Social Media Online Content Show Integration System for Windows Phone

Building on an app I started for a friend of mine at Microsoft I build out a phone app structure for building fan boy apps that integrates various news feeds, social media and much more. You can do things like pin speed dial to the persons show or follow there news elements. You can pick your favorites and share them on twitter or facebook or email and you then cross post then and even pin them to your home screen. For fun I decided to build the first two around some controversial figures with that the first two are for Glenn Beck and Howard Stern. Here are screen shots from 3 of the series at the bottom of this post. Here are market place links to the first 3 in the series:
Darek Mazzone
Glenn Beck
Howard Stern

[wire] stone Connect

Every now and then the company [wire] stone flies all its employee's from around the world to Vegas for a conference on team building, communication and improving company processes. [wire] stone is an interactive marketing firm so this year (2012) they decided to do some marketing on themselves from a social media compaign to mobile app apps and other interactive digital experiences. With that in mind I wrote the mobile application 'WS Connect' as a cross browser cross plateform mobile application running on iPhone/iOS, Andriod and Windows Phone. The best part was that it was the same code base on all three platforms.

WS Connect is an HTML based application using the Metro Design Aesthetic and is the same code base on all three platforms. The application uses things like JQuery and Knockout with its HTML and JavaScript to bring in social media data, news, scedule and other conference information. The application works is then hosted locally on the device using an HTML application host framework. On Android and iOS that is PhoneGap and on Windows Phone I used the HTML Application Hosty framework off codeplex.

With the help of CSS Expert Ryan Lane we got the CSS difference between the webkit based browser rendering engines in iOS and Android vs the IE engine entire gone which by itself is an achievement. As to code differences between PhoneGap and the HTMLApplicationHostFramework there was only lines lines of data access code for reading and writing name value pairs that was required. If you manage to find the applications on windows phone, android or the iOS app store you notice you need a registration key to make them work. You will need to contact me for that but here are a few more screen shots.

SMART Spending Habits

Development on this application moved forward mostly as an example of HTML based application development on phone 7. Fundamentally SMART Spending Habits is a simple budgeting tool that helps priorities and manage a budget for a given time frame. The tool intelligently orders budget items based on priority and a number of other factors including maslows hierarchy of needs. The coolest feature is the fact that it run across phone 7, android and iphone.

When you first turn the app on you see the top 5 elements on your budget and the total amount of money you have left after everything on your budget is purchased. You can drill into the details of items and run searches and shopping tools on any given item to help you find the best deal.

The current version is paid but a few version should be available shortly on wp7 and then android and iphone.

Windows Phone 7.5 (Deeplink, Free Version): http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=a7bfd8a1-7b25-445d-8a51-8966cf4f75f1

Windows Phone 7.5 (Deeplink, Paid version): http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=b44a9f3a-3480-4923-aa35-df26f6eb3c9e

Android 2.2 Version: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.SMART.SpendingHabits

HTMLApplicationHost Framework Posted to Codeplex

One of my projects has been building an HTML Application framework for phone 7. Basically so I can build HTML5 based applications using HTML, JavaScript and CSS for mobile devices in particular Windows Phone but then being able to use that application on other platforms. Today I uploaded version 4 onto codeplex (http://htmlappwp7.codeplex.com/) which adds HTML Host Application back stack integration with the Phone's application navigation stack. On wp7 that means that when you hit the back button it doesn't just navigate out of the app but just to the last view in HTML making really applications easy to do that will get past the marketplace and into the hands of the public but even more important setting the stage for apps on iPhone and android using similar HTML5 based application frameworks.

The first app using this framework was the JavaScript application but now that test app is in the marketplace I've been working on a new real app called 'SMART Spending Habits', its a simple budgeting application designed to priority and sort your purchases automatically. Its a great little tool and it should be in the market place next week or so.

Allrecipes.com for phone7

Access over 40,000 user submitted recipes from the #1 recipe website! Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner is a fun and useful recipe app from the world’s #1 food site, delivering thousands of our members’ favorite quick and easy recipes to your Windows Phone 7 device. It’s FREE! Thousands of top-rated recipes - each featuring photos and reviews from our community of millions of home cooks – right in the palm of your hand! Plus, time-saving recipe tips from Allrecipes.com Members and their ideas for recipe variations that help to eliminate any guesswork! It’s EASY & FUN! Dinner Spinner lets you be a picky eater or come hungry for ideas: • Choose by Dish: Appetizers, drinks, main dishes, side dishes, desserts—the list goes on! • Choose by Ingredient: Search for what you have on hand or what you are looking to buy. • Choose by Desired “Ready In” Time: from recipes in under 20 minutes to all-day slow cooker dishes. SHARE RECIPES! Post to Facebook, tweet to Twitter, or email your favorite recipes to friends. Go ahead—give it a spin! PIN the app to your home screen to get daily recipe push notifications. Choose your favorite food category to get new recipes from that collection every day. Pick your own background! Visit us at www.allrecipes.com for more great recipes and helpful tools.

