Shows - Inside Windows Phone


Developer Evidence: Carmella Ryen Macababbad's Password Protector[MP4] [0:03:27] [2014/08/15]
Carmella Ryen Macababbad designed and developed the Password Protector app for the military to efficiently meet the secure access guidelines of the organization and empower the personnel with an…


IWP77: Leveraging Social Extensibility in Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 apps[MP4] [0:11:26] [2014/07/03]
In Windows Phone 8.1 we delivered broader developer integration endpoints in the operating system. Developers can now deliver applications that plug into several aspects of the People Hub. In this…


IWP76: Matt Hidinger on Live Tiles in Windows 8.1[MP4] [0:17:56] [2014/05/16]
This week we've got Matt Hidinger, Program Manager for the Live Tile Platform on Windows, to chat with us about the new features of Live Tiles in Windows and Windows Phone, and What Developers Need To…


IWP75: Tim Heuer on Windows Runtime XAML[MP4] [0:20:24] [2014/05/09]
This week, Lead Program Manager Tim Heuer joined us to talk about all the announcements from Build 2014 with regard to Windows Runtime XAML, (as well as the unified Windows platform in general) As you…


IWP74: Thomas Fennel on the Windows Notification Platform[MP4] [0:23:58] [2014/04/25]
The most compelling mobile applications take advantage of notification services in order to dynamically update based on external criteria. On Windows Phone, Live Tiles are perhaps one of the most…


IWP73: Peter Torr on Targeting Multiple Resolutions[MP4] [0:21:28] [2014/04/17]
At Build 2014 we announced the ability to build universal app projects in Visual Studio that can be leveraged to easily deliver apps for both Windows Phone and Windows PC/Laptop/Tablet. This new…


IWP72 | Deploying Windows Phone apps for the Enterprise[MP4] [0:20:48] [2014/03/06]
This week we talked about publishing applications for Windows Phone for the Enterprise. There are a few different possibilities to start distributing your applications to your users. In the video we…


IWP71 | NoSQL[MP4] [0:20:08] [2014/01/16]
This week we are meeting again with our big friend Rob Tiffany. This time we talk about NoSQL. It's an easy way to store your data offline on your phone. During this conversation Rob explains what…


IWP70 | Mobile Enterprise Application Platform[MP4] [0:42:45] [2013/12/19]
This we week we meet again with Rob Tiffany. This time we talk about MEAP. We discussed what a Mobile Enterprise Application Platform consists off and how it maps to Microsoft products. As always,…


IWP69 | Enterprise Mobile Management[MP4] [0:30:17] [2013/12/13]
Today we were joined by Rob Tiffany, who gave us the overview of what Mobile Management in the Enterprise means. First a shout-out to the Hour of Code we mentioned in our video. We talked about EMM,…


IWP 68 | Unity & Windows Porting labs (2/2): advice on how to become a game developer[MP4] [0:02:39] [2013/11/18]
At the end of August 2013, we gathered a crew of technical experts and headed to the Unity Unite 2013 event in Vancouver, British Columbia, where we worked hands-on with developers for three days in…


IPW67 | Unity & Windows Porting labs (1/2): feedback on porting experience from developers[MP4] [0:02:30] [2013/11/18]
At the end of August 2013, we gathered a crew of technical experts and headed to the Unity Unite 2013 event in Vancouver, British Columbia, where we worked hands-on with developers for three days in…


IWP66: Windows Phone for Enterprise Developers[MP4] [0:12:07] [2013/11/08]
Today we were joined by Matthijs Hoekstra, who gave us the lowdown with regard to how Windows Phone meets the needs of the enterprise developer. Here are links to some resources that go more in depth…


IWP65 | Localization Made Easy with Multilingual App Tookit[MP4] [0:16:22] [2013/10/25]
Download the Multilingual App Toolkit for Windows and Windows Phone. One of the exciting things about Windows Phone development is the extraordinary reach that Windows Phone apps have across the…


IWP 64 | Rate My App[MP4] [0:16:42] [2013/10/17]
Today we talked about a tactic you can use to help you maintain a closer relationship to the people using your app, as well as help you get ratings and reviews. Nokia's recently released an excellent…


IWP63 | Easily Adding Auth and Push to your WP App with Windows Azure Mobile Services[MP4] [0:18:08] [2013/09/20]
This week, Matthias gave us a quick introduction to Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) for Windows Phone Developers. Lots of folks we talk to find the prospect of building a server component to…


