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Share Contact for Windows Phone 7

2012-03-10T17:09:00.000+13:00

Unlike other contact sharing applications for Windows Phone 7, Share Contact allows you to both (easily) send and receive contact details. Other apps allow you to send contact information or turn it...

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Why No One Has The Smartphone Right Yet

2012-02-26T19:51:00.001+13:00

The number of iPhones sold per second now outnumbers babies born per second, Android is selling even faster, and Microsoft are winning awards and great user reviews everywhere for their Windows Phone...

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Windows Phone 7 – Syncing Email Over VPN

2012-02-19T11:25:00.001+13:00

At the moment the Exchange server we use at my office isn’t available over the internet in the way it needs to be in order to sync email, contacts, calendar etc. to my WP7 device. Even with the...

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Windows Phone 7 Supports vCards

2012-02-19T11:18:00.001+13:00

This may not be news to everyone, but something I learned today is Windows Phone 7 supports vCards for receiving contact information. To receive a contact via a vCard you can; Email yourself a...

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Fixing Zune Sync Error c00d11e4 (800c000e) on Your HTC HD7 Windows Phone

2012-02-12T16:11:00.001+13:00

I fixed this over 6 months ago, but I forgot to blog about it then and only just remembered. When I first got my HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 device I discovered the Zune sync didn’t work for...

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1 Tap Reminder for Windows Phone 7

2012-01-31T18:40:00.000+13:00

My second WP7 application, 1 Tap Reminder, is now available in the marketplace. 1 Tap Reminder is almost certainly the quickest and easiest way to set reminders on your Windows Phone 7 device. Set...

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Meal Timer

2012-01-17T21:10:00.001+13:00

Meal Timer is my first Windows Phone 7 application (requires Mango update for WP7). There are a number of apps in the WP7 Marketplace that are ‘kitchen timers’ and allow you to set reminders or...

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DataViews and Filter Expressions

2011-06-30T11:06:00.001+12:00

Yesterday I helped a colleague with a problem involving a DataView that would not find any rows when given a valid filter expression that should have returned rows. It took a little while to figure...

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Windows 8 for software developers: the Longhorn dream reborn?

2011-06-24T15:55:00.000+12:00

I really wish there would be a public anouncement from Microsoft themselves clarifying a few things, but at least this puts some of the recent rumours/leaks in a positive light (rather than all the...

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Why Apple Enthusiasts Are Wrong About Windows 8 - Techland - TIME.com

2011-06-07T17:06:00.000+12:00

Why Apple Enthusiasts Are Wrong About Windows 8 - Techland - TIME.comThe post was from the Yort On .NET Blog (http://www.yortondotnet.blogspot.com). The opinions here in are probably (but not...

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Will Microsoft Own the Web (Again) ?

2011-06-07T09:58:00.001+12:00

Contentious title, I know, but that’s just to get you here. If you’re reading this, it worked. With the recent news about Windows 8 from Microsoft, like many, I’ve been pondering their...

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Mobile Opportunity: Windows 8: The Beginning of the End of Windows

2011-06-03T12:53:00.000+12:00

Check out the following blog post by Michael Mace on Windows 8 and the future of Microsoft. It is an an excellent article with an interesting and well thought out analysis of both the possible...

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500+ features coming to a Win 7 "Mango" phone tomorrow? | ZDNet

2011-05-24T14:06:00.000+12:00

500+ features coming to a Win 7 "Mango" phone tomorrow? | ZDNetThe post was from the Yort On .NET Blog (http://www.yortondotnet.blogspot.com). The opinions here in are probably (but not...

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Windows Phone 7: A Better Keyboard - Microsoft Research

2011-05-02T09:44:00.000+12:00

Windows Phone 7: A Better Keyboard - Microsoft ResearchThe post was from the Yort On .NET Blog (http://www.yortondotnet.blogspot.com). The opinions here in are probably (but not necessarily) those of...

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Windows Forms : Beware the Tab Control

2011-04-28T14:41:00.001+12:00

I discovered an interesting memory leak in one of my Windows Forms applications today. The cause and symptom are entirely obvious once you think about it, but it’s easy not to notice when...

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Hello World, cut four ways

2011-04-05T10:34:00.000+12:00

Hello World, cut four waysThe post was from the Yort On .NET Blog (http://www.yortondotnet.blogspot.com). The opinions here in are probably (but not necessarily) those of Yort, but are certainly not...

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Windows Phone 7 Connectivity Issue

2011-03-26T10:28:00.001+13:00

It would appear that with WP7 devices you are often, at least with free wireless hotspots while out and about, better off disabling your Wi-Fi connection if you actually want to be able to connect to...

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Microsoft details March 2011 software update contents | Windows Phone Secrets

2011-03-23T10:56:00.000+13:00

Microsoft details March 2011 software update contents Windows Phone SecretsThe post was from the Yort On .NET Blog (http://www.yortondotnet.blogspot.com). The opinions here in are probably (but not...

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Application Domains and LINQ Reqults

2011-03-12T13:22:00.001+13:00

Another quick note; it’s generally not a good idea to try and pass the results of LINQ queries across application domain boundaries, unless you first convert them to a list, array or other...

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Reporting Services Assemblies Only Work When Loaded from Disk

2011-03-11T13:35:00.001+13:00

Just a quick note today, this time about Reporting Services. I won’t go into too many details, but we have a Windows Service which loads nearly all of the assemblies it uses (barring the...

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Windows Phone 7 Pros and Cons

2011-03-05T13:26:00.001+13:00

As promised in my previous review of the HTC HD7 and Windows Phone 7, here’s a shorter list of the good and bad about Windows Phone 7. Note, some things appear on both lists for different reasons. ...

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Copy and Paste – A Legacy Solution in a Modern World

2011-03-04T22:36:00.001+13:00

If the rumours are true, an update to Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 operating system is due within the next few days. Even if those rumours prove inaccurate, the update is likely to arrive within...

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Working at Microsoft – Day to Day Coding « Foredecker

2011-03-02T10:02:00.000+13:00

Working at Microsoft – Day to Day Coding « ForedeckerThe post was from the Yort On .NET Blog (http://www.yortondotnet.blogspot.com). The opinions here in are probably (but not necessarily) those of...

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HTC HD7 / Windows Phone 7 Review

2011-02-25T22:23:00.001+13:00

I recently got myself an HTC HD7 mobile phone, running the new Windows Phone 7 operating system from Microsoft. This post will be a review of both the phone and the OS for anyone who is thinking of...

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while true blog » What if Visual Studio had Achievements?

2011-01-27T09:25:00.000+13:00

while true blog » What if Visual Studio had Achievements?The post was from the Yort On .NET Blog (http://www.yortondotnet.blogspot.com). The opinions here in are probably (but not necessarily) those...

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