it over to Windows Phone 8. As I did so, I learned there are a lot of little “tweaks” that I needed to do to get things working so I thought…
This last week I was honored to represent Microsoft Vietnam for the WOWZAPP Worldwide Hackathon. While I attended the Hanoi event, I also had the opportunity to speak to students in Ho Chi Minh City (there were two WOWZAPP events in Vietnam). Below you’ll find the winners of the WOWZAPP Hackathon in HCMC. I’m…
Trying to post weekly links, but my travel schedule has made it difficult. Nevertheless, here are some important things I’ve found in the last week. Windows Phone NFC Library for Proximity APIs in Widows 8 and Windows Phone 8 – looks promising. I can’t vouch for it myself, but I plan to look into it….
I’ve given this presentation a few times now and for my victims… I mean audience, I’m making the slides and code that I used for the presentation available here. Windows Phone 8 Sensors (Maps, NFC, Speech) PowerPoint Windows Phone 8 Sensors Code (Maps and Speech demos) There are several blog posts in here waiting to…
This last week I was honored to represent Microsoft in Hanoi, Vietnam for the WOWZAPP Worldwide Hackathon. The Hanoi event I attended was packed full, every seat filled with ambitious young developers working to create their new apps for Windows 8. Below you’ll find the winners of the WOWZAPP Hackathon in Hanoi. I’m working on…
This week, I’m in Hanoi Vietnam, helping with the WOWZAPP 2012 Windows hackathon. As part of my participation in WOWZAPP, I gave a presentation this morning entitled: Windows Phone 8 – More Than An App in which I spoke on how Windows Phone 8 allows tight integration with many “outside the sandbox”capabilities in the phone,…
Windows Phone Windows Phone 8 online documentation (as well as several demos and sample code snippets) Windows Phone resources for iOS developers It’s noisy, but here is a video of the Nokia Lumia 900 vs Lumia 920 in terms of app start-up (from @DotMorten). Recorded in a noisy bar, but the speed difference is astounding….