Eriq Cook
03-06-2010, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10464972-56.html' target='_blank'>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10464972-56.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><object width="600" height="464" data="http://www.cnet.com/av/video/flv/universalPlayer/universalSmall.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerType=embedded&type=id&value=50084532" /><param name="src" value="http://www.cnet.com/av/video/flv/universalPlayer/universalSmall.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="playerType=embedded&type=id&value=50084532" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p><p>Charlie Kindel of Microsoft recently gave CNET a demonstration of the WP7 interface showing off some new apps and the XBox Live hub. He also explains the primary tools for WP7 apps (XNA and Silverlight) and Microsoft's more specific direction for developers that'll make it much easier to build apps and extend them to the new Start page.</p>