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Windows Phone 7 Básicos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4ZyhaNAO6o&feature=related

Windows Phone 7 Mango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmUN9f7-Vto&feature=related

Windows Phone 7 Conceptos Fundamentales
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgeJSo0ECV0&feature=related

Windows Phone 7 Avanzado
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEEzQmA4OQg&feature=related

Descarga las herramientas
https://www.dreamspark.com/Products/Product.aspx?ProductId=28

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Beer2-D3 is a distant cousin of R2-D2 made from a mini-keg… Definitely, the Geekeest way to drink beer

(Art and photo by Paul Loughridge)
Read more about it on the http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2009/03/17/meet-beer2-d3/

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QUESTION: Where do the characters go when I use my backspace or delete them on my PC?

ANSWER: The characters go to different places, depending on whom you ask:

•  - The Catholic Church’s approach to characters: The nice characters go to Heaven, where they are bathed in the light of happiness. The naughty characters are punished for their sins. Naughty characters are those involved in the creation of naughty words, such as “breast,” “sex” and “contraception”.
•  - The Buddhist explanation: If a character has lived rightly, and its karma is good, then after it has been deleted it will be reincarnated as a different, higher character. Those funny characters above the numbers on your keyboard will become numbers, numbers will become letters, and lower-case letters will become upper-case.
•  - The 20th-century bitter cynical nihilist explanation: Who cares? It doesn’t really matter if they’re on the page, deleted, undeleted, underlined, etc. It’s all the same.
•  - Stephen King’s explanation: Every time you hit the (Del) key you unleash a tiny monster inside the cursor, who tears the poor unsuspecting characters to shreds, drinks their blood, then eats them, bones and all. Hah, hah, hah!
•  - Dave Barry’s explanation: The deleted characters are shipped to Battle Creek, Michigan, where they’re made into Pop-Tart filling; this explains why Pop-Tarts are so flammable, while cheap imitations are not flammable. I’m not making this up.
•  - IBM’s explanation: The characters are not real. They exist only on the screen when they are needed, as concepts, so to delete them is merely to de-conceptualize them. Get a life.
•  - PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) explanation: You’ve been DELETING them??? Can’t you hear them SCREAMING??? Why don’t you go CLUB some BABY SEALS while wearing a MINK, you pig!!!!

Author: Joel Garreau

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Gracias a la gran respuesta que tuvimos de todos los desarrolladores que participaron en el reto 3×1, el reto regresa y tienes nuevamente una gran oportunidad de ganar 1 de los 30 Windows Phone 7.

Para poder tener tu Windows Phone 7 tienes que desarrollar y publicar 3 aplicaciones y/o juegos en Marketplace de Windows Phone 7 antes del 4 de Noviembre del 2011 o hasta agotar los 30 Windows Phone 7

Considera lo siguiente:

• - Por lo menos 1 de tus aplicaciones debe de incluir una nueva característica de la versión Mango. Te recomendamos incluir Fast Application Switching (FAS) o Live Tiles (ejemplo). Ver nuevas características en http://bit.ly/mUraPo
• - Tus aplicaciones tienen que estar publicadas en la tienda a más tardar el 4 de noviembre de 2011 a media noche o antes de que se agoten los 30 Windows Phone 7. Ojo: si subes tus aplicaciones y no están publicadas, estas no contarán para que puedas recibir tu Windows Phone. Tus aplicaciones tienen que poder ser descargables desde Marketplace
• - Las Apps deben tener en la calificación (”ranking”) un mínimo de 3 estrellas.
• - Oferta limitada a 1 teléfono por desarrollador. El teléfono se mandará a los datos registrados en la cuenta de Marketplace o a la dirección que el ganador defina de envío.
• - No se aceptarán variantes de la misma aplicación (si hiciste pac man y subes pac man 2 cambiando solo una pequeña variable en el juego contará como una sola aplicación). Tienen que ser 3 aplicaciones y/o juegos diferentes.
• - Si ya publicaste una o varias aplicaciones, solo se contaran las apps que sean publicadas con fecha posterior al 1 de julio del 2011.
• - Oferta limitada a los primeros 30 desarrolladores que publiquen sus 3 aplicaciones o juegos antes del 4 de noviembre de 2011 o hasta agotar los 30 Windows Phone 7. Ver cuantos dispositivos quedan disponibles en http://bit.ly/WP7disponibles_3x1
• - Valido para desarrolladores registrados en App Hub con cuenta en México.

