Hour 21. Working with Phone Internals

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

• Understanding launchers and choosers

• Sending messages

• Interacting with the Marketplace

• Playing media content

• Making phone calls

• Searching and web browsing

• Working with the camera and pictures

• Playing FM radio

Many developers are surprised to learn that the private sandbox in which your application lives keeps it separated from not just other applications but also the rest of the phone. Unlike other mobile operating systems, which more closely resemble a desktop operating system, Windows Phone 7 takes a different approach. By the end of this hour, you learn how to use the various launchers and choosers, which allow your application specific and guided ways ...

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