william coleman – os & mobile product manager lead
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William Coleman – OS & Mobile Product Manager Lead
Tech Days Agenda15:45-16:30 Tips & Tricks for Windows Phone 7 Marketplace – Mike Ormond & Paul Foster
16:40-17:25 Using the MVVM Pattern – Laurent Bugnion17:35-18:20 Platform Integration – Yochay Kiriaty18:30-19:15 Platform Optimisation – Oren Nachman19:20-20:05 Push Notification Services – Andy Wigley
16:40-17:25 Practical AI in XNA Games – Paul Foster17:35-18:20 Overview of 3D Collision Detection Techniques – Ed Powell18:30-19:15 Incorporating Advanced Render Techniques in WP7 XNA Games: Rendering a Sea – Charles Humphrey/Ed Powell19:20-20:05 Sunburn World Lighting on Windows Phone 7 – Simon Jackson
Games
Apps
The journey thus farTaking time for designGreat things happening around youWhat’s next?
“I hope your bullet holes becomes mouths and say my name.”
Name the artist and song to @will_coleman
Free AppHub annual subscription!!!
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Paid apps that include trial functionality are downloaded 70 times more than paid apps that don’t include trial functionality
Trials result in higher sales. Nearly 1 out of 10 trial apps downloaded convert to a purchase and generate 10 times more revenue, on average, than paid apps that don’t include trial functionality.
Trial downloads convert to paid downloads quickly. More than half of trial downloads that convert to a sale do so within one day, and most of those within 2 hours.
Trials
great design
isn’t taking the Metro framework and using the defaults
From Transportation to Pixels http://bit.ly/wp7tr2pix
Short overview of Metro http://bit.ly/ubellywp7
http://bit.ly/WP7designguide
UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7
“Rosemary, heaven restores you in life.”
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Free AppHub annual subscription!!!
Students Rule!
Rob Miles
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13396088Rob Miles Red Nose Day Lecture in Rhyme
robmiles.com
“Are you ready. Do you know. I feel it too”
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Windows Phone User Group
Where: Juno (basement), Shoreditch, LondonWhen: every month, next is April 20th What: http://wpug.net
Windows Phone 7 WorkshopsA series of workshops attended by MVPs and evangelists to help you trouble shoot any problems, give general advice and help you get your app into Marketplace.
Developers of all experience are welcome – beginners through to code ninjas.
When & Where:Saturday, 26th March – Birmingham Saturday 2nd April – London Saturday 9th April – Manchester Saturday 16th April – London
Register now: http://bit.ly/wp7wrkshp
Be sure to check out Jo Belifore’s keynote!
Ferrari Experience
Flying Lesson Aston Martin & Audi R8
Experience
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THE REWARDS
5 Simple StepsBuild your original & unique Windows Phone Application and publish on the Windows Phone Marketplace.
Register yourself on the Think.Dev Rewards programme (www.my-rewards.com/wp7).
You will be awarded with one point when we have evaluated your application in the Windows Phone Marketplace.
Redeem your points for a range of fantastic prizes and gadgets. When you have earned a point, you are automatically entered into the weekly prize draw with an awesome line up of laptop prizes.
Build more Windows Phone Application and get the chance to earn more points to redeem bigger and better rewards!
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7 Steps to Winning
1. Download the Windows Phone 7 SDK and get coding – http://create.msdn.com2. Register for the Think.Dev Rewards program – http://www.my-rewards/com/wp73. Take a look at the Metro UI guide - http://bit.ly/ubellywp7 4. Come along to a workshop & get some advice – http://bit.ly/wp7wrkshp5. Sign up to UK MSDN Flash Newsletter - http://bit.ly/UKMSDN6. Tune in MIX 11 for the announcements – http://live.visitmix.com7. Beat the rush and get your app in Marketplace ASAP!!
