Friday, March 26, 2010
Windows phone 7 Developer Q&A: Alex Kac, WebIS
Posted by Jason Dunn in "Windows Phone Talk" @ 10:00 AM
We've had some intense discussions in our forums around the development story for Windows phone 7, but not being a developer myself, I don't have the insight required to understand how the radical changes Microsoft is implementing will impact the applications, and developers, that we're familiar with. This is part one of a short series of Q&A interviews I'm doing with some of the top Windows Mobile developers in this space. First up, we have Alex Kac the Founder/President of Web Information Solutions (WebIS).
WPT: Looking at what Microsoft has announced at MIX10, what's your general impression of their development platform for Windows phone 7?
WebIS: I'm pretty impressed by the development toolset and I think Microsoft has definitely made some good choices in their platform vision here. I'm really excited to see how far we can go with the tools and APIs. I understand that right now the APIs are pretty weak because you have to start somewhere and its really designed for consumer/feature phone type apps, but the foundation is really good so long term that's a good thing. Read more...
