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