Three weeks ago (Aug 12 2010) I was involved in a coffee and code focusing on Windows Phone 7.  It was a great day and even had an attendee develop an application that he won a prize for.

Well this week there will deployment clinics (or XAPathons) happening in the Toronto area and one in Ottawa where developers can test on real Windows Phone 7 hardware.  I’ve been lucky enough to have a device for about 4 weeks now and testing on a real device you do find issues you wouldn’t find on the emulator.

Joey DeVilla and Anthony Bartolo have the low down on their sites and why you should attend. 

Why Should Devs Test on Real WP7 Hardware

If you are building for Windows Phone 7 you can definitely get very far developing using the emulator and get fully functional applications.  But you still want to test on a real device before you deploy.  Here are some of my reasons why you need to go

Emulator Performance

Performance on emulator is not throttled meaning things will be faster on your desktop computer and compared to running on real device.  I had an issue where a ListBox was scrolling lightning fast on the emulator but on device it was very choppy.  Contained about 250 list box items.

Bing Maps and Windows Phone 7

If you are using Bing Maps you need to test on a real device.  Biggest challenge I found was when clicking on a pushpin or image using the emulator, you are using a mouse pointer and that does not really emulate ‘finger touch’.  You want to make sure you have all that ironed out before you launch

Hardware Integration

If you plan on using some of the hardware such as camera, accelerometer or GPS, you want to test on this.  Camera should work the same but accelerometer and GPS you can write “simulators” but you want to make sure your code works with real hardware.

XNA Games

I’ve seen XNA games that do almost 100% code sharing across the three platforms but considering the emulator performance is faster than a real device you may run into some performance issues.  Nothing that can’t be resolved but something you don’t want to find out after you have launched to users via Marketplace!

Multimedia

If you plan on playing video or audio or integrating with the “Media Hub” you want to test on a real device.  I have come across some instances where media would play on the device but not the emulator which I’m hoping is a beta issue.  In any case see the Supported media Codecs for Windows Phone 7

Launchers & Choosers

Not everything is exposed on the emulator so currently the only way to test is on real device.  Again, hoping this is fixed when the Windows Phone Developer tools RTM but if you plan on using Launchers and Choosers you want to Test this

User Experience

This is not really code centric but trying your application’s experience with a mouse is a lot different when trying it with your finger.  Can you use your software with one hand?  Do you want it to be one handed? Do you minimize typing of data? Do you support both landscape and portrait? Is your application useable in landscape? You want to make sure your users enjoy using your software so they continue to use it and recommend to their friends and you continue to make money!

That’s all I can think of for now but if you can make sure you take advantage of the free events.  It will definitely be worth your while!  I’ll also be traveling across Canada for TechDays 2010 and will be participating in a few events where I’m sure there will be devices to test on. So take advantage of it!!

Where to Go!?

So here are the details on where things are happening this Week

• Wednesday, September 1st:
  • Ottawa: Microsoft Ottawa office (100 Queen Street, Suite 500, Ottawa)
  • Mississauga: Starbucks near Square One (189 Rathburn Road West, Mississauga),
    11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Thursday, September 2nd:
  • Downtown Toronto: Starbucks at King and Yonge (4 King Street West, Toronto)
    11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Friday, September 3rd:
  • Downtown Toronto: Starbucks at King and Yonge (4 King Street West, Toronto)
    11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

There are also some events being planned for next week:

• Thursday, September 9th:
  • Montreal: User Group meeting at the Microsoft Montreal office (2000 Ave McGill College, Suite 450, Montreal)
• Friday, September 10th:
  • Montreal: Deployment clinic at the Microsoft Montreal office (2000 Ave McGill College, Suite 450, Montreal)

So make sure you are there because it is definitely useful!

What is augmented reality?  Here is the augmented reality definition from Wikipedia:

Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are augmented by virtual computer-generated imagery. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality in which a view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by a computer. As a result, the technology functions by enhancing one’s current perception of reality.

Here are some videos that I’m sure would make things a little more clearer than the definition above.

Augmented Reality Shooter Game

Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (Courtesy Anthony Bartolo)

What About Windows Phone 7_

Implementing an augmented reality application on Windows Phone 7 should be possible because all the appropriate hardware will be included on all device such as camera, compass, accelerometer, powerful CPU, GPU & GPS.  The only thing it won’t have is a gyroscope but who knows that could change.

