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Windows Phone Marketplace free App Submission Limit Increased to 100!

February 27, 2011

Hey all you Windows Phone 7 developers, the floodgates have been opened! Developers have been able to submit up to 5, free-priced application submissions for free as part of their $99 annual registration fee.  Additional free apps could be submitted … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone Marketplace | Replies: 2

Nokia and Microsoft announce plans for Broad Strategic Partnership

February 11, 2011

The two companies plan to combine assets and develop innovative products on an unprecedented scale to build a new global mobile ecosystem. – Nokia will adopt Windows Phone 7 as its principle smartphone strategy and help drive the future of … Continue reading →

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Confronting the Consumerization of IT with Microsoft MEAP

January 27, 2011

CIOs are asking for help in confronting the tidal wave of mobile devices entering the enterprise.  IT departments have raised the white flag as attempts to block consumer-focused smartphones and tablets have failed.  The Consumerization of IT has been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Mobile Enterprise Application Platform | Replies: 4

SQL Server Compact 4.0 Lands on the Web

January 17, 2011

With the new version 4.0, the little-database-that-could has grown up into a powerful server database ready to take on the web. Continue reading →

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Reducing SQL Server Sync I/O Contention :: Tip 3

January 10, 2011

Uniqueness is a key factor when synchronizing data between SQL Server/Azure and multiple endpoints like Slates and Smartphones. With data simultaneously created and updated on servers and clients, ensuring rows are unique to avoid key collisions is critical. As you know, each row is uniquely identified by its Primary Key. Continue reading →

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Reducing SQL Server I/O Contention during Sync :: Tip 2

January 7, 2011

All DBAs know that Joining tables on non-indexed columns is the most expensive operation SQL Server can perform. Continue reading →

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Reducing SQL Server I/O Contention during Sync :: Tip 1

January 5, 2011

The act of tracking changes made by each SQL Server Compact or Silverlight sync subscriber can cause a lot of locking and blocking on the server. Continue reading →

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The Mobile Web + Retail

December 8, 2010

50% of users’ in-store mobile web activity is shopping related and, for just over half (51%), in-store mobile research has led to a purchase. Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 7 Line of Business App Dev :: Improving the In-Memory Database

November 26, 2010

About a month ago, I wrote an article intended to help you fill some of the gaps left by the missing SQL Server Compact database.  Since your Windows Phone 7 Silverlight app is consuming an ObservableCollection of objects streaming down … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone 7 | Replies: 6

Windows Phone 7 Line of Business App Dev :: Network Awareness

November 23, 2010

By now, you’ve heard me talk a lot about the role wireless data networks play when it comes to the success of your mobile application.  They are unreliable, intermittent, highly latent and often slower than they should be due to … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone 7 | Replies: 3

Windows Phone 7 Demo Fest Tech Ed Video

November 15, 2010
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The Windows Phone 7 Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP) Tech Ed Video

November 15, 2010
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Developing Windows Phone 7 Web Applications with WebMatrix Tech Ed Video

November 12, 2010
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Windows Phone 7 Line of Business App Dev :: Working with an In-Memory Database

November 5, 2010

In my last article of this series, you finally got to consume wireless-friendly WCF REST + JSON Services from both Windows Server and Windows Azure with data coming from SQL Server/SQL Azure.  You now have an ObservableCollection of Customer objects … Continue reading →

Posted in Azure, Windows Phone 7 | Replies: 3

Come and Meet the Windows Phone 7 Team @ Tech Ed Europe 2010

November 4, 2010

Do you have a burning question related to Windows Phone?  Are you unsure, confused or need more information?  Do you have feedback you want to share?  Whatever your motivation, this session is not to be missed.  For one time only … Continue reading →

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