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Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications

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Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications

Overview of this book

Windows Phone 7.5 has met with some great initial reviews from all mobile critics. It is poised to be the '3rd' eco-system for mobile, joining Apple's iOS and Google's Android platform. With Microsoft and Nokia working on multiple devices based on Windows Phone, the platform is a no-brainer enterprise success. Microsoft Office, Email, Skype and a fresh new mobile operating system has been a great champion of a cause for both Microsoft and Nokia. "Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications" will teach you to divein to the new Windows Phone Experience. No more 600 page bibles - just the right mix of text and lots of code to get you started!"Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications" covers location based services and maps, and focuses on methods of location detection and maps. Powered with this information, two real-world applications are covered. In short, this is a concise book on building location aware apps for Windows Phone.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Exploring the Eventful.com API


Eventful.com provides an extensive concerts and events API via api.eventful.com, which allows third-party developers to:

  • Integrate the rich and unique events information into their applications

  • Create and edit new events

  • Add images and comments

  • Create, edit, or modify a venue

  • Search for venues and events

  • Get user information: User-created events, venues, and events attended by a user

  • Add and edit artist information

  • Get a list of event categories

  • Search for demands and get the details of a demand

The demand feature is a unique concept from Eventful, which can be used by consumers to demand that their favorite artists come to their cities and perform a gig.

The events content is tagged in the following ways:

  • Events are tied to a location with latitude and longitude and mapped to a venue(s) in a city

  • Events are tied to artists

  • Events are categorized into specific pre-defined categories, such as concerts, jazz, dance, and so on

  • Event details include start date, end date,...