Get a deep dive on all options you have to do background processing in Windows Phone 7 Mango. With the release of Windows Phone 7 Mango, a lot of extra features were added to the platform. One of the most anticipated ones is the possibility to create code that runs in the background. This way, applications can perform tasks such as polling a service, updating a live tile and much more. It’s also possible to create audio agents that allow you to build media players that can play audio without …

With Microsoft’s Silverlight technology it’s possible to rapidly design and develop Apps based on the .NET framework for the all new Windows Phone. Based on practical experience in architecting and developing some of the early showcase apps this code heavy talk will provide a real world deep dive into core software design concepts and patterns like Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) and demo many topics involved in the application development process including databinding, navigation, tombstoning, databases, localization and unit tests.

With both iPhone and Android platforms covered with Mono (MonoTouch and MonoDroid), this video discusses how Mono covers a whole range of other mobile topics such as Windows Phone 7 and HTML 5 and mobile websites.
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The next release of Windows Phone (codenamed “Mango”) marks a major step forward for developers. With the addition of features like multitasking, local tile updates, sockets, local databases, Silverlight?XNA integration, and more, developers will be able to build amazing new experiences for Windows Phone. This video covers the major new features coming in Mango with plenty of demos to show the new features coming to life in realistic end–user experiences.
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This video presents the foundations of great application design for Windows Phone and how to use them to build outstanding applications that will stand out and get noticed.