Only problem from a developer point of view is there are no APIs available to access most of this hardware.  You do have access to the camera via the Launchers & Choosers APIs available on Windows Phone 7.  Unfortunately this is very limited access via the CameraCaptureTask API.

You also have access to GPS via the System.Device.Location API and the current API implementation should suffice.  By default if you are writing an app you get access to the CPU & GPU (something needs to run your code :)

So what are we missing?  APIs to the compass and APIs to the accelerometer.  Thankfully all Windows Phone 7 hardware will support a compass and accelerometer.  You also need better API access to the camera like getting the raw frames from the camera directly into your application.

But Wait! There is hope!

I’m expecting all the above issues to be a ‘v1’ issue with Windows Phone 7.  Let’s face it, Microsoft needs to get this phone out the door fast as the competition is way ahead.

Where does the hope come from?  Well check out this picture from Justin Angel from his twitter account after he did a little hacking (I assume):

and his screen capture of the potential API

He posted this back in July 18 2010.  Then today (Aug 24 2010) I was taking a peak at the new XNA Creators Club and the new education roadmap for creating games on Windows Phone 7 using XNA.  Due out in October-November 2010 timeframe is Phase 3 of the educational series and at the bottom I noticed “Bonus: Augmented Reality Sample”

So in the end, we may just get access to the appropriate APIs and augmented reality on Windows Phone 7 may just be a reality for developers. So, since October – November 2010 is essentially ‘Holiday Season 2010’ (I’m already starting to see Christmas trees in stores) maybe the Windows Phone Developer team will give us a nice surprise at launch. Imagine apps like FourSquare or MLS or XNA Games on Windows Phone 7 using augmented reality! I for one can’t wait!

If it’s available, do you plan on using it?  Share your feedback here or let me know via my twitter account

It’s been a long time coming but Windows Phone has finally got some Game!

And I’m not talking about the great new user experience or Metro Design Language.  I’m  not talking about the great & free developer tools that are available such as Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone and Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone.  I’m also not talking about the technology used to build superior mobile apps and a mobile phone such as Silverlight for Windows Phone or XNA for Windows Phone.

I’m literally talking about GAMES! Games from companies such as Gameloft, Konami and THQ to name a few.  There are games for every type of player such as puzzle game "Bejeweled™ LIVE", "Guitar Hero 5", fighting alien invasion with "The Harvest", painting your way out of a corner with "Max and the Magic Marker” or defend your city in "Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst”.  And that’s just a small sample!

Just like Silverlight on Windows Phone has been a long time waiting (first wrote about it in 2008), games on Windows Phone (Pocket PC, Windows Mobile to us old schoolers) has also been a long time waiting at least for me.  First time I wrote about it was in 2006 (yes that far back!!) about using .NET CF to develop for XBox 360.  One key thing Mike Zintel wrote about was writing games that work on XBox 360 dev kit, Windows and Windows Mobile (aka Windows Phone)

“I also know that working with the Xbox team has been among the most enjoyable and productive cross group work that I’ve done. I know that my team and the XNA team within Xbox, have been burning the midnight oil to allow us to demonstrate the feasibility of games written in managed code running on a .NET CLR on a final 360 dev kit. And I know that we’ve demonstrated the same game binary (almost the same; oh so close) running on the 360 kit, Windows and on Windows Mobile.”

Four years later with Windows Phone 7, you now have the power of XBox Live in the palm of your hand. 

Here is a list of official games from the press release 63 in total so far and that’s only the beginning!

