Windows Mobile 6 Developer Blog

With this post we’re rolling out a new feature to help Windows Phone 6 developers market their applications: deeplinking with the new “Get It Now” Windows Phone logo .  A Windows Phone 6 deeplink points users directly to your application details...

You work very hard to develop, test, and market your Windows Mobile application. Failing Windows Marketplace for Mobile certification testing can be a frustrating experience, but it doesn’t have to be.  Failing certification costs a submission credit...

Being at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has me feeling both excited and proud. I’m excited to show off Windows Phone 7 Series and eager to dig into the details with our developer community at events like GDC and MIX next month. MWC also...

In a companion post on the Windows Phone Blog , we have unveiled the highly anticipated Windows Phone 7 Series. For the first time ever, we are bringing together Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music and video experience to phones. Developers are already...

If you are developing applications for Windows phone, you have probably read about the Standard and Advanced Anti-Piracy Protection available to developers to help protect your hard developed IP. If you haven’t done so yet, check out the Windows Marketplace...

As of 12/31/2009 the test certificates that shipped with the Windows Mobile SDK expired. However, we’ve gone ahead and generated new certificates that you can drop in to rectify this problem. If you’re a developer you can put these certificates right...

Hello there, my name is Frank Prengel , and I’m a technical evangelist at Microsoft Germany, helping the Windows phone and Marketplace teams establish Windows Marketplace for Mobile in my country. Since I work with the German developer & ISV...

I’m pleased to introduce a few much anticipated upgrades for Windows Marketplace for Mobile going live today. We introduced Windows Marketplace with the launch of Windows phones on October 6 th and promised a second wave of features in November. Today...

The Windows Marketplace for Mobile client provides users a streamlined experience to purchase and install applications on their Windows Mobile 6.5 devices ( coming soon for 6.1, and 6.0). As you will notice when installing applications, the user interface...

This is fifth and final part of my Widget Anatomy series that described the ins and outs of the Widget Framework that shipped with windows mobile 6.5.  In this installment we will discuss the different ways a Widget can receive inputs from the user...

Previous post: Widget Anatomy – Performance and battery life This is part four of my Widget Anatomy series which which will explain the ins and outs of the Widget Framework that is shipping as part of Windows Mobile 6.5.  In this installment I will...

The Windows Marketplace for Mobile is off to a great start since its release October 6th. One issue that has tripped up a few developers submitting their applications has been the use of internal registry keys used to determine the location of the application...