I got my new Windows 7 Phone, Samsung Focus 8GB

I just got my new Windows 7 Phone, Samsung Focus 8GB from Costco yesterday.   

Picture of the phone at the lock screen.

Photo taken by my iPhone 3GS

Hi Low game Mark I

I just finished my first go at creating a card game for the Windows 7 Phone. I chose to do Hi Low because it had the easiest rules to remember aka easiest game play to program. The coolest bit of this app is that I didn't use images for the cards, instead I embedded a custom true-type font into the app. It works well but has some formating issues. I didn't realize how hard it is to play Hi Low... The Best I have scored is 12 cards so far.

Win 7 Phone development

Here are some screenshots from my first Windows 7 Phone application, I created it as part of "WP7 Developer Contest" Hands on lab presented by Daniel Egan at the Silicon Valley Code Camp. It was a fun time 

First screenshot is of the search page, this page is pretty simple it's hooked into the Wine.com API. The web service is called when the search button is clicked.

Second screen shot is the results I got back from the service, nothing special here just cool to see. Daniel provided the Uncorked graphic as part of the talk. At the bottom in red are the navigation buttons, the ellipsis button brings up the text for the buttons. 

I think WP7 development is easier that Win form's, This app has really got me interested in in doing WP7 development. The sample was quick and easy, I cant wait to make a real app and load it on my own Windows 7 Phone.