1. "Halo Waypoint" (MGS)
2. "Hexic Rush" (Carbonated Games)
3. "I Dig It" (InMotion)
4. "iBlast Moki" (Godzilab)
5. "ilomilo" (MGS)
6. "Implode XL" (IUGO)
7. "Iquarium" (Infinite Dreams)
8. "Jet Car Stunts" (True Axis)
9. "Let's Golf 2" (Gameloft)
10. "Little Wheel" (One click dog)
11. "Loondon" (Flip N Tale)
12. "Max and the Magic Marker" (PressPlay)
13. "Mini Squadron" (Supermono Limited)
14. "More Brain Exercise" (Namco Bandai)
15. "O.M.G." (Arkedo)
16. "Puzzle Quest 2" (Namco Bandai)
17. "Real Soccer 2" (Gameloft)
18. "The Revenants" (Chaotic Moon)
19. "Rise of Glory" (Revo Solutions)
20. "Rocket Riot" (Codeglue)
21. "Splinter Cell Conviction" (Gameloft)
22. "Star Wars: Battle for Hoth" (THQ)
23. "Star Wars: Cantina" (THQ)
24. "The Harvest" (MGS)
25. "The Oregon Trail" (Gameloft)
26. "Tower Bloxx NY" (Digital Chocolate)
27. "Twin Blades" (Press Start Studio)
28. "UNO" (Gameloft)
29. "Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet" (i-Play)
30. "Zombie Attack!" (IUGO)
31. "Zombies!!!!" (Babaroga)
32. 3D Brick Breaker Revolution" (Digital Chocolate)
33. "Age of Zombies" (Halfbrick)
34. "Armor Valley" (Protégé Games)
35. "Asphalt 5" (Gameloft)
36. "Assassins Creed" (Gameloft)
37. "Bejeweled™ LIVE" (PopCap)
38. "Bloons TD" (Digital Goldfish)
39. "Brain Challenge" (Gameloft)
40. "Bubble Town 2" (i-Play)
41. "Butterfly" (Press Start Studio)
42. "CarneyVale Showtime" (MGS)
43. "Castlevania" (Konami)
44. "Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst" (MGS)
45. "De Blob Revolution" (THQ)
46. "Deal or No Deal 2010" (i-Play)
47. "Earthworm Jim" (Gameloft)
48. "Fast & Furious 7" (i-Play)
49. "Fight Game Rivals" (Rough Cookie)
50. "Finger Physics" (Mobliss Inc.)
51. "Flight Control" (Namco Bandai)
52. "Flowerz" (Carbonated Games)
53. "Frogger" (Konami)
54. "Fruit Ninja" (Halfbrick)
55. "Game Chest-Board" (MGS)
56. "Game Chest-Card" (MGS)
57. "Game Chest-Logic" (MGS)
58. "Game Chest-Solitaire" (MGS)
59. "GeoDefense" (Critical Thought)
60. "Ghostscape" (Psionic)
61. "Glow Artisan" (Powerhead Games)
62. "Glyder 2" (Glu Mobile)
63. "Guitar Hero 5" (Glu Mobile)

There is also an app that uses your Avatar to add some flare to the typical ‘flash light app’, ‘flip coin app’ or the ‘use your phone as a level app’.  Now all they need is to add is your avatar farting and you got your ‘fart app’!

Games & XBox Live. Just one more reason why Windows Phone 7 will succeed in the marketplace.  For more details check out Engadget as they have a great overview of the games they tested.

It’s all coming together beautifully for the Windows Phone team and Microsoft in general in their Entertainment & Devices Division.  You got Windows Phone 7 with lots of apps, games and a fantastic user experience, XBox Live, the newly designed XBox 360 and Kinect.  Best of all, XBox 360 was the best selling console for July 2010.

What does this mean for me? Well means I’m going out to get an XBox as I don’t have one!  I’ve already seen games from local developers that work on the PC, XBox (TV) and phone.  Add to that Kinect and the new slick XBox 360 console and I’m in!  All I need now are some of those games on my phone!

So is this enough reason for you to get a Windows Phone?  Share your thoughts via comments here or via twitter!

Last week we held a Coffee & Code focusing on Windows Phone 7. One of the attendees Barranger Ridler started writing an app called Phone Tree. 

What does Phone Tree do?  Here is a description Barranger gives

For those of you who don’t have kids, a phone tree is the scenario where when your bundle of joy is born, you phone your mother, she phones the rest of your family, who phone their friends and so on and so forth.  So my app will allow your friends and family to sign up during your 9 month wait and then when the day happens, using your WP7 phone you can kick off the whole process with a couple of clicks.

Why did he write it? He wrote it for a contest held by Twilio to build an app on Windows Phone 7 that leverages the Twilio API. Well I’m happy to say that Barranger won that contest and built the entire application in four days! He even helped debug some issues in the TwilioAPI Open Source Library along the way!

This is a great success story for coffee & code and Windows Phone 7!  Unfortunately I won’t be needing the app for that specific purpose but I can definitely see it being used in other scenarios.  Love it when developers just make things happen in such a short amount of time and love helping the developer community!

