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SM Reader – ebook reader for Windows Phone 7

December 17, 2011 | By sp_sheffield

SM Reader – is an ebook reader for a mobile phone (OS: Windows Phone 7), which allows users to create their own private online library, read books on the phone, PC or other device, which support Silverlight 4. In this case, the book can be uploaded from a home PC (using the control panel, which is available on www.smreader.com for users) and public libraries from th6e phone (using the built-in browser of libraries in the phone).

SM Reader is not only a reader. First of all, it is the service. When customer download any book to the phone, it first goes to one of the pre-processing server. On this server, this book is “repackaged”: reduced images size to fit the phone screen, the text is compressed. As a result – size of books is reduced to save customer traffic (95% of the books in online library takes up less size than it had in its original format).

Current version 2.0 is now avalible on Zune Marketplace

Key features:

Supported formats: FB2, TXT, EPUB, HTML.
Ability to change the font size (6 sizes).
Customizable display pages (9 of standard templates and the ability to create your own).
Search by keyword.
Easy navigation.
Bookmarks.
Saving the state when the application exits.
Compression of images and text (reduces traffic when downloading books to your phone)
Various interface languages.
Catalogue of most popular libraries.

For more information visit www.smreader.com

Develper: seagemicro

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Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit In Depth FREE e-book

October 17, 2011 | By bmiloshevska

“Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit In Depth” is the first FREE book that covers all about Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit in depth with detailed examples and full source code:

246 Pages
Includes all controls from the Windows Phone Toolkit Aug 2011!
22 Chapters!
Full Source Code
Based on Windows Phone 7.1 (aka 7.5) Mango!

Here is the link to the book:
www.windowsphonegeek.com/WPToolkitBook

About the Author
Boryana Miloshevska is a software developer with more than 6 years of professional experience with .NET technologies. She is a co-founder of www.windowsphonegeek.com – one of the biggest windows phone development communities. She is also working as a consultant in the areas of Silverlight and Windows Phone application development.
What else?
• Active blogger and tech enthusiast trying to contribute to the windows phone development community in various ways. Author of more than 300 development articles, tutorials and guides related to Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 technology most of which published on www.windowsphonegeek.com .
• MCTS, MCPD Web and Desktop development
• Winner of the Microsoft “Engineering Excellence Achievement” Award
• MSc Computer Science
• MSc Technology Entrepreneurship (UCL , London UK)

About WindowsPhoneGeek.com
WindowsPhoneGeek.com is one of the best resources for Windows Phone Development offering high quality development articles, tutorials, source code, examples, tips, resources, demo videos, latest development news and more.

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For Developers: Free ebook “Windows Phone Apps: A Developer’s Guide” now available

September 23, 2011 | By Surur

Mike Ormond has released a new ebook aimed at Windows Phone 7 developers. ”Windows Phone Apps: A Developer’s Guide” runs to 100 pages is written by a team of platform experts and is available for free.

The first edition covers:

The Windows Phone Developer Tools
The Application Lifecycle
Accessing Phone Features (launchers, choosers and input features)
Location Aware Applications and Mapping
Reactive Extensions for .NET
Marketplace – Designing for First Time Approval
A tour of libraries and samples

Ormond writes in a blog post:

Building Windows Phone Apps: A Developer’s Guide’ is a community effort to capture useful information and learning about building apps on the Windows Phone platform. This is an organic effort – more chapters will be added and chapters will be updated as and when contributors choose to do so. I have a number of additional chapters in my inbox at the moment – expect those to be edited and included in the 2nd edition in the near future.

The ebook can be dowloaded from Lulu here.

Via WinSupersite.com

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For Developers: Free ebook: Programming Windows Phone 7, by Charles Petzold now available

October 29, 2010 | By Surur

6558.9780735643352x_thumb_6E9D86B6 Microsoft Press has made available well known technical writer Charles Petzold’s new Windows Phone 7 developer book, Programming Windows Phone 7, as a free download from MSDN.

