Windows Phone 7: No Native Code Support

As in the previous generations of Windows Mobile phones the newly arrived Windows Phone 7 does not have any Native Code(Native code is computer programming (code) that is compiled to run with a particular processor (such as an Intel x86-class processor) and its set of instructions) support.It will support application running in the RIA platform Silverlight runtime and XNA Game studio only. This will make most of the SmartPhone Application developers to refrain from the Windows Phone 7. The user interface overlay the .Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Release 3 kernel , runs only interpreted or managed code through the two runtime environments provided by Silverlight and XNA.

Eventually all the Silverlight developers will become windows mobile developers. Any way that's the new step to the mobile-RIA world, good gaming
platform for the windows mobile with minimum hardware requirements

Sql Server Reporting Service –Silverlight enabled

For sometime before i’m thinking of the reports(SSRS/CR) to be enabled by silverlight technologies, so after googling i found out a amazing tool from perpetuumsoft to display SSRS reports in RIA enabled UI can do a deep zoom!!!!.Seems rocking!!!!

Debugging for Silverlight

Find out the RIA platform silverlight debugging tool from MSFT,whdc. also see this blog regarding the memory leak problem in silverlight.

 http://blogs.msdn.com/delay/archive/2009/03/11/where-s-your-leak-at-using-windbg-sos-and-gcroot-to-diagnose-a-net-memory-leak.aspx

Silverlight and Deepzoom

Silverlight Deep Zoom provides the ability to view high resolution images rapidly without affecting the performance of your applications.
This page from silverlight.net has some quick start tutorials for Silverlight Deep Zoom.
http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/ has the best example for Silverlight Deep Zoom implementation.

Above page has hundreds of high resolution images of Rock Bands. Below are screenshots of Silverlight Deep Zoom in action.



I dont need to tell you who the guys are ;-)

A little bit of zoom out!!!


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Can you find the guys in the above picture? Let us zoom out some more..

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This is the beauty of Silverlight Deep Zoom. So next time when you send your large collection og your last picnic photos you dont have to send large attachments. Create a simple Silverlight site with Deep Zoom and send it with Style.