In addition to TechDays 2010 I’ll also be doing a session geared towards students interested in building apps for Windows Phone 7 with Microsoft Canada’s DPE team.  In 45mins, we’ll go through building an app end to end and how to leverage the developer tools such as Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone 7 and Expression Blend.

Did you know as a student you can join the DreamSpark program to get access to all the developer tools for free!  Best of all, if you are developing for Windows Phone 7 you will get a free Marketplace account to be able to publish and sell your mobile apps!  Definitely something to check out and something I wish was available when I was in school!

Anyway here are the details for Go DevMENTAL

Go DevMENTAL is Microsoft's free academic tour designed to teach you coding for the coolest apps and platforms, connect you with the industry, and help you pursue your career aspirations. It's also a great chance to have a fun evening out with friends!

What Session am I doing?

Let’s Kick Some App: Your First Windows Phone App
In this session, we will show you how to take advantage of the Windows Phone 7 SDK to write some slick applications that you'll be able to upload on Windows Phone Marketplace for free.

There will also be a session on using XNA to create games on Windows Phone 7. 

Where is this taking place?  We’ll be hitting 8 cities across Canada starting in Sept.

• Vancouver - September 14
• Edmonton - October 05
• Toronto - October 27
• Halifax - November 02
• Ottawa - November 09
• Montreal - November 23
• Winnipeg - December 07
• Calgary - December 14

If you are a student make sure you go out and register now for Go DevMENTAL!  Even if you are not a student, register and come out to enjoy this free session and learn how to develop for Windows Phone 7.

While working on some customer projects you may want to send them some weekly builds so they can gauge the progress of the software.  The Windows Phone 7 developer tools comes with a great utility called “Application Deployment” and allows you to deploy a XAP file to either a real device or the emulator.

Your application XAP file you will find under Bin\Release or Bin\Debug directory.  The XAP file is basically a ZIP file that contains all your assemblies for your software to run.

Here are the steps to get that going

1. Install the Windows Phone 7 Developer tools
2. Once Installed click on the Start Menu –> All Programs –> Windows Phone Developer Tool
3. Click on Application Deployment which will bring up the following
   
4. Select the target (either Device or Emulator)
5. Point to the XAP file you want to deploy
6. Click Deploy!

Couple of Notes when using a real device:

1. Connect it to your dev machine
2. Make sure the Zune software detects it

For more details check out the Windows Phone 7 Application Deployment Tool documentation on MSDN.

Last year I did a couple of presentations on Windows Phone developer at FITC Mobile 2009.  This year I got invited back to present at FITC Mobile 2010 and talk about developing for Windows Phone 7 using Silverlight.

What is FITC Mobile 2010?  It’s a 2 day mobile developer’s conference packed with presentations, demos, and panels covering all aspects of mobile development.  The great part is, it’s not just about Windows Phone 7, but about virtually all mobile platforms and will cover things such as iPhone, Flash Lite, Android, Palm, Blackberry plus various other topics.  Check out the sessions available at FITC Mobile 2010. 

This year I won’t be doing a workshop as there are a lot of resources out there to help learn developing for Windows Phone 7.  But I will have a real phone with me!

So if you are near the Toronto area, be sure to check out FITC Mobile 2010!  At only $299 ($149 if you are a student) it’s a great place to learn not only about developing for Windows phone but also what options are available to you as a mobile developer.

If you want $50 off the cost, use the following discount code “thiswillbegood”. 

If you are going to be at FITC Mobile 2010 and interested in talking about WP7 or trying out the phone let me know via my blog or twitter @MarkArteaga! See you there!

This coming Wednesday August 25th I will be doing a presentation on developing for Windows Phone 7 using Silverlight at Canada’s Technology Triangle .NET User Group (or CTTNUG for short).  I'll be going over how to develop, for WP7 and some new features that are available.  I’ll even be bringing along my Windows Phone 7 hardware!

Developing for the “Third Screen” - Windows Phone 7

For the longest time Microsoft has been talking about their “Three Screens and the Cloud” strategy but did not really have a compelling mobile story. With the arrival of Windows Phone 7, the third screen has arrived and with that the new Windows Phone developer story has arrived. During this session you will get a high level overview of the platform plus go into some of the new APIs available for Windows Phone 7. We will cover the new application model, Windows Phone 7 specific services, sensors, multimedia plus more! Come and learn how to build for the third screen, build for Windows Phone 7.