IWP62: A Common HTTP stack for Windows & Windows Phone[MP4] [0:18:35] [2013/08/22]
In IWP61: Building for Windows Phone and Windows 8 - The Basics, Matthias Shapiro and Matt Hidinger talked about how to build apps for both Windows Phone and for Windows 8, how to use an architecture…


IWP 61 | Building for Windows Phone and Windows 8 - The Basics[MP4] [0:18:08] [2013/08/15]
One of the exciting elements of building for Windows Phone is that properly designed and architected Windows Phone apps are already on their way to being Windows Store apps. This week, Matt Hidinger…


IWP60 | More on Imaging Scenario Resources for WP Developers[MP4] [0:12:56] [2013/08/01]
We talked about imaging extensibility some more this week, specifically with regard to the samples we've provided for Windows Phone developers who want to add imaging scenarios to their apps. Here are…


IWP 59 | Nokia Imaging SDK on Windows Phone[MP4] [0:13:21] [2013/07/26]
Download the project seen in this video here. Two weeks ago, Nokia announced their Lumia 1020, which, in addition to being a fantastic all-around device running the best mobile OS on the market today,…


IWP 58 | Put the Standard Animations in your App[MP4] [0:16:47] [2013/07/12]
One of the most beautiful design aspects of the Windows Phone OS is the use of motion design. Windows Phone is alive with motion, which acts as a huge differentiator in quality applications.…


IWP 57 | Location and Mapping for Windows Phone 8[MP4] [0:25:52] [2013/06/15]
In this week's Inside Windows Phone we talk about Location and Mapping in Windows Phone 8. In this video we cover The basics of location and mapping The power of Windows Phone location and mapping…


Practical MVVM For Windows Phone [MP4] [0:21:52] [2013/05/24]
In the world of Windows Phone development, the cornerstone app architecture is called MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel). In this video, I talk through some of the structure of an MVVM application to talk…


Developing in HTML5 and Javascript for Windows Phone[MP4] [0:12:24] [2013/05/10]
One of the really exciting things about Windows Phone development is how enormously flexible it is. With Windows Phone 8, in addition to supporting native (C++) and managed (C#) development,…


IWP54 | Windows Phone Data Binding and the Magic of XAML[MP4] [0:17:56] [2013/05/03]
Download the sample project seen in this video. Data binding is one of the fundamental concepts for good Windows Phone application design but can be difficult to grasp for newcomers. The core concept…


IWP53 | Matthias on Samples[MP4] [0:14:23] [2013/04/20]
What code samples do we have and how do you get them? We try to create and maintain a large number of code samples covering a wide array of developer scenarios. In this episode we're going to spend…


IWP52 | Clint on the Coding For Fun Toolkit[MP4] [0:19:28] [2013/04/06]
The 'Coding 4 Fun' Toolkit is a powerful set of controls and libraries that you can leverage for free, to add rich features and functionality to your XAML Windows Phone application. Today we talked to…


IWP51: JC shows us his Moga[MP4] [0:03:03] [2013/03/27]
I met up with my colleague Jean- Christophe Cimetiere at GDC today, where he demonstrated the Moga Controller working with Windows Phone. Find out more about the Moga controller at…


IWP50 - Introducing Unity for Windows Phone Development[MP4] [0:19:22] [2013/03/27]
UPDATE: Unity 4.2 is now available for Windows Phone. Check all details here: http://unity3d.com/pages/windows We're excited to announce the public availability of Unity for Windows Phone! I spoke…


IWP49 | How we pick great apps to showcase in the store[MP4] [0:10:10] [2013/02/01]
If you've ever gone to the Windows Store's website, you've noticed that we promote certain apps and games in our Store. You may have asked yourself, 'how do they pick the apps and games that they…


IWP48 | Lens Applications in Windows Phone 8[MP4] [0:10:01] [2012/12/07]
This week we spoke to Eric Bennett and Josh Debner from the Windows Phone camera team. Eric and Josh work on the new developer feature, Lens apps, and wanted to walk us through what it is and how it…


IWP47 | New Developer Features in WP8[MP4] [0:27:32] [2012/11/16]
This week, Taqi Jaffri joined me to go over some of the new developer features in Windows Phone 8. Previously, Peter Torr joined us to talk about exactly _what_ Windows Phone 8 is, and why it was such…


