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MIX11 Windows Phone 7 Sessions Announced

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Below you will find a list with short descriptions of the MIX11 Windows Phone 7 sessions that have been announced till now. Note that more sessions are coming soon and this is not the final list.

Windows Phone 7 Boot Camp 
Speakers: Grant Hinkson & Adam Kinney
Info: In this workshop you’ll see a complete Windows Phone app built from the ground up. We’ll walk from File > New Project all the way through app submission in the marketplace.

Flickr API: Tap into Billions of Photos for Windows Phone 7 
Speaker: Markus Spiering
Info: This talk will introduce the mobile app, highlight some of the complex design decisions, and provide insights into the Flickr API methods. Attendees will learn how to enrich their applications using Flickr's rich content via the Flickr APIs.

XNA Game Studio for Fun, Profit, Danger, Excitement and Windows Phone 7 Games  
Speaker: Rob Miles
Info: Ever wonder what it takes to create a top game for Windows Phone 7? Rob will show you how easy it is to get XNA programs running, whether you are a C# and Visual Studio newbie or a grizzled veteran of .NET. You will find out how to use the touch and accelerometer sensors and how to add a smattering of physics to your games.

All Thumbs: Redesigning an Existing UI to Suit Windows Phone 7  
Speaker: Ward Bell
Info: The phone is not a tiny desktop. We thought porting a desktop Silverlight application to WP7 meant selecting a feature subset and reformatting screens to a smaller footprint. That’s doesn’t work. Some of the data are the same; some business operations are the same. But what the user does on a phone is different.

The Tale of Two Apps: Making a Splash in the Windows Phone Marketplace  
Speakers: András Velvárt & Bálint Orosz
Info:Cocktail Flow” and “SurfCube 3D Browser” - two of the top applications in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. Both have received feedback like “my favorite part of this app is showing it to all my buddies who have iPhones, Android phones, or Palm phones.” This talk is a unique opportunity to hear the real story of these apps, how they made it to the top of the charts and what happened since their launch.

Who Would Pay For That Feature? Adding Analytics to Your Windows Phone 7 Applications  
Speaker: David Poeschl
Info: At the end of this session, attendees will know how to instrument their application and track those features most important to their success including how to configure offline-caching, automate opt-in logic, and exception reporting. With effective mobile analytics, there’s simply no excuse for not knowing exactly what your users care most about.

Analyzing and Improving Windows Phone Application Performance  
Speaker: Jeff Wilcox
Info: Been wondering how to tweak that extra bit of performance out of your WP7 app? Come learn how to analyze the performance of your Windows Phone application and make it faster using top techniques and the new profiling tools.

Application Design for Windows Phone  
Speaker: Megan Donahue
Info: In this session, we’ll share with you the foundations of great Metro application design for Windows Phone, and how to use them to build outstanding applications that will stand out and get noticed… for good reasons.

Creating Windows Phone Applications Using Expression Blend  
Speaker: Unni Ravindranathan
Info: If you want to create applications for Windows Phone that stand out from the rest, you should be using Expression Blend. Come to this session to learn how to take full advantage of the rich platform features, efficient workflow and tools to showcase your unique design skills.

Expert Lessons: Top Tips to Building a Successful Windows Phone Application  
Speaker: Stefan Wick
Info:This session will share the lessons learned working with the first one hundred Windows Phone premier applications.

Making Money with your Application on Windows Phone  
Speaker: Todd Brix
Info:There’s tremendous excitement and enthusiasm around mobile application development, and with good reason; recent studies show that > 35% of cell phone users in the US use mobile apps daily. The opportunities are enormous, but how do you stand out amongst all the competition?

Check all 42 sessions announced till now >>

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