Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location Aware Applications

Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications
Zeeshan Chawdhary

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Overview Table of Contents The Author Reviews Downloads
Understand Location Based Services.
Work with Windows Phone Location Service.
Understand how Maps work.
Create a simple Map application and learn to use Geocoding, Pushpins.
Discover Directions with Bing Maps Directions.
Build two real-world windows phone applications using Eventful.com and AOL Patch.com API
Book Details
Language : English
Paperback : 148 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : July 2012
ISBN : 1849687242
ISBN 13 : 9781849687249
Author(s) : Zeeshan Chawdhary
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Enterprise
What you will learn from this book

Understand all about Location Based Services and know how they are used in the Windows Phone ecosystem.
Work with Location Services and location simulation for Windows Phone.
Get to grips with Maps - Behind the scenes: How maps work.
Understand and work with Bing Maps and the Bing Maps Silverlight control.
Work with Launchers & Choosers for Windows Phone.
Explore BingMapsTask for Local Search and BingMapsDirections for Directions.
Understand Eventful.com API and build an Events App for Windows Phone.
Work with AOL Patch.com API and build an App using the same.
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Windows Phone 7.5 has met with some great initial reviews from all mobile critics. It is poised to be the 3rd eco-system for mobile, joining Apples iOS and Googles Android platform. With Microsoft and Nokia working on multiple devices based on Windows Phone, the platform is a no-brainer enterprise success. Microsoft Office, Email, Skype and a fresh new mobile operating system has been a great champion of a cause for both Microsoft and Nokia.

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