IWP46 | Intro to In-app Purchase on WP8[MP4] [0:16:03] [2012/11/10]
Today we talked with Product Manager Bernardo Zamora, who moonlights as a Windows Phone developer and has published many successful apps and games! Bernardo took us through the basics of In-app…


Inside Windows Phone 45 | Adding In App Purchase as a light up feature to your Windows Phone 7…[MP4] [0:24:42] [2012/10/31]
Windows Phone 8 adds the ability for developers to sell additional features within the context of theirapplication, using 'In App Purchase.' Since Windows Phone 7 applications work on Windows Phone 8,…


Inside Windows Phone 44 | Steve Lasker on the Windows Phone SDK 8[MP4] [0:26:48] [2012/10/31]
For Windows Phone 8, we've released a new SDK that provides a free version of Visual Studio 2012 and Expression Blend, along with a new set of emulators. VS 2012 brings a lot of new features to the…


Inside Windows Phone 43 | Thomas Fennel on What's New for Live Tiles, and Custom Notifications in…[MP4] [0:32:16] [2012/10/31]
No feature exemplifies the unique and powerful approach of Windows Phone like Live Tiles, and in Windows Phone 8, Live Tiles are even more flexible and powerful. In this session, Thomas walks us…


Inside Windows Phone 42 | Sam George on Native C++ Game Development in Windows Phone 8[MP4] [0:13:19] [2012/10/31]
Native C++ Game Development is one of the most requested features that we're delivering in Windows Phone 8, and in this episode of Inside Windows Phone, we asked Sam George to give us a…


Inside Windows Phone 41 | Peter Torr tells us all about what WP8 means for Developers[MP4] [0:32:26] [2012/10/31]
Windows Phone 8 is an enormous new release of Windows Phone that opens up a new universe of possibilities for developers... but what does this mean for you? Program Manager Peter Torr ran API review…


IWP40: UX Designer Jon Bell talks Common App Design Problems[MP4] [0:21:17] [2012/10/05]
It's been a while since we've discussed building great user experiences for Windows Phone, so we thought we'd check in with designer Jon Bell, who works on the Windows Phone UX team. Jon's day job is…


Inside Windows Phone #39 | What's new on the Windows Phone Developer Center[MP4] [0:25:34] [2012/08/15]
Just last week we took the wraps off the new Windows Phone Developer Center, an enormous new release of our developer portal, that replaces the old App Hub. We thought we'd talk to Dev Center Program…


Inside Windows Phone #38 | Nikola Mihaylov, the Developer Behind Fantasia Painter[MP4] [0:24:22] [2012/05/22]
Today we talked to Nikola Mihaylov, a developer in the Expression Blend team. Nikola is the developer of Fantasia Painter, an extremely highly ranked photo editing app for Windows Phone. Nikola walked…


Inside Windows Phone #37 | Anatomy of a Successful WP Game - Taptitude[MP4] [0:34:37] [2012/05/04]
Today we spoke with the awesomely last-named Brandon Furtwangler, about his incredibly successful Windows Phone game, Taptitude. Brandon is 1/4 of the independent company Four Bros Studio LLC. The…


Inside Windows Phone #36 | The Rowi Guys[MP4] [0:23:41] [2012/04/13]
This week we spoke to Erik Porter and Nathan Heskew, the developers of the popular Twitter client for Windows Phone, Rowi. They walked us through their app and gave us a lot of insight into what goes…


Inside Windows Phone # 35 | Ali Heron from Microsoft Advertising talks Ads[MP4] [0:12:39] [2012/03/30]
Welcome to Inside Windows Phone #35, in which we speak with Microsoft Advertising Program Manager Ali Heron about how to make money with your Windows Phone application. Here are links to some of the…


Inside Windows Phone # 34 | Talking CRUD with Jason Short[MP4] [0:20:57] [2012/03/23]
Do you like phone applications that consume data? I know I do. Jason Short knows a lot about building phone applications that consume data. I got a chance to talk to Jason about this in detail a…


Inside Windows Phone #33 | Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh & 60% more Opportunity![MP4] [0:17:32] [2012/03/09]
This week we spoke to Dev Plat Program Manager Mike Battista about how we extended the great Windows Phone experience to run on more affordable hardware, and what it means for software developers. And…


Inside Windows Phone #32 | Microsoft Developer Carlo Rivera on Making Money[MP4] [0:11:44] [2012/02/21]
Today we talked to Carlo Rivera. Carlo is a software developer who spends his days working on the somewhat successful Microsoft Office line of products. At night he transforms into a Windows Phone…


