Microsoft's new pitch: 'Every .Net developer is a Windows Phone developer'
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Now the only question I have is will they take a cue from Apple and include free WM7 development tools in VS Express, or do you have to pony up $800 for the privilege?
But the other part about only C# programs being CPU/memory hogs is all wrong. Though I have not coded in C#, I do know that a bad programmer can have memory leaks all over a C/Objective C program. Similarly a good C# programmer would write a robust program.
I'm interested to know how much of a change this is, is this a new skin or REALLY a brand new operating system? Can I finally send sync on a socket AND use a timeout? ;)
It's a brand new operating system. You might want to look up one of the articles about it that came out a few days ago.
Only thing they've shown (afaik) is a new UI. What is underneath?
Historically yes, WinMo phones suck ... one of my uncles (who's a truck driver ... i.e. a normal person ... has one) and I hated it from the first second I touched it, but he's happy with it. And I once owned an HP iPaq, which was a lot more useful than an iPhone.
I wouldn't underestimate the power of Microsoft, or the number of .NET developers who would want to go mobile if WinMo 7 is a success. They only need focus, and sometimes they can pull it off.
I'm a .Net developer myself and my first thought was "what kind of app can I make." My second thought was why write an app when I've never seen a windows mobile phone.