Discovering Windows Phone 7 Device Capabilities Version: 1.0.0 Description All Windows Phone devices meet a common hardware specification, but some provide additional features. It is possible for an application to examine the device's capabilities in order to alter its behavior to provide the best user experience. This hands-on-lab shows you how to query a device’s capabilities for networking, hardware, and general device information such as manufacturer and firmware. Overview Though all Windows® Phone devices meet a minimum hardware specification, there are small differences among the devices becasuse a few go “above and beyond” the minimum specification. Also, in the Windows Phone 7 Codenamed “Mango” release, some new optional hardware components (namely gyro) have been added. These small, yet often relevant, differences in hardware make the ability to detect hardware capabilities programmatically important for some applications. This lab shows how to create a simple application that examines the device’s capabilities and reports them back to the user. Objectives This lab provides instructions to help you achieve the following: Write an application that reports a Windows® Phone 7 Codenamed “Mango” device’s capabilities. Familiarize yourself with the various entities you can query for information on the device. Note:  This lab only shows how to examine the phone’s capabilaties and status (battery, network, and such), but does not explain what do to in such situations. It is up to the application developer to understand the current circumstances and the capabilities of the device at hand and act accordingly in the application. Prerequisites The following prerequisites ensure that you gain the most from this hands-on lab: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or Microsoft Visual C# Express 2010, and the Windows® Phone 7 Codenamed “Mango” Developer Tools available at https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9772716 Prior knowledge of how to create applications for Windows® Phone 7(If you are new to Windows® Phone 7 development, you should begin by reading https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg266499). Lab Structure This lab includes a single exercise. The following tasks are contained in the exercise: Obtaining and displaying general Windows Phone information. Obtaining and displaying network information. Obtaining and displaying hardware capabilities. Estimated completion time Completing this lab should take between 15 to 30 minutes. next >

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