The 1000 page book will become available later in a print version, for a free, but early birds eager to get into the Windows phone 7 application game can get started now by downloading the book right now.

The 24 chapter book covers:

Part I The Basics

1 Hello, Windows Phone 7
2 Getting Oriented
3 An Introduction to Touch
4 Bitmaps, Also Known as Textures
5 Sensors and Services
6 Issues in Application Architecture

Part II Silverlight

7 XAML Power and Limitations
8 Elements and Properties
9 The Intricacies of Layout
10 The App Bar and Controls
11 Dependency Properties
12 Data Bindings
13 Vector Graphics
14 Raster Graphics
15 Animations
16 The Two Templates
17 Items Controls
18 Pivot and Panorama

Part III XNA

19 Principles of Movement
20 Textures and Sprites
21 Dynamic Textures
22 From Gestures to Transforms
23 Touch and Play
24 Tilt and Play

The text is aimed at developers who know at the minimum a bit of .Net, but I believe there are millions of those out there, so the barrier to entry is not too high.

Download the book, available in PDF and XPS from this page here.

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HTC applies for another tablet patent

April 2, 2010 | By Surur

Yesterday we posted about a hinge design which would be perfect for a dual screen device. Today we are posting on another HTC patent application which demonstrates a method of splitting the screen of a tablet-like device by drawing a gesture from one bevel to another, and interestingly explicitly shows the Windows Mobile flag.

The patent is summarizes as below.

A method for generating multiple windows frames, an electronic device thereof, and a computer program product using the method are provided. In the present method, first, a touch trajectory generated by continuously touching a touch panel of the electronic device is detected, wherein the center of the touch panel is a display area, and a non-display area surrounds the display area. Then, whether the touch trajectory is started from one side of the non-display area and passed through the display area to be extended to another side of the non-display area is determined. If so, the display area is split according to the touch trajectory to display at least two windows frames. As a result, an intuitional and convenient method for generating multiple windows frames in the display area is provided, and the operation of the electronic device is made very convenient.

HTC is well known to have had plans for a tablet which they have since shelved. With the current popularity of tablets it is almost certain HTC will revive their plans, and it is likely we will see much of this technology show up in these devices also.

Read the patent here.

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HTC HD2 to get eBooks?

February 7, 2010 | By l3v5y

Some interesting things are occurring in the HD2 ROMs!

In some of the latest ROMs (2.05 and 2.07 have it) HTC have added an eBook reader built in to manila in much the same way as the documents tab.

There’s also apparently a torch application (though I’ve not found any screenshots yet).

Maybe HTC are feeling threatened by the iPad (I highly doubt that) or they’ve just seen a new revenue stream, and a way to make the HD2 even better than it is already! Either way, this is looking good!

If anyone out there happens to have either the 2.05 or the 2.07 ROMs, shoot us a message, and I’ll add this stuff into the WMPU HD2 ROM!

Via 3gin.net.

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HTC drops Android tablet

January 18, 2010 | By Surur

Anthony Petts, Sales and Marketing Director, ANZ, for the HTC Corporation said that all work on the planned tablet had been suspended and that the Company was now "focusing their efforts on a new generation of mobile phones".

HTC has been rumoured to be working on an Android tablet with a book-based user interface, and has made several patent applications setting out the user interface. The device was also said to be an ebook reader, making it a good entrant in the hot market segment at present.

The tablet was said to be HTC’s attempt to compete with the mythical Apple tablet, and with its innovative user interface its absence will certainly be missed.

HTC released Touchbook e-book service

July 6, 2008 | By Surur

We have written before about HTC’s push into services, and today we bring news of a new development – the release of an e-book service in Asia via its Pl@net on-device on-line portal.

The Touchbook software allows various magazines to be read on the device, and appears to be a subscription service for 50 Yuan (about $7.25) per month, with data costs included with the subscription on the Chunghwa Telecom network in Taiwan.

At this time its not known when this service will roll-out to the rest of the world. The software can be downloaded from HTC’s Pl@net Asia website here.

Via 1800pocketpc.com

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