Windows Phone 8 in Action

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

About the Cover Illustration

1. Introducing Windows Phone

Chapter 1. A new phone, a new operating system

1.1. Rebooting the Windows Phone platform

1.2. Windows Phone foundations

1.2.1. Hardware specs

1.2.2. A new user interface

1.2.3. User experience

1.2.4. Platform APIs and frameworks

1.2.5. The Dev Center and the Windows Phone Store

1.3. Comparing Windows Phone to other mobile platforms

1.3.1. Windows 8

1.3.2. Apple iOS

1.3.3. Android

1.4. The Windows Phone Developer Tools

1.4.1. Visual Studio for Windows Phone

1.4.2. Blend for Visual Studio

1.4.3. Windows Phone emulator

1.4.4. Windows Phone Developer Registration tool

1.4.5. ...