Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 App Development Platform at MIX10

Mar 16 2010, 9:39am CDT | by Robert Evans

Today at MIX10, Microsoft gave us a better idea of what we can expect from the app platform for the Windows Phone 7 series. Silverlight and the XNA Framework are being combined for game development, which seems to be the primary function of this app platform. Microsoft is going after mobile gaming whole hog.

Microsoft Location Service will allow developers to find a single point of reference for location-based apps, while the Microsoft Notification Service allows it to push info to the phone even if the app isn't running. There will be hardware-accelerated video (yay!) and DRM (boo!). Multitouch will be available.

Microsoft also announced the launch of a free tool package for developers. It includes Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express, the Windows Phone 7 Series add-in for VS 2010, and XNA Game Studio 4.0. It packs a Windows Phone 7 Series emulator and the Expression Blend for Windows Phone Community technology preview.

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