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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

About the Author

Zeeshan Chawdhary has over six years of experience in the Web and Mobile space. With a career spanning from developing 3D mobile games at Indiagames Ltd to leading the location-based space at Wcities, Inc. as the Chief Technology Officer, Zeeshan has been able to learn quite a lot in the Mobile and Web domain and in a short space of time.

Among his key achievements is the pioneering use of the right mix of open source and proprietary software to create a technology stack based on clients' needs. He has developed location-based solutions for Nokia (with 5 million hits per year!) on a scalable cloud platform using Rackspace Cloud. He enjoys working with PHP, PostGIS, and PhoneGap. He has immense experience in making startups use location data effectively for their growth, from startups such as Foursquare to hotel industry bigwigs such as Marriott, from mobile giant Nokia to airline king American Airlines; he has worked with them all.

Zeeshan Chawdhary currently serves as the CTO of Wcities, Inc. where he is working on connected-car technologies. He can be reached at .