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Corey Schuman's Windows Phone 7 Application Development is timed and designed to catch the initial wave of demand for a quick, reliable jumpstart to Windows Phone 7 development. Written for all beginning Windows Phone 7 developers - including developers migrating from other platforms - this book's tutorial content is organized to get you coding as quickly as possible. Schuman first reviews the latest device hardware specifications for Windows Phone 7, exploring both its Silverlight and XNA runtimes, and explaining how Microsoft's new mobile platform fits into today's marketplace. Next, he walks you through building a simple Windows Phone 7 application, from start to finish. Once you understand the basic concepts and lifecycle of Windows Phone 7 development, Schuman thoroughly covers Windows Phone 7 programming with Silverlight. You will learn how Silverlight's rapidly evolving capabilities and tools can be used to address a wide range of challenges specific to mobile development. Schuman concludes by thoroughly covering application deployment, and discussing key success factors in the new Windows Phone 7 application marketplace.

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Corey Schuman is a Silverlight consultant who specializes in combining quality application architecture with interactive UI experiences. He has been involved with Silverlight since its first release in September 2007. At Schematic, he worked on projects such as the 2008 NBCOlympics.com Silverlight video player, HSN.tv, and WPF kiosks for the Library of Congress. More recently, he led development of MSN's My Health Info health dashboard, and delivered the UniversalSports.com video player. Schuman organized the Atlanta Silverlight User Group. His books include Microsoft Expression Blend 2 VQS.

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