Windows Phone 7 "Crashing the mobile party"

Talk given at Multipack Presents, May 2011

Transcript

1. Windows Phone 7 Nick Harewood Multipack Presents : Mobile Development May 2011 “Crashing the mobile party”
2. o Not a developer – interface designer o Background as web designer since 1999 o Focus on application design since 2006 o Working with Microsoft tech - specifically Silverlight & other XAML based platforms.
3. o Working on WP7 as a result of experience with apps in general and Silverlight in particular o Mobile context sensitivity and mobile form-factor opens different doors than designing for the web or desktop
4. o Launched October 2010 o Windows Mobile o New platform – Silverlight and XNA o Middle ground o Consumer focussed
5. Developer o Silverlight has well established developer community and toolset, excellent IDE. o Low barrier to entry, o Easy (free) access to dev tools
6. Designer o Strong Visual Language : „Metro‟ o Excellent guidelines & resources o Expression Blend
7. Consumer o Not an apple clone o Competitive pricing o Recognisable brand and support o Attractive look and feel : “delightful to use” o MS Office, social media & XBOX live
8. Graphic.ly o For WP7 launch o Learning process o Additional challenges
9. Graphic.ly
10. FINDaPAD o Scratching an itch o Getting to grips with the platform o Experience first – performance is key
11. FINDaPAD
12. lessons learnt o Performance is key o Web/Desktop ≠ Mobile o Context works both ways
13. o Huge potential o Playing Catch-up (NoDo) o Mango!
14. Developer links o Tools microsoft.com/expression/windowsphone/ o Resources create.msdn.com
15. Any Questions? @spacescape www.space-scape.com www.xamlninja.com Nick.Harewood@gmail.com Photo credit: “Dooky! Pick up the phone!!” By .m for matthijs on Flickr