Tip #25 – Windows Phone 7 Presents a Golden Opportunity for .NET Developers
Tip #25 – Windows Phone 7 Presents a Golden Opportunity for .NET Developers Tip #25 – Windows Phone 7 Presents a Golden Opportunity for .NET Developers
Windows Phone 7 became available in stores last week on 11-08-2010. Why is this a "golden opportunity?" In 2009, 1.2 billion mobile phones were sold. Only 21 million of those phones were iPhones. There are only about 2,000 apps for Windows Phone 7 available at this time, which represents a "golden opportunity when compared the 200,000+ apps that are available for iPhone. Bob Tabor just made a fantastic video series is called Windows Phone 7 Development for Absolute Beginners. The series consists of 60+ videos, which amounts to over 13 hours of tutorials, and it is available for free on Microsoft's Channel 9. Progress Monitor provides an easy and free way to access and graph the videos that you have watched in the series. After registering with Progress Monitor for free, just click on the categories link and then choose the Mobile Phone link in the Advanced Category section. Progress Monitor is now totally free. I strongly encourage you to try Progress Monitor to help you organize your efforts in improving your .NET programming skills. It is possible for you to search each of the sites listed below to find videos, but why reinvent the wheel when the work has already been automated for you? Here are a few of the benefits you receive by using Progress Monitor:
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