Be sure to register to learn how to develop for Windows Phone 7 !  If you are going to be there let me know via my blog or twitter @MarkArteaga!

Techdays is back for 2010 and this year Windows Phone 7 is coming along for the ride!  Microsoft has invited me back for the third year to deliver all the Windows Phone 7 developer sessions for TechDays 2010 across Canada similar to TechDays 2008 and TechDays 2009.  What’s different this year? Windows Phone 7!!

I’ll be delivering two developer focused sessions on building for Windows Phone 7 using Silverlight on days 1 and 2.  You will learn the basics of developing for Windows Phone 7 and some of the unique concepts developing for Windows Phone 7.  I’ll also be hanging out and talking Windows Phone 7 with attendees.  I’ll also have a real device!

Here are the cities and dates we will be hitting:

Dates

• Vancouver: Sept 14 - 15
• Edmonton: Oct 5 – 6
• Toronto: Oct 27 – 28
• Halifax: Nov 2 – 3
• Ottawa: Nov 9 – 10
• Montreal: Nov 23 – 24
• Winnipeg: Dec 7 – 8
• Calgary: Dec 14 – 15

Cost

$349.99+tax for early bird pricing which is available 6 weeks prior to the date at the specific city.  If it’s after the six week cut off the regular price is $699+tax.

If you are not interested in Windows Phone 7 (and don’t see why not!) there are six tracks to choose from.

1. Developing for Three Screens & the Cloud
2. Optimizing the Development Process
3. Collaboration: The Next Generation
4. All About Deployment
5. Managing and Helping to Secure Your IT Infrastructure
6. Local Flavours

As an attendee you also get some great tools from sponsors such as Telerik and PluralSight plus you also get a TechNet Subscription!!

So be sure to register for TechDays 2010 and join us!  If you are going to be there and interested in talking about WP7 or trying out the phone let me know via my blog or twitter @MarkArteaga!

This Thursday August 12 @AccordianGuy (aka Joey DeVilla), @WirelessLife (aka Anthony Bartolo) from Microsoft Canada and I (@MarkArteaga) from RedBit will be hosting a Coffee & Code focusing on Windows Phone 7. 

If you are developing for WP7 and have questions this is a great place to get your questions answered.  And since physical Windows Phone 7 hardware seems to be at a premium these days (but not for long :) you may even get to test your app on a real device!

We are going to be hosting it at Starbucks located at 4 King St West, Toronto, ON and start at 12pm and we’ll be going till 7pm (I’m arriving around 2pm).

This is a FREE event and something we are doing to help out the developer community in Toronto and for me particularly the indie-developer community building for WP7.

If you are in the Toronto area and are planning to come let me know via my blog or twitter @MarkArteaga!

Back in May I did a webcast with Microsoft Canada on Windows Phone 7 and what’s new for developers.  I also demoed a sample application that we where building called VanGuide for Windows Phone 7 as something that can possibly be built using the new tools.

We were a little late in delivering this as we knew there would be major breaking changes going from the Windows Phone 7 CTP to Beta and did not want to release with that issue. 

Today I’m happy to announced we have put the finishing touches on the software and have released VanGuide for WP7!  Best part is we have open sourced the VanGuide code base to CodePlex and hope this helps some of the new comers to Windows Phone 7 get started. 

What exactly is VanGuide?  Vanguide for Windows Phone 7 allows a user to view various landmarks in and around the Vancouver area.  The user has the ability to view comments, ratings or tags to the landmark and add their own comments, ratings or tags. VanGuide for WP7 is an extension to the current version of VanGuide for web available and is based on the Open Data Application Framework which is another open source project. 

VanGuide now currently has three ways to view the data, Windows Phone 7 using Silverlight, web application using Silverlight and an iPhone application.  One of the greatest advantages to VanGuide for WP7 is we leverage the existing backend system.  No changes were required to build the Windows Phone 7 version of VanGuide similar to when we ported the EnergizeIT insurance application from Windows Mobile 6.5 to Windows Phone 7.