Marketplace Deeplink (free):
http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=23828a51-5391-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8

David J Kelley Named Phone 7 Developer Hero of the Week

Microsoft Names David Kelley Windows Phone 7 Developer of the Week Hero:

"David Kelley’s background in UX and as a Silverlight MVP set him up to be a great mobile app developer, which lets him pursue these passions as well as a third – speaking! You can catch David presenting about Windows Phone 7 at local events and some larger ones, like DevConnections.

If David could choose a superpower, it would be immortality … so he could finally have time to check off everything in his Outlook to-do list! And the man certainly is busy; he’s created tons of apps and is still going.

The app that’s closest to his heart is Princess Paper Dolls, with the animation & live tile modeling and voiceovers done by his 4-year-old daughter, Hanna. He watched her play a tablet-based app and decided to make something better for Windows Phone 7. David built the AllRecipes app Dinner Spinner with his team where he works, and created Tools for Phone 7, a.k.a. the “Swiss Army knife” of apps, to put all those handy apps in one place (duct tape not included).

David’s working on a few new apps including a framework for building Windows Phone 7 apps in HTML and JavaScript, so keep watching, developers—more great things to come from this developer hero! "

See the rest at: http://phone.microsoftplatformready.com/HeroesDetail.aspx?heroId=7

JavaScript - Test for HTML App Host for Phone 7

Version: 1.01

Test app for running javascript and testing HTML/HTML5 based apps on Phone 7.  This app is for phone developers only.  The application is based on an application framework and used primarily to test the HTML App Host Framework as seen on http://htmlappwp7.codeplex.com/
 
Marketplace Deeplink (free):
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=832ce0cd-788e-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8

Hacking Silverlight Code Browser

Version: 1.11

The essential Silverlight Code Reference on the phone. Primarily a tool for old people like me that can't remember hardly how todo a for loop, this quick reference helps me remember how to program silverlight not only on the phone but in all its many platforms. Also note that this is a port of a free desktop app found on hackingsilverlight.net using the same underlying reference although this one is 'metro' ized for the phone.

Some of the great features in this app include all the code being local in the app so you don't use wifi. everything is tagged and searchable. code snippets can be emailed to your self until cut and paste works... ;) there are dev demos that you can launch from the about screen and much much more.

Recent Updates Include:
* Additional Phone 7 Code Snippets and Silverlight Snippets
* Additional Silverlight OOB Snippets
* Additional Silverlight 4 Snippets
* Tactile Feedback
* minor application ui improvements

Deeplink (free):
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=a8d9931a-91ee-df11-9264-00237de2db9e
 

Mithun Dhar - The App - Veni,Vedi,Velcro...

‘My App’ – I developed this app as a quick hello world to familiarize myself with the Windows Phone development tools and submission process. This is not a production level application.

I am a Microsoft Technology Evangelist and cover the breadth of the platform (Breadth Evangelism).

Deeplink (free):
(search in the marketplace)

Bird In Tree

Version: 1.2

Bird In Tree is a simple game for kids where the object is to shake the bird from a tree. Each time you manage to shake the bird from the tree it gets harder, The game tracks your highest score and even in trial mode doesn't expire albeit with ad's. Please hold on to your phone when playing this game ;)

free version Deeplink:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=4dd3d655-cc71-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8

[Wirestones] a portfolio app

Version: 1.3

Wirestones it the ultimate fanboy app for [Wire] stone showing the best in digital experience design and emerging experiences as done by [Wire] Stone. Stay in touch, get the latest screen shots and follow the most social wirestoners using this fan boy app.

Deep link (free):
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=8c125f5d-5c12-e011-9264-00237de2db9e

Tree Identity

Version: 1.4

TreeID is a basic dichotomous key, used to identify some of the most common trees found in North America. Tree ID not only helps identify trees but also keeps you in touch with greenspade, provides educational and reference material on the go.

by Chris Welch, ISA Certified Arborist. (greenspade.com)

New Features Include:
* New Home Screen
* Glossary
* New Social media Integration
* More Detail
* Optimized touch experience
* UX/Discoverability Enhancements

Free Version:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=da211afe-5770-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8

Play and Learn Geography

Version: 1.1

My wife and my little girl, Her Highness Princess Hannamarysia asked for an app that does Geography for small children. My intent was to make a simple tool that allows kids to play around and learn basic world and US geography. Please feel free to send me ideas for new features.

