We got Olympics 2012 apps for you




This summer sees the Olympics come to London, England. We got some amazing and exciting Windows Phone 7 apps lined for you.

  1. Lon 2012 Olympic Venues
  2. Olympics Social Jogger

Lon 2012 Olympic Venues is a handy app to help you familiarise yourself with London 2012 olympic venues. The app presents the venue details available on the offical website http://www.london2012.com/venues ‘as is’ for dissemination purposes only and not commercially.

With this app:

  1. you can save favorite venues
  2. view their locations on a map
  3. view sports available there
  4. view location details
  5. view background info about venue
  6. get latest news via live RSS feed
  7. get latest blog gossip via live RSS feed
  8. get latest news flash on live tile

Additionally you can view distances in miles from your current location. You can also plan your journey using Bing street-by-street integration

Olympics Social Jogger is a social hub for all your social buzz for the London 2012 Olympics events. The app lets you specify twitter handles or hash tags to follow and you won’t miss even a single update.


Teched North America 2012 Windows Phone app

If you liked our TechEd 2011 app last year, we now got another one TechEdNA 2012. Get it from market place or use this link

Attendees will find this app useful as follows:

  • Browse all Sessions available
  • Browse all Speakers and Tracks available
  • Browse filtered sessions by Session Type such as Breakout, Hands-on-labs
  • Browse filtered sessions by Levels such as Intermediate, Advanced, etc
  • Browse filtered sessions by Speakers and Tracks such as Architecture, etc
  • Manage favorite sessions lists on the app
  • View details of each session including schedules, speakers, tracks, level, tags
  • Browsing session now defaults to ‘timeslots’ view to filter ‘now showing’, ‘coming up’, and the day to day sessions
  • Favorite sessions now appear with a ‘favorite’ icon for easier identification on the browsing lists
  • view Bing Map of the conference
  • View Conference Agenda
  • Browse TechEd News
The app uses:
* phone’s internet connection
* phone’s web browser
* location services
to access the Tech.Ed 2012 Conference Session OData feeds and website resources.

3.10 Country/Region Specific Requirements – Windows Phone Marketplace

I recently re-submitted a previously live app to new markets. I was surprised when I was told it failed certification. Reason is Policy 3.10.

Specifically, I got this comments: Your application uses the Bing Maps Silverlight Control for Windows Phone. Bing Maps is not supported for
Group 1 countries at this time. You may resubmit your application and deselect the Group 1 countries.

Result: Fail

So watch out, don’t submit Bing Maps enabled apps to Group 1 countries, which are:

Group 1: China

Suprise yourself with this FREE Shake It Share It app

‘Shake It Share It’ is a handy pictures app to surprise you with your random pictures in your camera roll.
It uses a normal distribution randomising algorithm to surprise you with pictures in your camera roll.
And why not share your suprise on facebook with this app?

How to:

  • Auto mode: Your pictures will be randomly selected after a delay of ‘n’ milli seconds which you can change using the swttings page
  • Manual mode: Shake your phone to randomly select your pictures
  • Use settings page to configure your auto mode delay in ms (1000 ms= 1 sec)
  • To share on facebook, ensure you have paused if in auto mode, then select picture to share using ‘Back’ and ‘Next’
  • You can get it either by searching it in the market place or downloading it directly using link below

    u.k. crime map

    Shake It Share It

    View your street-level crime stats in England and Wales (United Kingdom) with this handy app

    UK Crime Map is a handy location-aware app to help you view street-level crime in streets of England and Wales in United Kingdom.
    This app uses your current location when initialising default view of the map.
    Your location is not shared in any way with any third party.
    Crimes at street-level within a 1 mile radius of a single point.
    The street-level crimes returned in the API are only an approximation of where the actual crimes occurred,
    they are NOT the exact locations.

    Police API URL: The Police API allows you to retrieve information about neighbourhood areas in
    all 43 English and Welsh police forces http://policeapi2.rkh.co.uk/api/docs/method/crime-street/

    You can get it either by searching it in the market place or downloading it directly using link below

    u.k. crime map

    U.K. Crime map
    Crime map dashboard

    Free location-aware SMART Reminders now available

    SMART Reminders is a handy location-aware app to help you:

    1. manage your favorite locations
    2. set up reminders when leaving current location
    3. set up reminders when arriving at a location
    4. set up reminders when arriving at a contact location

    Do you usually forget to pass by your favorite bookshop when your are down town Bellevue? Forget no more as SMART Reminder is exactly for you, just set up a reminder to fire when nearby your bookshop! It makes use of – Bing Maps facilities – Background agents available in Mango version to trigger reminders when you are nearby your favorite locations. It also integrates with Bing Maps street-by-street navigation. With Live Tile updates on unread reminders!