Pasos a seguir para reclamar tu premio:

• Paso 1: Publica tus 3 aplicaciones antes del 4 de Noviembre de 2011 y cumple las consideraciones.
• Paso 2 : Reclama tu premio mándanos un correo a quieromiwp7@live.com con (i) tu nombre, (ii) apellido, (iii) dirección de envío, (iv) teléfonos, (v) e-mail y (vi) nombres de tus 3 aplicaciones o juegos con la dirección de descarga en Maketplace.
• Paso 3: El equipo de Microsoft validará tus apps y se pondrá en contacto contigo para entregarte o enviarte tu Windows Phone 7.

Si eres estudiante y eres miembro del programa DreamSpark la subscripción al programa de desarrolladores para Windows Phone 7 es gratuita, si aún no eres parte del programa DreamSpark solicita un código mandando un email a quiero un código para publicar mis apps

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NEW -Different color from previous design

ALL NEW -Parts not interchangable with previous design

EXCLUSIVE -Imported product

UNMATCHED -Almost as good as the competition

DESIGNED SIMPLICITY -Manufacturer’s cost cut to the bone

FOOLPROOF OPERATION -No provision for adjustments

ADVANCED DESIGN - The advertising agency doesn’t understand it

IT’S HERE AT LAST! -Rush job; Nobody knew it was coming

FIELD-TESTED -Manufacturer lacks test equipment

HIGH ACCURACY -Unit on which all parts fit

DIRECT SALES ONLY - Factory had big argument with distributor

YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT -We finally got one that works

REVOLUTIONARY -It’s different from our competitiors

BREAKTHROUGH -We finally figured out a way to sell it

FUTURISTIC -No other reason why it looks the way it does

DISTINCTIVE -A different shape and color than the others

MAINTENANCE-FREE -Impossible to fix

RE-DESIGNED -Previous faults corrected, we hope…

HAND-CRAFTED -Assembly machines operated without gloves on

PERFORMANCE PROVEN - Will operate through the warranty period

MEETS ALL STANDARDS -Ours, not yours

ALL SOLID-STATE -Heavy as Hell!

BROADCAST QUALITY -Gives a picture and produces noise

HIGH RELIABILITY -We made it work long enough to ship it

SMPTE BUS COMPATABILE - When completed, will be shipped by Greyhound

NEW GENERATION -Old design failed, maybe this one will work

MIL-SPEC COMPONENTS - We got a good deal at a government auction

CUSTOMER SERVICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY - You can return it from most airports

UNPRECEDENTED PERFORMANCE - Nothing we ever had before worked THIS way

BUILT TO PRECISION TOLERANCES - We finally got it to fit together

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Manufacturer’s, upon cashing your check

MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED -Does things we can’t explain

LATEST AER0SPACE TECHNOLOGY - One of our techs was laid off by Boeing

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Over the course of the past six months, the Windows Phone team has been working very hard to ensure that there is a great experience for all of our customers with the upcoming Mango release of the Windows Phone OS. That means educating consumers, empowering developers, and working closely with our hardware and carrier partners to bring it all together with great devices.

Just last week, the first reviews of Mango started landing in press and blogs and the early sentiment is very encouraging. People get that Mango is a big step that dramatically enhances the core experiences that we all rely on our phones for every day; messaging and communication, use of any of our more than 20,000 great apps and games, and great use of the Web. AllThingsD wrote that the OS “is a mix of elegance and whimsy that’s a treat to use.” Gizmodo went so far as to say that Mango feels “complete.” However, it was The Daily that offered some bigger picture perspective in noting that, “it took Android nearly two years before hitting critical mass and three years to begin carving out a significant chunk of the smartphone market.” We’ve got a great product in Windows Phone and we feel we’re right on track, in fact we’ve already seen reports showing that in only a few months we’ve surpassed the more established RIM marketplace in the number of real apps available to customers.

