When using the Silverlight for Windows Phone APIs to navigate from one page to another, it is necessary to use the Navigate method on the PhoneApplicationPage instance's NavigationService property . When making this call, it is important to note the required Read More...

I have uploaded the content from my Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Development with Silverlight talk at the Tech Valley .Net User Group meeting last night in Albany. The content can be found here , and includes: Presentation slides, which include the Read More...

Scope Your SIP - sounds painful, doesn't it? Adding on to Jeff 's series concerning WP7 Silverlight development tips , I figured it worthwhile to add another one. The SIP is the Software Input Panel – AKA the Phone's onscreen keyboard. One of the handy Read More...

With all due respect to Steve Martin's hilarious portrayal of Navin R. Johnson and his quest for "his special purpose" in 1979's The Jerk . Tonight Microsoft released the Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update, which can be downloaded here Read More...