Robert Zhu is Principal Development Lead with Microsoft, developing Microsoft mobile products.

Dr. Pei Zheng is Senior Software Architect with Sony Ericsson.

Dr. Baijian Yang is an associate professor at Ball State University and teaches mobile computing courses.

INTRODUCTION xxvii

CHAPTER 1: WHAT'S NEW IN WINDOWS PHONE 7

CHAPTER 2: THE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT 15

CHAPTER 3: FUNDAMENTALS 39

CHAPTER 4: USER INTERFACES 63

CHAPTER 5: APPLICATION DATA STORAGE 95

CHAPTER 6: WEB SERVICES AND PUSH NOTIFICATIONS 113

CHAPTER 7: LEVERAGING LOCATION AND MAPS 155

CHAPTER 8: GRAPHICS 183

CHAPTER 9: MULTIMEDIA 205

CHAPTER 10: UTILIZING SYSTEM HARDWARE 235

CHAPTER 11: WHAT YOU NEED TO DO ABOUT SECURITY 257

APPENDIX A: AN INTRODUCTION TO SMARTPHONE CHIPSET 277

APPENDIX B: AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT EXPRESSION BLEND FOR WINDOWS PHONE 281

APPENDIX C: SAMPLE APPLICATIONS GUIDE 293

INDEX 307

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