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Midmarket: Microsoft Demos Windows Phone 7 Series Apps at Mix 2010

By Darryl K. Taft on 2010-03-15


At its Mix conference for Web developers and designers, Microsoft shed more light on plans for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series family of devices. The software giant provided more detail on the development experience for creating applications for the new smartphone platform and demonstrated some of the applications that can be expected on the platform. Moreover, Microsoft sent its Windows Phone 7 Series development tools to a bunch of its partners to build applications and integrations of their technology with the Windows Phone 7 Series. This slide show looks at a smattering of those apps.

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Microsoft Demos Windows Phone 7 Series Apps at Mix 2010

by Darryl Taft

Hush Hush Diary Service

With the Hush Hush diary service, Windows Phone 7 Series shows snapshots of life.

AP News Reader to Run on Windows Phone 7

Microsoft presented a demonstration of the Associated Press news reader on Windows Phone 7 Series.

Play 'Battle Punks' on Windows Phone 7

Microsoft plans to bring Gravity Bear's "Battle Punks" game to Windows Phone 7 Series.

Special Effects Support

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series supports special effects.

Comic Book Animations

Watch your favorite comic book animations via Graphic.ly on Windows Phone 7 Series.

Geolocation a Major App

Microsoft will bring the Foursquare geolocation application to Windows Phone 7 Series.

Multiple Games Coming to Windows Phone 7 Series

More games are set to come to the Windows Phone 7 Series platform.

Keeping Up with Sports

Keep up with the latest sports scores and stats on the new Windows Phone 7 Series with this MLS (Major League Soccer) app.

Seesmic Social Networking

Microsoft is bringing the Seesmic social networking application to Windows Phone 7 Series.

Music Search Engine

Microsoft will bring the Shazam music discovery engine to Windows Phone 7 Series.

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