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This book is a hands-on guide to building mobile applications for Windows Phone 8 using XAML, C#, and HTML5. The Windows Phone 8 operating system is Microsoft’s latest entry into the fiercely competitive mobile market. In this book we show how to build user interfaces that adhere to the Windows Phone design and how to use the Windows Phone Runtime and .NET APIs to access the sensors and integrate with built-in applications.

Windows Phone 8 is both a brand-new operating system built upon the Windows 8 kernel and an upgrade of Windows Phone 7. Microsoft replaced the Windows CE kernel that powered Windows Phone 7 with the same Windows 8 kernel that runs Windows 8 PCs and tablets. The Windows Runtime was adapted and modified for ...

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