    You can get it either by searching it in the market place or downloading it directly using link below

    SMART Reminders

    SMART Reminders app

    Instructions on setting up reminders

    1. When leaving current location, you don’t need to add a location first
    2. When arriving at a contact, you don’t need to add a location first, simply add new reminder
    3. When arriving at destination, you need to add the destination location first using the Locations list.
    4. Ensure you tick ‘Enable background location’ and ‘Enable live tile update’
    5. Reminders will fire as a Toast Notification message and update the live tile with a count. Ensure you set pin up your live tile!
    6. Live tile is double-sided and will show reminder count on one side, and a list of reminders on the other
    7. Privacy Policy
      This app uses your current location when creating reminders which fire based on your current location. A background periodic task also runs and accesses your location, and use it to determine if your proximity to destination location which you setup within the app. Your location is not shared in any way with any third party. You can always override this option by using the ‘Settings’ page to disable the background location.
      PS: SMART Reminders app uses background agents which run periodically. Note that we ca not guarantee this periodic nature because the operating system has control over their scheduling.

    Attending Tech.Ed Australia 2011? we got wp7 app for it!

    If you’re planning on attending Tech.Ed Australia 2011 conference and if you own a Windows Phone 7, please check out our new TechEdAU 2011app for Windows Phone 7 that is now available in the marketplace. You can get it either by searching it in the market place or downloading it directly using link below

    TechEdAU 2011

    TechEdAU 2011 app

    TechEdAU 2011 is a handy app for attendees of Microsoft Tech.Ed Australia 2011 conference.


    Attendees will find this app useful as follows:

    • Browse all Sessions available
    • Browse all Speakers and Tracks available
    • Browse filtered sessions by Session Type such as Breakout, Hands-on-labs
    • Browse filtered sessions by Levels such as Intermediate, Advanced, Expert
    • Browse filtered sessions by Speakers and Tracks such as Architecture, Windows Phone, etc
    • Manage favorite sessions lists on the app
    • View details of each session including schedules, speakers, tracks, level, tags
    • View session Rooms to session summary details
    • Browsing session now defaults to ‘timeslots’ view to filter Day1, Day2, Day3 (Aug 30 – Sep 2)
    • Favorite sessions now appear with a ‘favorite’ icon for easier identification on the browsing lists
    The app uses:
    * phone’s internet connection
    * phone’s web browser
    * location services
    to access the Tech.Ed 2011 Conference Session OData feeds and website resources.

    Disclaimer:
    TechEdAU 2011 app uses the official Tech.Ed Australia 2011 Conference Session OData feeds to retrieve all the content displayed.
    It also links to the official Tech.Ed 2011 website resources to serve hyperlinks.
    wp7agile is not responsible for any content displayed.

    TechEdAU 2011 uses:
    * phone’s internet connection
    * phone’s web browser
    * location services
    to access the Tech.Ed 2011 Conference Session OData feeds and website resources.
    The performance and responsiveness of this app may be affected by slow internet connections.
    By purchasing the app, you have agreed with terms and conditions.

    Have you heard of NerdDinner? now we’ve got wp7 app for it!

    This is a handy wp7 NerdDinner app to allow you browse the NerdDinner Odata to view:

    1. popular dinners
    2. upcoming dinners
    3. dinners near me
    4. my dinners
    5. search for dinners

    You can also view full details for a dinner, including its host, rsvps, phone and location on the bing maps. And its free!

    Note: This is not an official app for NerdDinner.com

    Jambo Sana app

    Quote from NerdDinner.com

    Are you a huge nerd? Perhaps a geek? No? Maybe a dork, dweeb or wonk. Quite possibly you’re just a normal person. Either way, you’re a social being. You need to get out for a bite to eat occasionally, preferably with folks that are like you.

    .NET Rocks: Scott Guthrie at NDC!

    Fresh off his keynote at the Norwegian Developers Conference in Oslo, Norway, Scott Guthrie dropped into the fishbowl to talk to Carl and Richard about his new role with the Azure team. Scott digs into how Azure has evolved and his focus on improving the developer experience. Read more and listen to his interview at .NET Rocks site.

    Make your wp7 device a great toy with this handy Photo ‘n’ paint app

    Photo n paint is a simple and handy app to allow you to select which background to use to make free hand paintings.
    You have got a choice of:

    1. Selecting an existing photo from your gallery on the phone
    2. Taking a new photo using the phone’s camera
    3. Start with a blank photo (either all white or all black)

    It has a ‘tool box’on the application bar for easier access of:

    • Brush stroke size and color selection
    • Eraser to erase sections of painting
    • Undo command to undo changes
    • Save command to save the painting to your photo gallery on the phone

    This is indeed an handy app for your kids to learn and practice their painting skills.
    They can also use it to learn their hand writing skills! And they will love it!
    And its free!
    Come on now, let your wp7 device be a great toy!

    Now Photo n Paint 2 with Facebook photo sharing support

    JamPhoto n paint appPhoto n Paint 2

    JamPhoto n paint app

    Screen shots