Limited Multi-Tasking on Windows Phone 7

"Apps that run arbitrarily in the background create an end user experience where battery life and responsiveness of the system becomes … inconsistent,"  Charlie Kindel, Microsoft Devl. Strategy

In an interview of PCMag and Charlie Kindel, Microsoft’s Windows Phone developer strategy Boss. He confirms Microsoft will only allow on very limited basis third party apps that can run in the background. Pandora, music streaming is among the exception, it would have to use a special background service API however.

Other restrictions includes no background telephony app; all third party apps will go through Windows Phone Market Place; no replaceable memory card. Read the full article HERE 

Leave a comment

Name (required)

E-mail (required)

URI

Your Comment

Notify me of followup comments via e-mail