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5 reasons why Windows Phone 7 is hot

According to Scoble, here are the reasons why WP7 will be successful -

1. It’s a sexy new OS that gives app developers more capabilities.
2. Developing for it is easy and consistent across the devices that it runs on
3. There are a ton of bored developers who are familiar with .NET
4. Almost every developer I’ve met lately has been approached by Microsoft’s evangelists
5. The hooks with Microsoft Xbox have developers intrigued

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Free Windows Phone 7 Learning Resources

Now that Windows Phone 7 has hit the technical preview milestone, there are even more resources for developers to learn from. Here's a compilation of free learning material on WP7 Development -

Books -

Programming Windows Phone 7 - Microsoft Press has announced that Charles Petzold’s upcoming book Programming Windows Phone 7 will be available for free download by October end. The second draft preview of the ebook (PDF link) contains 11 of the total 22 chapters planned.
Learning Windows Phone Programming - a free sampler of 2 preview chapters from the book by Yochay Kiriaty and Jaime Rodriguez is available for download.

Videos -

C#, Learning Resources, WP7

Free C#, XNA, Windows Phone 7 learning resources from Rob Miles

Two books by Microsoft Press author Rob Miles are available for free download -

C# Yellow Book (197 pages)
Introduction to Programming Through Game Development Using Microsoft XNA Game Studio (400 pages)

He co-presented Windows Phone 7 Jump Start sessions. The recorded sessions of 12 hours duration are also available for download.

Also see:
Free E-Book - CSharp for Sharp Kids

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Learning Windows Phone Programming - Preview Chapters

If you are getting started with Windows Phone 7 development, you can check two preview chapters from the book Learning Windows Phone Programming being written by two Microsoft folks Yochay Kiriaty and Jaime Rodriguez. On the book's dedicated website, the authors specify their objective -

"Our goal for the book is to share an insider view into Windows Phone. We want to share the insights from the product team, and lessons learned from the very early adopters."

The site also has a Windows Phone FAQ that has links to two other FAQ compilations.

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What's in Windows Phone 7 for Developers

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What's in Windows Phone 7 for Developers

I've been reading with interest all the Windows Phone 7 news thats relevant for developers. I'll keep jotting down summaries here as I find them -

Though Windows Phone 7 supports multi-tasking...developers won't have access to it in the initial release.
Native applications are not permitted on Windows Phone 7 devices.
Developer access to Microsoft SQL Server Compact, a free SQL Server embedded database, is not part of the initial release..."isolated" local storage based on XML files and cloud-based storage are alternatives
Windows Marketplace is intended to be the sole means of finding and downloading phone applications
..fast and open process for certifying Windows Phone applications and deploying them to Windows Phone Marketplace
With features like push notification service, WP7 is carefully engineered to minimize battery use (Source: ComputerWorld)

Windows Phone 7 mobile OS will not include a clipboard capability for copy-and-paste operations - at least not in the first version. (Source: ComputerWorld)

The Windows Phone 7 Series supports programs written for either Silverlight or XNA but mixing them up & combining Silverlight & XNA in the same program is not possible for now.
WP7 Series OS exposes classes defined by the .NET Compact Framework
At the present time, C# is the only supported programming language
Windows Phone 7 is "cloud-ready"
A Windows Phone 7 can only two possible screen sizes - 480 X 800 or 320 X 480 pixels
For better power efficiency, Windows Phone 7 displays will likely use OLED ("organix light emitting diode"). Designing screens with black backgrounds can conserve power.
The screens incorporate capacitance-touch technology, which means they respond to a human fingertip but not to a stylus or other forms of pressure. Windows Phone screens are required to respond to at least four simultaneous touch-points.
WP7 supports both speech synthesis & speech recognition through classes that are also part of .NET 4.0 (Source: “Programming Windows Phone 7 Series” book by Charles Petzold - 6 Preview chapters available for free download)