Beginning Windows Phone 7 Development

Part 2. Using Windows Phone 7 Technologies

In Part 2, you learn how to incorporate features of a standard Windows Phone and the Windows Phone platform into your applications, including the accelerometer, application bar, Windows Phone controls, location service, media elements, photos, push notifications, Reactive Extensions, browser controls, internationalization, trial applications, security, and integration with the Windows Phone OS. These are core features of Windows Phone that make the platform fun to work with and also give you access to features that can make your application stand out from the crowd.

Each chapter introduces a core feature of the phone and shows you, step-by-step—and with tested code examples—how to use it in your own applications. ...