Deeplink Version (free):
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=f09fa1e6-9385-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8

Princess Paper Dolls (Free and Paid)

Version: 1.16

A game for girls, Princess Paper Dolls is digital paper doll app that lets you change outfits, dresses, features, hair, hats, shoes and more. With new dresses coming all time or so for hours of fun for your little girl.

Features Include:
* Over 50+ Dresses and outfits
* Randomize Princess
* Customize Settings (sound, touch etc)
* Numerous shoes
* Multipul Skin Tones, Eye Colors, Hair Colors
* Antique Paper Doll outfits
* Reset Princess
* In app video
* Over 25 princess sayings
* Full set of the Most Famous Tiara's
* Numerous Hats and Tiara's
* Color Selecting Dresses
* Easter Egg - Play and Learn Geography

New Features Include:
* New Dresses x16
* Easter Egg - Play and Learn Geography
* x6 Antique Dresses
* Technical Improvements
* Color Selecting Dresses

Free Version Deeplink:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=29c27356-7862-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8

Paid Version Deeplink (.99 us): http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=4af61d95-7a62-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8

Sketched Apps for phone 7 (Free and Paid)

Version: 1.4

Sketched Apps Lite for Phone 7 is a wireframing quick and dirty UI mock up application for user experience designers, information architects and anyone that wants to quickly wireframe up a sketchflow phone 7 UI (User Interface) on phone 7 so you don't need to have your laptop along with you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18-wf0WAtZE

Free Version Deeplink:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=3ab9113f-bf4c-e011-854c-00237de2db9e

Paid Version Deeplink:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=3589ba86-c133-e011-854c-00237de2db9e

Simon Said (Paid and Lite)

Version: 1.22

A fun simple game of Simon Said and the original one developed for phone 7 and Silverlight Simon. Press the start button and follow the series of lights and sounds remembering the sequence. Simon Said is the original Silverlight Simon Says ported from WPF/Surface/Silverlight for doing programming demo's and is a codeplex project for demoing Composite codebase XAML development. The example shows porting of xaml assets, user controls, sound and lookless controls and styles. Now tracks your high score. And has an easter egg for you to find as well as a replay button.

Since the app has become so popular it has been optimized for the phone. Feel free to contact us with ideas or other elements you'd like to see in the game.

Current update includes:

* Improved Kinesthetic Touch Response
* Custom Settings and Themes
* Stats Splash on game complete
* Certified Child Safe
* Image Improvements/Refinements
* Additional Stat Info

Free Version:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=65c23c5b-73e9-df11-9264-00237de2db9e

Paid Version:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=af069395-5c2a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e

Morse Code (Pro and Lite)

Version: 1.3

Morse Code Lite is a code application for transmitting, receiving and transcoding morse code, via text/character based transcoding or light transmission using the screen and sound. Its like the professional version but designed more for the casual user. You can enter characters and its translated to morse code, you can key in morse code using a double paddle system or typing english and in either case said code can be transmitted via sound or text and/or light. The application includes references and other morse code related functionality including saving and managing a library of per-saved code text ready to send on command. From the reference card you can also transmit alpha numeric characters as practice.

Free Version:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=5e32c4d8-df19-e011-9264-00237de2db9e

Paid Version with Transcoding (beta)(1.29):
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=16eeee1a-4aea-df11-9264-00237de2db9e

Tools for Phone 7

Version 1.22

Tools for phone 7 is like a swiss army knife. Although for sale most features work even in trial mode. Parchment tools includes tools like level, seismometer, light, tipit, dice, list, alarm, fcall, scientific calculator, GPS tracker, ruler, money converter, simple calculator, password generator, handwarmer and more. I found that I kept doing all these little tools and simple applications for windows phone 7 and with a limit of only 10 apps deployed to a dev phone it just made more since to wrap them all up in a single package. Like many applications on phone 7 this app uses a panorama metaphor to get to all the elements. Swipe through all the 'slides' and select the app you want by touching the apps icon.

Features:
* Simple Calculator
* Number Converter
* Dice - Random Number Generator
* GPS/Bing Map
* Keep Awake tool for long drives
* Level
* Simple List
* Massage...
* Simple Morse Code
* Pswd Generator
* Screen Light
* Seismometer
* Stop Watch
* Tipit - Tip Calculator
* xCalculator
* Easter Egg: Phone Book
* Ruler
* Easter Egg: Panorama Selector
* False Call
* Hand Warmer
* Teenager Repellent

recent updates:
* added a Keep Me Awake Tool
* Updated easter egg tools
* Password Generator Text Selectable
* Ruler Metric and English support
* False Call
* Seismometer controls update
* Design UX Enhancements
* misc internationalization enhancements



Free Version Marketplace Deeplink:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=16ef6df6-de19-e011-9264-00237de2db9e

Paid Version Marketplace Deeplink:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=f635dc13-4bea-df11-9264-00237de2db9e