Inside Windows Phone #31 | Windows Phone Partners[MP4] [0:22:27] [2012/02/03]
This week we spoke to Jean-Christophe Cimetiere, @jccim, the man responsible for the Windows Phone Developer Partner Program. JC's been hard at work putting together some useful new resources for…


Inside Windows Phone #30 | Arturo Toledo is back[MP4] [0:31:17] [2012/01/12]
Arturo Toledo is back on Inside Windows Phone! After three months of travel, Senior UX Designer Arturo Toledo has returned to Redmond Washington, bringing his tales of what constitutes great user…


Inside Windows Phone #29 | Ben Lower & New Phone Developer Resources[MP4] [0:24:20] [2011/12/03]
This week we brought back Mega Senior Product Manager Extrodinaire Ben Lower. Our goal was to provide you with an update on a lot of the new Windows Phone developer resources we've released in recent…


Inside Windows Phone #28 | "The" Jeff Wilcox[MP4] [0:18:56] [2011/11/01]
This week we talked to Software Developer Jeff Wilcox. Jeff is a dev lead in Windows Phone Engineering, who is also the creator of a very successful Windows Phone app, Fourth & Mayor.Jeff joined…


Inside Windows Phone #27 | The Patterns & Practices Guys[MP4] [0:19:53] [2011/10/19]
In our travels, we've heard that most mobile applications aren't very good. This is probably related to the fact that most applications, in general aren't very good. Here at Inside Windows Phone,…


Inside Windows Phone #26: Windows Phone LOVES Student Developers![MP4] [0:16:32] [2011/10/13]
In this edition of Inside Windows Phone, we welcome Microsoft's resident Ninja Ben Lower to the stage to talk about all the things we're doing to help student developers get started building…


Inside Windows Phone #25: One Bus Away[MP4] [0:23:24] [2011/10/06]
This week we talked to Program Manager Shawn Henry. He works on the Application Platform team, and is responsible for driving many of the application platform features that developers take advantage…


Inside Windows Phone #24 - User Experience for Windows Phone Apps[MP4] [0:29:32] [2011/09/20]
Today, Arturo Toledo talks about his experiences as a new member of the Windows Phone User Experience team. Arturo dove in head first, and recently built his first Windows Phone app. In this…


Inside Windows Phone #23 - Certification[MP4] [0:18:51] [2011/09/07]
This week on IWP, we talk to the man with the plan, Microsoft's own Steve Bell. When you submit a Windows Phone application to publish, we run it through a certification process in order to ensure…


Inside Windows Phone #22 - Background Agents with Peter Torr[MP4] [0:35:30] [2011/08/30]
This week on Inside Windows Phone, we got to talk to Program Manager Peter Torr about Multitasking in Windows Phone Mango. Peter goes in depth on the different types of Multitasking, including Fast…


Inside Windows Phone#21 - get ready for mango[MP4] [0:18:04] [2011/08/23]
Windows Phone Mango is almost here and we are rebooting the show to get you ready for it. Larry Lieberman, Product Manager in Windows Phone developer marketing, is joining as a host for the show so…


Inside Windows Phone #20: Tidy walk-through[MP4] [0:13:22] [2011/06/11]
Tidy is a "to-do list" prototype application that leverages a lot of the new features Windows Phone mango release. If you like the walk-through, the Windows Phone Mango training kit has…


Inside Windows Phone 19:Mango documentation[MP4] [0:14:50] [2011/06/11]
In this episode Luke Nyswonger, the doc lead for Windows Phone, does a walk-through of all the great improvements they made to the docs in the Mango beta release. Pay attention so you don't miss: A…


inside windows phone #18 sockets[MP4] [0:10:07] [2011/06/04]
One of the most anticipated/desired features in this mango release is sockets (for network communication). In this episode Ayman Afanah and Gustavo Sandoval give you a few demos of what you can do…


Inside Windows Phone#17- Search Extras [MP4] [0:13:54] [2011/05/28]
Search extras allow applications to integrate and add value to the search experience in Windows Phone. For example, after and finding a movie, search extras can launch the iMDB application to see…


