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Windows Phone Development
Munir UsmanMicrosoft Most Valuable Professional –
Visual C#Founder/CEO – Pi Labs (http://pi-labs.net)http://about.me/munir
Amir Ali JiwaniCTO – Pi Labs
http://about.me/amir.ali
Pi Labs – http://pi-labs.net [email protected]
Agenda
Revolution In Mobile Application Development
Mobile Developer Ecosystem
Microsoft Strategy in Mobile
Introduction to Windows Phone Development
Code Demo
Future TalkPi Labs – http://pi-labs.net [email protected]
Revolution
1980s: OS, Compilers, DBMS, Word Processors, System Programming
1990s: Desktop Era - Powerful OS, Visual Programming, Business Apps, Consumer Apps, Entertainment
1995 - Now: Web Era: dot-com bubble, RIA, Ajax, Web 2.0
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Opportunity – Eco System
Mobile Development Market worth2010 – 6.2 Billion USD2013 – 25 Billion USD (Estimated by Gartner)
Your one $0.99 app can make you millionaire in few weeks!
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Eco System – Success Stories
iShoot - Ethan Nicholas (video)Ordinary Software Engineer at SunMade $600,000 in first month and left his job
Angry Birds – Rovio (17 people company in Finland) (video)
Sold over 10+ million copies on App Store
iTeleport – A Pakistani Phd student in US (video)Making more than $1000 a day with his $25 VNC
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Popular Platforms
iPhone & iPad+ Pioneer in modern touch based mobile device+ Great User Experience+ Extremely successful Eco-System- Very restrictive platform by Apple- Only Obj-C (Memory management is real pain!)- Developer must have Mac OS to develop apps- Not very developer friendly- Single hardware vendor
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Popular Platforms
Android+ Fastest growing Mobile Platform+ Open Source+ Developer friendly(not so friendly ;)
Java, Eclipse, Net Beans- Eco-System is not matured- Bad Quality Control
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Windows Phone - Introduction
+ Great User Experience - Video+ Multiple Hardware Vendors – PC Model+ Eco System – Existing Windows Marketplace
Less restricted than Apple AppStore but better than Android Market+ Launched worldwide last month
Can capture market of Asia and Middle east easily+ Backed by Microsoft Marketing
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Windows Phone - Development
+ Best Development Tools – VS 2010, Expression and XNA+ Extremely Easy to Program
If you know Silverlight, you’re already Windows Phone Developer
+ Metro UI and Live Tiles+ Integration with Xbox Live
Same game you can play on Xbox, PC and now on Phone+ Already have thousands of Apps ready (Video)+ 200,000+ Downloads of Beta tools (few months ago)+ 5000+ apps in Marketplace in just 2 months!
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Microsoft Strategy
Learn from (others?) mistakesIt’s a Do & Die situation!
Repeat the history of Desktop OS when Windows beats Linux and Mac OS.
Key of Success? (Video)Developers, Developers and Developers!
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Windows Phone - Risks
-May be too late?BUT+its just the beginning of revolution!+Mac OS came before Windows+PlayStation existed long before Microsoft Xbox
Mobile Market is not unknown to MicrosoftWindows Mobile was a success till 2008-09
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Summary
Paradigm shift in computing industry!
Big Opportunity!
All you need is an idea!
Start learning now!
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Download & Start Creating
Get the Windows Phone Developer Tools
Download the UI Design and Interaction Guide
Interact with the design tools when Available
http://developer.windowsphone.com
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