windows__phone Azure Mobile Services & Portable Class Libraries - Part 2 Authentication Cont'd In Part 1 I covered a simple implementation of the Authentication feature and portable class libraries from the Azure Mobile Services SDK. However, as mentioned in the "Good & Bad So Far" section; there is not a whole lot of code reuse
windows__phone Azure Mobile Services & Portable Class Libraries - Part 1 Authentication Azure Mobile Services is undoubtedly one of the best platforms to emerge from the Azure group over the last year. If you are a mobile developer and not taking advantage of it; I encourage you to do so. There are many video and blog
mvvmlight SimpleIoc and the Messenger Service in MVVM Light CodeProject The SimpleIoc addition in the most recent version of MVVMLight is a great add and really simplified the ViewModelLocator across all of the platforms supported in this framework. If you are not familiar with MVVM Light or what you types of project platforms
windows__phone Develop Your First Windows Phone App - Get a Free Nokia Phone This past Friday I attended a Windows Phone Developer event put on by Rich Dunbar, who is a Nokia Developer Ambassador, here in Orlando. I have exchanged some tweets and emails with Rich in the past and watched some feedback from some of the
windows__phone DarkSky Developer Contest - Dates & Prize Pool So here we are, the good stuff. When do we have to be done and what the heck do we get if we win? Dates Start NOW, if you have not signed up please do so here. This is important, I need your valid
windows__phone Getting started with Windows Phone and MVVM Light - Part 2 of 2 CodeProject In Part 1, we covered the following: Creating the application* Connecting the View and the View-Model* Adding an additional View or PagePart 2 we'll see how to add a button on the first page to navigate to the second page which will cover
windows__phone Orlando Windows Phone User Group - Kickoff Meeting [![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jy3jhSyRxC8/UAQk7AELoEI/AAAAAAAAAFs/05On55UJ26E/s200/owpug-logo-new.png)](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jy3jhSyRxC8/UAQk7AELoEI/AAAAAAAAAFs/05On55UJ26E/s1600/owpug-logo-new.png)[owpug.tattoocoder.com](http://owpug.tattoocoder.com/)[](http://www.blogger.com/)Wow what a great start to the new group
windows__phone My Response to CNET: Is AT&T's sales force prepared to sell the Nokia Lumia 900? Mary Jo Foley (@maryjofoley) tweeted that this article was depressing and I felt compelled to write an opinion. Now, let me first state that I am not a journalist or a professional blogger, yet a passionate developer who lives Windows Phone and has been
windows__phone 48 hrs with My Lumia 900 Windows Phone So its been 2 full days with the Windows Phone, jumping out of the iOS world using the Nokia Lumia 900 as my everyday device. I have to say I'm still swimming in the pool doing the backstroke. I love it! Battery life is
windows__phone My Nokia Lumia 900 Has Arrived - It Killed My iPhone! [![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tqE8VSJQiWs/T3-T5Bhc3KI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ynqmWp4PMHU/s200/Nokia900.png)](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tqE8VSJQiWs/T3-T5Bhc3KI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ynqmWp4PMHU/s1600/Nokia900.png)Nokia Lumia 900The newest Windows Phone 7 device has arrived and I have to say I can't put it down!
mvvmlight Where's Your Rubber Ducky App? I recently attended Orlando Code Camp for the second straight year and I must say that it really topped last year and I cannot wait to see what's in store for next. That's not the point of this post, but a number of sessions