Windows Mobile 7 - Development

Goksly · 27 Jul 2011 at 21:21

Looking for a bit of help and advice!

The company I work for is a Microsoft based company; 4 developers, various websites and 2 windows mobile 6.5 applications. We've just got word from our network that they are running low on the devices we use (HD2) and will not be able to swap them for the same devices when our contracts are up (we've got about 200 devices).

They have offers HTC Mozarts as replacements... which has led to a debate. I want to carry on with Microsoft and run with Windows Mobile 7, 1 of the other devs has suggested Android and the other 2 want to go with Apple (even though the 3 devs don't know that language?!).

Anyways, there argument against WM7 is that the market is only big enough for 2 platforms, with Android and Apple being those 2. Do you think there is any truth? I can't see Microsoft leaving such a lucrative market myself...

Also whats the first place to look for WM7? I've had a quick look and a bit confused... people talking about silverlight and then blend... I thought it was silverlight, so not sure where blend comes into it. Anyone shed any light?

Cheers!

Goksly · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:26

No this is an in house development for our engineers... Just need to know if we go down the winmo7 route its not a dead end.

Goksly · 27 Jul 2011 at 22:35

That's my point of view... As I said just wanted to make sure its not a dead end and what we need to be looking at (i.e. not 100% what expression blend is etc).

Goksly · 28 Jul 2011 at 11:57

Thought XNA was games development? We just need to get input etc to complete questionnaires / tasks etc.

Thanks for all the feedback so far guys.

Goksly · 29 Jul 2011 at 19:17

Thanks again guys... And yes the tablets are another avenue which the company will want to go down. Will take on board the info you've all provided... Really think wp7 is what we need.