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Free ebook: Programming Windows Phone 7, by Charles Petzold Devon Musgrave   10-28-2010  Gang, we’re done! 24 chapters, about 1,000 pages. Congratulations to Charles, who has outdone himself! Speaking for Charles and for the Windows Phone 7 team, we hope that you will enjoy  Programming Windows Phone 7 : You can  download a PDF here  (38.6 MB). [NEWER NOTE: the presentation issues have been fixed.] [OLDER NOTE: we see the comments from some of you about presentation issues with the ebook. We’ve determined that the PDF is missing a required embedded font. This is leading to odd (or worse) presentation for some of you, including bitmapped text. We’re working with the vendor to create a new file. I’ll let you know when the new file has replaced the old one in the Microsoft Download Center. We apologize for this!] You can  download the ebook’s C# sample code here  (5.03 MB). And you can  download the sample code in Visual Basic ...

Monetize your Windows Phone Apps   Make More Money When multiple advertisers compete in real time to buy ads in your apps, you win. Make more money from your in-app ads with the Microsoft Advertising Ad Control than with other in-app ad solutions.  Quick and Easy Our simple, drag-and-drop ad controls are built right into the Windows Phone SDK. The Windows Phone SDK combined with pubCenter’s self-serve sign-up, reporting, and automated payouts ensure a seamless experience for developers.  See What’s Working  Gauge your success anytime with convenient real time reporting on ad volume and payout – the data you need to optimize for best user experience and advertising yield.  Get started in three easy steps Drag and Drop : The Microsoft Advertising Ad Control for Windows Phone is built right into the  Windows Phone SDK , making it easy to develop your app. In addition, it is important to check for and install the latest  Microsoft Ad...

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Developing for Windows Phone 7 and Android Mishkin from the Dirty Developer blog has posted a nice article comparing the main differences and similarity between the  Windows Phone 7  and Android development platforms. He build a simple unit converter for WP7 and Android 2.2 to show you exactly how things look like on the inside: The Android Platform and Windows Phone 7 share a lot of commonalities. It will take a while to get used to migrating from Android + Eclipse to Windows Phone 7 + Microsoft Visual Studio + Expression Blend but in the end it is a much smoother development experience. The tools which Microsoft provide add a wealth of ease to the lives of us developers. Head over to  his blog  to download the source code and read his full comparison between Visual Studio + Blend and Eclipse.