Windows Phone Developer Tools for building Mango applications that will be available for free next month, features enhanced emulator capacities including location simulation. Besides, profiling support in the tools helps developers recognize hot spots in an application and pinpoint problems.
According to corporate vice president of Microsoft's .Net developer platform at the Mix11 conference in Las Vegas, mango now includes a local SQL database allowing users to save and query data within their apps. Furthermore, data can load faster in Mango. While Windows Phone 7 freezes as it gets new data, Mango is immediately responsive even if the data hasn’t come in.
Mango also supports the newly released Internet Explorer 9 browser including the core browsing engine for high performance and boasts HTML5 capabilities like background audio playing from the browser.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Mango
App Jump List and Search
Microsoft adds a jump list and a search function to its app menu helping users find apps among a massive list easily
Podcasts
The Mango update will bring podcasts to the Windows Phone Marketplace while Windows Phone 7 users must download podcasts to a computer and then transfer them to the phone if they want to listen to podcasts on their handsets
Search Extras
The search function of Windows Phone 7 features a new tab for “extras” so that developers can program their apps to appear under this tab when users search for certain terms
Bar Code Scanning
Microsoft plans to open the Windows Phone 7 camera to third-party developers, enabling bar code scanners and alternative camera apps
Live Tile Shortcuts
Live titles of Windows Phone 7 should get a little more useful once developers can include shortcuts
Angry Birds
Window Phone 7 will get “Angry Birds” in the next months
Multitasking
Long-awaited third-party multitasking and app switching will arrive on Windows Phone 7 this fall
HTML5
Some uses of HTML5, part of Internet Explorer 9, are shown off on the phone by Microsoft
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