Since beginning this journey with the new Windows Phone developer platform, we have aspired to be transparent, easy to build for, and easy to partner with.

We know that one of the most impactful things we can do for developers is to help them get their hands on the actual product. For Mango, that starts today with an early access program for developers. We’re still working out some final kinks in the distribution and support infrastructure for delivering Mango to all of our registered developers around the world, but are inviting the most eager developers to come get Mango today, for their retail devices, as part of our early access program! We expect the full distribution infrastructure to be fully operational in the next couple of weeks. For now, consider yourself a beta tester for the distribution process. Registered developers will get invites to the Microsoft Connect site, which will give them access to Mango. This build of Mango should also be viewed as beta quality, so there are still consumer features missing, but you can now start building apps and testing them against retail devices. Here’s what you need to do:

• Download the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta 2 – You will need to update your developer tools to update your phone and to deploy your apps, so run…get them now.
• Read the instructions before updating – These are very important steps which you need to follow to the letter. We’re committed to supporting our developer community with such an early access program, so if you have questions, start with the forums, which we are monitoring.

This is especially well timed for the tens of thousands of student developers who have registered through DreamSpark or related programs. Just as our Spring Cleaning program encouraged developers to finish up their projects over the past few months, delivering thousands of new apps, summer break is the perfect time for student developers to relax and have some fun with Mango. With the free Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta 2 and free access to Mango, now is the perfect time to see what you can do with Windows Phone. To make it even more interesting for students looking for a great summer project, we’ve set aside 50 Mango phones for those students who are building the next big thing on Windows Phone. Want one? Here’s what to do:

1. Make sure you’re registered for DreamSpark
2. Download and install Expression Studio Ultimate and the new Mango Windows Phone Developer Tools (available free as a member of DreamSpark)
3. Get the free Sketchflow Template for Windows Phone and create a Sketchflow mock-up of your app
4. Post the Sketchflow mock-up somewhere online and tweet out the link using the hash tag #WPAppItUp
5. We will review all prototypes and will contact the developers who submit the best ones and send them a special Mango developer device

There’s lots to like in Beta2 of the developer tools, and some new goodies as well. You can find the release notes here, but I also wanted to talk about the new Advertising SDK June 2011 Update that was released for Windows Phone 7 earlier this week. The June update makes it even easier for developers to earn money and build ad-enabled mobile apps with streamlined Ad Control APIs and other new features.

Lastly, we got a lot of questions in email and on twitter as to why reviewers got Mango first. In short, it was to allow us to get you Mango today. Bringing a product to market requires a healthy balance between marketing features and empowering the ecosystem. Striking that balance is all about sequence. Microsoft believes in developers like no other company, but not even we want developer tear downs serving as the foundation for how consumers ultimately understand Mango. To get Mango to you today, we had to first set some context so that the market would have a good understanding of the product and not define us only by those features that developers uncovered. Think of it this way: if you could choose which path to go down, would you rather have a tightly selected group of influential people write your first reviews of your amazing app, or leave it to the customers with the fastest fingers?

So what now? First, go get the tools. Second, update your retail phones to Mango. Third, go rub it in your friends’ faces that you have Mango and they don’t. Fourth, start building your Mango apps using some of the cool new functionality like fast app resume, updated Live Tiles, Motion Sensor, Live Agents, sockets, background audio or raw camera access. There will be a tools update in the coming months which will have the go-live license you need to publish Mango apps to the Marketplace, but don’t wait. With the tools and the ability to test on Mango enabled phones, you should all be in really good shape when Mango is released later this year.

For the early access program, here are the countries which are explicitly supported – meaning that should your device become unusable as a result of updating, we will be able to process it for fixing once the full distribution infrastructure is fully operational in the next couple of weeks:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Source: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2011/06/29/developers-get-goody-basket-full-of-mangos.aspx

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