The tools have been updated because of the upcoming update to WindowsPhone devices which will copy & paste amongst other things. Developers now have access to an updated emulator image which includes C&P.
Developers have been advised to try running their app on the new emulator, not because anything major has changed, just for the sake of seeing how textboxes now behave.
Also, another note is if you have used textboxes within a pivot control, its best to recompile it because then it will mean less problems like swiping across the pivot when you are simply trying to select & copy text. (Thanks Arktronic)
Pin To Start claims to give WP7 users the ability to add custom live tiles on Windows Phone 7. Check out the press release for more info .. The unique Pin To Start™ application makes full use of the Windows Phone 7 platform by levering the Microsoft Push Notification Servers for custom live tile creation, accent colors for live tile image selection, preview screens, and Pin logo, and fully utilizing common phone tasks such as emailing, phone calls, texting, web search, and web browsing. We have secured Extended (unlimited run) licenses from iStockPhoto for our stock photos and TileConnectR™ images which, when used with our extension Pin To Start™ Series of applications, can be used to create larger, complete images.
WP7 App Description
The Pin To Start™ application allows Window Phone 7 owners a unique experience not available on other phones – the ability to create a custom Live Tile on your Start page. Add your own customized title, image, and number and preview your tile before creating it. Each application can only have one live tile so we have released 3 additional free Pin To Start™ applications in the marketplace. Use our TileConnectR™ images to add multiple tile images to your Start experience, which together form a larger, complete image.
Application Features:
Download web images of your choice to display on your live tiles (think photos, social network profile image, favorite sports teams, college fraternities/sororities, religious images, etc.)
Create shortcuts for commonly used tasks such as phone calls, email, texting, web searching (using Bing Search), and web browsing.
~100 images – new images for St. Patrick’s Day, Stick Figures, Call Reminders, Emoticons, Mexican Tiles, TileConnectR™ images, and more.
Our Pin Logo even changes colors to reflect your current Windows Phone 7 accent color!
Slothshots is a windows phone 7 app that allows the users to add speech bubble to their pics on WP7. If you wnnt to add comical effects to your pic this app might be worth the look. The app is developed by Amused Sloth, the same guys who released the Wikipedia app slothcyclopedia.
WP7 App Description
Slothshots makes adding fun to pictures a breeze. A speech bubble here, a ‘Pow!’ there and your pictures become much more than simple snapshots of reality. They become scenes of movies, panels of comic-books, snapshots of legend… all at your fingertips.
Features:
- Add speech bubbles to characters in any picture to show what they say or think
- Choose from a vast array of effects, to add that missing ‘Vroooom’ to your picture
- Save the images and send them to your friends to make their day happier.
BooksAlive a project is designed for kids and their parents by XIMAD INC, according to them it opens a new world of interactive magic with the most popular animated heroes, who come to life and can be moved with just one click. the books are currently available on the iPad and they plan to bring it on to Windows Phone 7. The first books for WP7 are expected to be released in two weeks, and these are going to be “Three Little Pigs” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. More info : ximad.com
SurfCube the the 3rd party browser which has a cube interface is soon going to be updated to version 2.0 and has added some requested features like tabs and also features a new navigation joystick. From the video you will notice that the little joystick can be moved around freely and can even be re-sized. The tabs offers a lot of control as well : you can place them as quick tabs on top of the browser , much like the desktop browsers or have then on the side as the part of the cube so you have access to more real-estate. check the video for more info
Remember the Game Boy Pocket Emulator for WP7 that we covered a while back ? The developer has been updating the app and posted a small update on hoe the app is coming about. Due to the nature of the app, its most likely not going to show up on the WP7 Marketplace. I dont think a beta or XAP is available just yet.. more on it as it unfolds :)
Some new things added to the app are
a save state which allows to quit the application without losing your progress.
BUG FIX : corrected the ration problem but the screen isn’t fullscreen anymore.
We have shown you many different sites that allow you to browse for apps on WP7 and today we have another one called Marketplace Browser. The site is simple and have a great search feature , the search has suggestion feature that gets populated with possible apps / games that you are looking for. One unique feature Marketplace Browser offers is that you can search for 3rd party review of apps and games for the various entries (Provided they are added to the site by the staff , you will notice that we have submitted many of our reviews and they have been accepted )
Twitt is a new twitter app for Windows Phone 7, the app is developed by Sam Jarawan from MakeMeHappy the same guy behind Feed Reader 2.0. Twitt started off as a very basic twitter app and initially there were not many features that made it stand apart from the rest of the WP7 twitter clients , but with frequent updates and actually implementing the various features requested by users this new twitter app is fast becoming one of my favorite.
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