Here are some screenshot for the application

One issue that we encountered is with the Bing Maps control.  We are using the version that is available for Silverlight for desktop.  Issue is when you navigate to the Settings page to filter out landmarks, you can no longer pan or pinch to zoom in/out on the map.  We suspect this is a bug with the Bing Maps silverlight control being used on the phone (currently not supported).  Microsoft is going to officially support the control in a future release of the WP7 tools and we’ll address that issue when it is released.

If you download the code and leverage any parts of it or have any comments/feedback be sure to let me know via my blog or twitter.com/MarkArteaga.

What a title and you are probably thinking “what the hell is this about”!  First a little background. 

There is the Dos Equis brand of beer and the main “star” of the beer commercial is known as “The Most Interesting Man in the World”.  Cracks me up whenever I see these commercials. 

Now, if you follow my blog regularly or follow me on Twitter, you know that I write about mobile happenings primarily on Windows Mobile and lately focusing on Windows Phone 7.  Recently, I read a forum post from Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Experience for WP7, and he ended off his post with

“Stay Nerdy My Friends.”

I’ll be doing quite a few presentations & training this year on Windows Phone 7 and instead of just having a standard “Q & A” slide that just says “Q & A” I decided to use a derivative that says

“Stay Geeky My Friends”

In an email thread with Brandon, he prefers “nerdy”.  The people I have asked are split 50/50 on “geeky” vs “nerdy”. Speaking to Anthony Bartolo (aka @WirelessLife) he said since we are in the business of keeping people connected why not use

“Stay Connected My Friends”

Here is what it would look like in a power point slide

So we’ll let you decide! Brandon, Anthony and I want to know what you like.  We are running a poll to decide on “Stay Nerdy My Friends”, “Stay Geeky My Friends” or “Stay Connected My Friends”.  We’ll be running it for a few days so be sure to cast your vote!

I recently blogged about my views on Windows Phone 7 Design and the Metro Design Language.

If you are building applications for Windows Phone 7, you may want to take a look at the design resources available on MSDN which will give both the developer and designer a good overview of the Metro design language.

One thing to note is you do not have to follow the design guidelines as they are only that, guidelines.  There are no Windows Phone 7 Marketplace certification rules that state that the design guidelines must be followed.  What is recommended is that the guidelines are followed so a consistent user experience is delivered to the customer and allows your app feels a part of the Windows Phone 7 platform.  The last point really depends on what type of application you are building, the guidelines may not fit if you are building an XNA game.

Here is a list of design resources available for Windows Phone 7 available on MSDN

UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone introduces a touch user interface (UI) based on a design
system codenamed Metro. This guide provides detailed information about UI elements and controls, UI system behaviors, and the interaction model for the touch interface. Designers and developers should read this guide to learn the dos and don’ts of UI implementations for their Windows Phone applications.

Windows Phone Design System - Codename Metro
A visual explanation of the inspiration behind the Windows Phone design system codenamed Metro, the seven areas of Windows Phone differentiation, and the Red Threads that are the principles Microsoft used to guide the experiences built into Windows Phone.

Design Templates for Windows Phone 7
A collection of 28 layered Photoshop template files that can be used to create pixel-perfect application layouts, to help guide UI development, or to pitch an idea. These design templates showcase many controls that are a part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta. They also include examples of controls that are a part of Windows Phone, but are not available as a part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools. These additional templates are included to help designers and developers maintain a consistent look and feel across applications for system controls that developers wish to mimic. Templates in the download: Application Bar & Application Menu, Buttons, Check Box, Context Menu, Date Picker, Dialog Boxes, Edit Control, Hardware, Icons, Keyboard & Input, List Picker, List View, Panorama, Panorama Backgrounds, Picker Box, Pivot, Progress Indicators, Quick Jump Grid, Radio Button, Reminders, Slider, Start & App List, Start Tiles, Status Bar, Theme, Time Picker, Toast Notifications, Toggle Switch

The one that may be of most interest (and newest) is the Design Templates for Windows Phone 7 which are 28 Photoshop templates to create your Windows Phone 7 user interfaces using a graphics tool instead of Visual Studio 2010. If you are looking for more design resources on Windows Phone 7 check out David Crow’s post here.

If you are looking for the Windows Phone 7 Application Bar Icons, these are now installed with the Windows Phone 7 SDK and you’ll find it under %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.0\Icons.