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Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #10. How to create a panorama and pivot effect for Windows Phone 7

VBTeam March 14, 2011 Mar 14, 2011 03/14/11

Previously, I explained how to create a keyboard input scope application for Windows Phone 7. In this blog post, I want to share a sample that will help you to create a panorama and pivot effect in Windows Phone 7. A Panorama is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, or a three-...

Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #7. How to create a Bing Maps application for Windows Phone 7

VBTeam March 7, 2011 Mar 7, 2011 03/7/11

In our previous post, I explained how to create an application bar for Windows Phone 7. Bing Maps is one of the applications that is commonly used on phones these days. In this blog post, I want to share a sample that will help you to create a Bing Maps application for Windows Phone 7. This application will provide the feature to view maps in ...

Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #5. How to create a control tilt effect application for Windows Phone 7

VBTeam March 2, 2011 Mar 2, 2011 03/2/11

Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #2. How to create a microphone application for Windows Phone 7

VBTeam February 24, 2011 Feb 24, 2011 02/24/11

In our last post, I explained how to create a mini browser for Windows Phone 7. In this blog, I want to share a sample that will help you to create a microphone application for Windows Phone 7. This application will have the feature to capture audio from a microphone and then play back the captured audio. I will now demonstrate how easy it is ...

Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #1. How to create a mini browser application for Windows Phone 7

VBTeam February 23, 2011 Feb 23, 2011 02/23/11

I have experienced a lot of fun writing Windows Phone 7 applications in Visual Basic. Web browser is one of the applications that is commonly used on phones these days. In this blog post, I want to share some sample source code that will help you to create a mini browser application for Windows Phone 7. I will now demonstrate how easy it is to...

VB Core – New compilation mode in Visual Studio 2010 SP1

VBTeam January 10, 2011 Jan 10, 2011 01/10/11

While most servicing releases do not include new functionality, Visual Studio 2010 SP1 introduced an important new compiler feature that enables Visual Basic to target new platforms that were not previously supported. This was mentioned in some of the initial SP1 blog posts such as Jasonz blog. This is a ...

VB Goes Mobile: Announcing “Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developer Tools – RTW"

Lisa Feigenbaum November 29, 2010 Nov 29, 2010 11/29/10

With the release of Windows Phone Developer Tools in September, and the availability of Windows Phone 7 devices in stores, the Windows Phone platform is growing. Today marks another milestone in the progression of Windows Phone. Today we are announcing Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developer Tools - RTW. This release doubles the developer ...

Announcing Microsoft Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools

VBTeam September 23, 2010 Sep 23, 2010 09/23/10

Today we announced availability of the Microsoft Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools. You can download the release here: This CTP is to be used with the Windows Phone Developer Tools, in order to do Windows Phone 7 development with Visual Basic. We have heard a lot of customer requests for this capability and are all ...

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