Wiley Professional Windows Phone 7 Game Development 978-0-470-92244-6 User Manual

 

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Getting to know the minimum specifi cations for Windows Phone 7 
devices, including chassis design and screen resolution

 

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Understanding the phone hardware features

 

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Understanding the Start and Lock screens

 

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Understanding hubs and what goes in them

Microsoft has leveraged its considerable marketing muscle and published a very strict set of 
minimum guidelines on what hardware and features will be available on Windows Phone 7. 
These guidelines ensure that both users and developers will have a consistently high-quality 
experience, no matter who manufactures the device your games will be running on.

This chapter provides an overview of the minimum specifi cations every phone must have. It 
also discusses hardware features of the device and software features of the new Windows 
Phone 7 operating system, including the innovative hubs feature.

When Windows Phone 7 was fi rst announced, Microsoft created quite a stir with the initial 
feature set, as well as the promise that no hardware vendor would be allowed to sell a device 
branded as Windows Phone 7 unless it supported the following minimum specifi cations:

 

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Two screen sizes — 480 by 800 WVGA (available at launch, with 480 by 320 HVGA 
available at a later, unannounced date)

 

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Capacitive touch — Four or more contact points

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