Inside Windows Phone #16 -Mango Camera APIs[MP4] [0:15:26] [2011/05/28]
The Windows Phone codenamed "Mango" release brings new camera APIs for developers to preview the live camera stream, capture videos, seamlessly integrate with the camera's hardware buttons.…


krashlander and talking ragdoll[MP4] [0:08:46] [2011/02/19]
Andy Beaulieu (creator of Talking Rag Doll) and Jeff Weber creator of Krashlander discuss and demo some of their Windows Phone applications to-date. Jeff is one of the original creators of the…


Envision[MP4] [0:07:00] [2011/02/19]
Emad Ibrahim is the creator of many Windows Phone applications, such as Envision, Notesly+, QuoteZen, and Picasa Viewer. In this video, he talks about his Windows Phone experiences so far; the…


CocktailFlow[MP4] [0:03:22] [2011/02/19]
Cocktail Flow is a very popular and highly praised Windows Phone application. In this video, Balint Orosz, one of the developers of Cocktail Flow does a very quick demo of the app and talks about…


Inside Windows Phone #12:Telerik controls[MP4] [0:19:42] [2010/11/20]
Telerik is a leading vendor of tools and UI components for Silverlight and .NET. In this video, Deyan Ginev, Software Developer in Telerik's Windows Phone team, gives us a very comprehensive preview…


Inside Windows Phone#11:Obfuscation And Analytics[MP4] [0:41:38] [2010/11/03]
Microsoft and PreEmptive solutions have a partnership where Windows Phone developers (both Silverlight and XNA) get free access to Preemptive's Dotfuscator and their Runtime Intelligent Service. …


Inside Windows Phone #08: Taking a look inside Windows Phone Programming Model Architecture [MP4] [0:24:22] [2010/10/26]
In this episode of the Inside Windows Phone show, join Abolade Gbadeges, a partner developer for Windows Phone, and Yochay Kiriaty, a Senior Technical Evangelist, as they talk and address which…


Inside Windows Phone#09:Ad SDK-for Windows Phone[MP4] [0:08:35] [2010/10/07]
In this episode Mitika Gupta, Program Manager in the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone, and Chris Devaraj, Senior PM in the pubcenter team, quickly introduce how easy it is to use the…


Inside Windows Phone#08-Windows Phone Design Templates[MP4] [0:08:38] [2010/09/25]
In this episode, Unni Ravindranathan and Billy Chow join Jaime Rodriguez to introduce the Windows Phone 7 design templates. The design templates are XAML-based templates for building Windows Phone…


Inside Windows Phone #05:Windows Phone Silverlight Toolkit[MP4] [0:11:02] [2010/09/19]
David Anson, Senior SDE in the Silverlight controls toolkit, and Dave Relyea, Senior Dev Lead on Silverlight mobile team, introduce the controls available in the first release of the Silverlight…


Inside Windows Phone #06: Panorama and Pivot are in the house! Woohoo!![MP4] [0:07:00] [2010/09/19]
Jeff Wilcox, Senior SDE for Silverlight mobile, introduces the official pano and pivot controls for Windows Phone. Yes, they do exist! These controls are in the RTM version of the Silverlight…


Inside Windows Phone #07: Meet Some of the People Behind Windows Phone[MP4] [0:17:42] [2010/09/17]
You probably already know that the final version of Windows Phone Developer Tools was shipped today! In celebration, we decided to walk through the corridors of Studio F (where most of the devs,…


Inside Windows Phone #04: Using Push Notification - Part 2[MP4] [0:42:01] [2010/09/11]
Since Windows Phone doesn’t allow 3rd party applications to run in the background, your code can’t listen to or poll the Web for updates. However, Windows Push Notification Service overcomes this…


Inside Windows Phone #03: Optimizing Windows Phone Silverlight Applications[MP4] [0:41:06] [2010/09/04]
Shane Guillet, the test lead for Silverlight on Windows Phone, joins Jaime Rodriguez for some hands-on tips and tricks and advice for those wanting to create fast Silverlight applications for…


Inside Windows Phone #02: The Beta Release and the Roadmap to RTM[MP4] [0:10:45] [2010/09/04]
Peter Torr, Program Manager for Windows Phone platform, and Darin Miller, Program Manager for the Windows Phone Tools, join Jaime Rodriguez to discuss the Windows Phone beta release and its…


Inside Windows Phone #01: Introducing the show[MP4] [0:01:26] [2010/09/03]
Jaime Rodriguez and Yochay Kiriaty, your Inside Windows Phone show hosts, briefly introduce the show's single goal: To share the insiders' guide into Windows Phone development. We will have…