Windows Phone COE

How to test an app on a Windows Phone device with 256MB of memory

On 27th Feb 2012 Microsoft has announced support for lower cost devices, such as Nokia Lumia 610....

Date: 04/02/2012

Back Button

Marketplace has specific requirements (5.2.4) for use of hardware back button, which can be...

Date: 03/09/2012

Improving application stability by managing button states

While testing applications on Windows Phone we have often come across scenarios where application...

Date: 03/01/2012

Background audio in Windows Phone 7.5 (Part 3)

The story so far In the first part of this series on Background Audio the Background Audio feature...

Date: 02/11/2012

Background audio in Windows Phone 7.5 (Part 2)

The story so far In the first part of this series on Background Audio the architecture of the...

Date: 02/10/2012

Background audio in Windows Phone 7.5 (Part 1)

Summary Using background audio for Windows Phone 7.5 is a great way of playing audio content such as...

Date: 02/09/2012

Common Marketplace ingestion errors and how to avoid them

Ingestion is the process of testing, code signing, and publishing your application via Microsoft's...

Date: 01/20/2012

Designing Touch Targets

  A common problem in Windows Phone app design is the poor use of touch targets, i.e. the area...

Date: 01/20/2012

Fast Application Switching and Acquired OS Resources

Fast Application Switching (FAS) is a new feature of Windows Phone 7.5 and provides an improved...

Date: 01/06/2012

Before you press send…

As you can imagine, in the design team in Depth Partner Support we review hundreds of app designs...

Date: 01/06/2012