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Re: Ask HN: Are you developing anything for Windows mobile phone 7?

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Post by ashvs »

Yes, we (i.e., the YouVersion team) have been actively developing and releasing Windows Phone 7 versions of our app for just over a year as of now.

While I'm not authorized to reveal the percentage of our approximately 36 million unique installs (i.e., installs on unique devices) that can be attributed to Windows Phone devices, I can say that we're continuing to invest in the ongoing development of our Windows Phone app.

Our soon to be released, next version of the Windows Phon app will feature a number of enhancements related to features made available in the recent Mango update (i.e. Windows Phone 7.5).

For more information on our Windows Phone app, including screenshots and comparisons to our apps for other platforms (e.g., iOS, Android, Blackberry, WebOS, etc.), please refer to the following link:

http://www.youversion.com/mobile/wp

Re: Ask HN: Are you developing anything for Windows mobile phone 7?

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Post by nazar »

gdhillon wrote: post #12
nazar wrote: post #10

What language/SDKs one has to use in order to write windows 7 apps? Is the overall experience different from iOS/Android app developing? How do one test the apps?

You have to use .Net platform with C# or VB.Net

Using the same Visual Studio to code desktop programs? Or are there some plug-ins for the mobile development?

Re: Ask HN: Are you developing anything for Windows mobile phone 7?

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Post by vijayr »

farhadabas wrote: post #9

I have published several free games with ads for WP7. I am currently a student and making enough to cover my rent, and help me pay my tuition. My most popular game: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/apps/24139b6e-e8a6-4c87-80...

from the screenshots, the graphics look good. do you make the graphics too?

Re: Ask HN: Are you developing anything for Windows mobile phone 7?

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Post by wluu »

nazar wrote: post #13
gdhillon wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to use .Net platform with C# or VB.Net

Using the same Visual Studio to code desktop programs? Or are there some plug-ins for the mobile development?

You'll need the WP7 SDK for apps, or XNA Game Studio for games dev

http://create.msdn.com/en-US/resources/downloads

Re: Ask HN: Are you developing anything for Windows mobile phone 7?

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Post by farhadabas »

nazar wrote: post #13
gdhillon wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to use .Net platform with C# or VB.Net

Using the same Visual Studio to code desktop programs? Or are there some plug-ins for the mobile development?

There is a WP7 plugin/toolkit that comes for VS.

Re: Ask HN: Are you developing anything for Windows mobile phone 7?

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Post by farhadabas »

vijayr wrote: post #14
farhadabas wrote: post #9

I have published several free games with ads for WP7. I am currently a student and making enough to cover my rent, and help me pay my tuition. My most popular game: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/apps/24139b6e-e8a6-4c87-80...

from the screenshots, the graphics look good. do you make the graphics too?

Thanks- I made the graphics myself. I am not a graphic artist or anything, but can get around Photoshop/Illustrator enough to create graphics for a simple game.

Re: Ask HN: Are you developing anything for Windows mobile phone 7?

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Post by farhadabas »

gjulianm wrote: post #8

I'm on some little project for WP7 too. I think that more developers will adopt WP7 when they see it has a clear future. At the moment it's a bit cloudy, we still don't know if it will continue growing or not. Anyways, being the first on WP7 is risky but can be very profitable. Kik Messenger grew a lot thanks to their WP7 app (the article is in TC, can't search for it now). There are few apps so there is less competi…

Here is the mentioned Techcrunch article: http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/30/why-kik-loves-windows-phone...

Re: Ask HN: Are you developing anything for Windows mobile phone 7?

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Post by kgutteridge »

It must be the only mobile platform I havent found time to write anything for personally (this year managed to get apps in the relevant stores for iOS, Android, WebOS, Meego and Symbian)

I do really like the look of the Lumia and will always have a soft spot for Nokia, having to use Windows for the development OS is the large mental barrier that has caused me not to have a dabble, as it feels, most likely wrongly that it will take a while to get into.

On this respect I am selfishly glad Microsoft decided to hamper it by calling it "Windows Phone" which I am sure the man in the street has a negative view off compared to the likes of the non Windows branded Microsoft products like Xbox

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