Microsoft made a flurry of announcements this morning via press release (link to come). As I watch Sterling Quinn, the 16-year-old Yo-Yo champ (20 minutes is too long for a warm-up FYI) I’ve read that Microsoft has:
“Announced the availability of comprehensive tools”
- Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
- Windows Phone 7 add-in to use with Visual Studio 2010 RC
- XNA Game Studio 4.0
- Windows Phone 7 Series Emulator for application testing
- Expression Blend for Windows Phone CTP
“Available for download today”:
- Silverlight 4 RC
- Expression Blend 4 Beta – “New features such as Path Layout enable developers and designers to build and animate innovative user interface design via a groundbreaking visual layout mechanism, without the need to write code.”
“Several leading companies will be creating exciting applications and games for Windows Phone 7 Series.”
“Silverlight adoption has continued at a rapid pace with installations approaching 60 percent of all Internet devices worldwide – an increase of nearly 15 percentage points in just four months.”
More to come. Stay tuned in here or follow me on Twitter @indexzero.